# Artificial intelligence

17 AI startups in the UK to watch, according to VCs
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Investor survey
April 27, 2026
17 AI startups in the UK to watch, according to VCs
From a robotic restaurant chain to a forecasting platform for governments, these are the startups on investors’ radar
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
How Trump pushed Aleph Alpha and Cohere together
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Analysis
April 27, 2026
How Trump pushed Aleph Alpha and Cohere together
AI startup merger aims to deepen ‘transatlantic alliance’ between Canada and Germany amid tensions with the US
Martin Coulter and Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Aleph Alpha strikes $20bn merger deal with Canada’s Cohere
Analysis
April 24, 2026
Aleph Alpha strikes $20bn merger deal with Canada’s Cohere
German investor Schwarz Digits to invest $600m in new transatlantic entity
Martin Coulter
Elon Musk mulled Mistral deal to take on OpenAI and Anthropic, reports say
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April 23, 2026
Elon Musk mulled Mistral deal to take on OpenAI and Anthropic, reports say
Musk’s AI startup xAI reportedly proposed a three-way partnership with Mistral and Cursor
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Builder.ai founder named ‘key beneficiary’ in money-laundering probe
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April 23, 2026
Builder.ai founder named ‘key beneficiary’ in money-laundering probe
Sachin Dev Duggal served as ‘chief wizard officer’ of the collapsed tech unicorn
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
11 AI operators to watch in Europe
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List
April 23, 2026
11 AI operators to watch in Europe
Here are the AI operators you need to know about
Freya Pratty
Lovable CEO apologises after security scare: ‘I take accountability’
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April 22, 2026
Lovable CEO apologises after security scare: ‘I take accountability’
Cofounder Anton Osika says product decisions ‘out of touch’ with user expectations
Martin Coulter
How Galeries Lafayette’s heir built a startup machine
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The big interview
April 22, 2026
How Galeries Lafayette’s heir built a startup machine
Guillaume Houzé launched Motier Ventures, the family office of the co-owners of the iconic Galeries Lafayette, in 2021
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Synthesia announces major hiring push, opens three new offices
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April 21, 2026
Synthesia announces major hiring push, opens three new offices
The AI video platform is opening new offices in Austin, Paris and Berlin
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Lovable denies mass data breach
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April 20, 2026
Lovable denies mass data breach
A Lovable user claimed a security fault allowed access to user data
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Freya Pratty
CuspAI raising $200m at unicorn valuation, reports say
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April 20, 2026
CuspAI raising $200m at unicorn valuation, reports say
AI materials startup counts ‘AI godfathers’ Yann LeCun and Geoffrey Hinton among its advisers
Martin Coulter
‘Europe is a digital colony’: Startups wrestle with tech sovereignty demands
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Analysis
April 20, 2026
‘Europe is a digital colony’: Startups wrestle with tech sovereignty demands
German AI translation startup DeepL recently partnered with Amazon for its cloud infrastructure, sparking concerns
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet and Anne Sraders
Four-month-old Recursive Superintelligence raises $500m
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April 20, 2026
Four-month-old Recursive Superintelligence raises $500m
Recursive wants to build an AI system that improves by itself, without human involvement
Freya Pratty
Nearly €80bn of public money is flooding into European VCs and startups. Is it what the market needs?
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Analysis
April 17, 2026
Nearly €80bn of public money is flooding into European VCs and startups. Is it what the market needs?
Some investors are cautious about the influx of public money, arguing other systemic changes are needed instead
Anne Sraders
The UK’s £500m Sovereign AI Unit just struck deals with these 7 startups
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April 16, 2026
The UK’s £500m Sovereign AI Unit just struck deals with these 7 startups
Drug discovery, cheap supercomputing and sustainability startups among chosen partners
Martin Coulter
Lovable scrambles under pressure from Anthropic
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Analysis
April 16, 2026
Lovable scrambles under pressure from Anthropic
Engineers work through the night to prepare new releases
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Freya Pratty
Exclusive: 20VC leads €3.6m pre-seed for ‘TikTok meets Wikipedia’ startup Flare
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April 16, 2026
Exclusive: 20VC leads €3.6m pre-seed for ‘TikTok meets Wikipedia’ startup Flare
The Copenhagen-based company provides an information verification browser extension
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Self-driving scaleup Wayve raises fresh funds from AMD, Qualcomm and Arm
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April 15, 2026
Self-driving scaleup Wayve raises fresh funds from AMD, Qualcomm and Arm
The fresh funding follows a huge $1.2bn round announced in February from the likes of Nvidia, SoftBank and Microsoft
Tom Nugent
‘The next big thing’: Newfund raises €60m to back brain technologies
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April 14, 2026
‘The next big thing’: Newfund raises €60m to back brain technologies
The Paris-based firm is one of the only European VCs to dedicate a fund exclusively to brain technologies
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Eka Ventures raises £80m to invest in startups ‘leaning into regulation’
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April 13, 2026
Eka Ventures raises £80m to invest in startups ‘leaning into regulation’
The firm is focused on less popular areas like health, wellness and decarbonisation
Anne Sraders
OpenAI’s Stargate retreat exposes cracks in UK tech ambitions
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Analysis
April 13, 2026
OpenAI’s Stargate retreat exposes cracks in UK tech ambitions
Ministers face tough choices over energy prices, tech sovereignty and partnerships with Big Tech
Freya Pratty and Martin Coulter
AI bubble: Have VCs already forgotten 2021?
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Analysis
April 13, 2026
AI bubble: Have VCs already forgotten 2021?
Future price hikes of AI models could throw startups’ unit economics out of whack
Freya Pratty and Anne Sraders
OpenAI pauses Stargate UK in blow to Nscale and government
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April 9, 2026
OpenAI pauses Stargate UK in blow to Nscale and government
The project was announced last September
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
AI is rewriting the rules of European entrepreneurship
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April 9, 2026
AI is rewriting the rules of European entrepreneurship
AI is reshaping entrepreneurship in Europe — lowering the barriers to building and redefining who can start a company
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# Artificial intelligence

17 AI startups in the UK to watch, according to VCs

How Trump pushed Aleph Alpha and Cohere together

Aleph Alpha strikes $20bn merger deal with Canada’s Cohere

Elon Musk mulled Mistral deal to take on OpenAI and Anthropic, reports say

Builder.ai founder named ‘key beneficiary’ in money-laundering probe

11 AI operators to watch in Europe

Lovable CEO apologises after security scare: ‘I take accountability’

How Galeries Lafayette’s heir built a startup machine

Synthesia announces major hiring push, opens three new offices

Lovable denies mass data breach

CuspAI raising $200m at unicorn valuation, reports say

‘Europe is a digital colony’: Startups wrestle with tech sovereignty demands

Four-month-old Recursive Superintelligence raises $500m

Nearly €80bn of public money is flooding into European VCs and startups. Is it what the market needs?

The UK’s £500m Sovereign AI Unit just struck deals with these 7 startups

Lovable scrambles under pressure from Anthropic

Exclusive: 20VC leads €3.6m pre-seed for ‘TikTok meets Wikipedia’ startup Flare

Self-driving scaleup Wayve raises fresh funds from AMD, Qualcomm and Arm

‘The next big thing’: Newfund raises €60m to back brain technologies

Eka Ventures raises £80m to invest in startups ‘leaning into regulation’

OpenAI’s Stargate retreat exposes cracks in UK tech ambitions

AI bubble: Have VCs already forgotten 2021?

OpenAI pauses Stargate UK in blow to Nscale and government

AI is rewriting the rules of European entrepreneurship