# Deeptech

French chipmaker SiPearl secures €130m Series A

The startup has partnered with TSMC to ramp up production of its first processor

Builder.ai founder pulled from RAISE lineup over ‘security concerns’

Organisers say they received ‘numerous emails’ over Sachin Dev Duggal’s planned appearance

NATO tech accelerator hires new interim managing director amid shakeup

Exclusive: Monzo alumni raise $13m for AI customer service agents for financial services

The company plans to use the funding to finance a US expansion

Nvidia challenger Arago raises $26m seed for light-based AI chips

The company says its product can reduce energy consumption by 10-30x compared to Nvidia chips

The unlikely lessons of sword fighting for AI regulation

Regulating the technology is rapidly emerging as one of the world’s biggest — and hardest — policy challenges.

‘There’s very little transparency’: How defence techs are deciding who to sell to

As defence has become more hyped, the pressure for companies to be transparent and responsible amid escalating conflicts is building

Europe’s defence-focused VC funds in 2025

These VCs are backing defence tech — and raising new funds focused on the startups

Fact-checker Logically files for administration after losing TikTok and Meta contracts

The company’s collapses comes amid a wider rollback of efforts to combat misinformation

Helsing: The challenges ahead for the defence tech unicorn

What the company actually does, who it works with — and what's next

Revealed: How H Company CEO went from raising $220m to stepping down just one year later

Charles Kantor led H Company as it went from being one of Europe’s most-hyped startups to facing an uncertain future

ElevenLabs teases IPO timeline, pushes global expansion

The AI voice startups says a London float is possible if the UK ‘starts accelerating’

Mistral, Black Forest Labs join calls to pause AI Act

The founders of AI startups join a wider effort to stop the clock on sweeping AI regulations

UK offers ‘laughable’ £80k salary for leading role in AI sovereignty plan

Prime minister Keir Starmer is looking to build out the country’s AI infrastructure in the face of rising geopolitical tensions

Ex-Mistral employee raises $105m for AI and robotics startup

Genesis AI, previously known as Genesis Robotics, plans to build a “data engine” to train AI models for robots

Swedish vibe coding startup Lovable approaches $2bn valuation

Less than six months after its previous funding round, the AI darling is on track to raise more than $150m in fresh funding

Defence and spacetech backer Omnes Capital raises €112m for second deeptech fund

It’s a first close of the fund for Omnes, which has made big bets on startups like drones unicorn Quantum Systems.

Investing in defence tech: three hard-earned lessons

Ready to enter defence tech? Read this first

VCs are taking the plunge into maritime tech. Here’s where they’re looking

Investors are increasingly interested in defence applications of maritime technology.

Exclusive: Ex-Mistral employee closes $85m round for AI and robotics startup

Theophile Gervet and Zhou Xian launched Genesis Robotics just six months ago

H Company COO steps down two weeks after new CEO appointed

Mike Benchimol said he is starting a “new chapter” after an “intense and hectic year”

‘It’s in the US or no IPO’: Ledger’s CEO on what’s next for the crypto unicorn

Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier has plans to boost the unicorn’s valuation to $100bn

Norrsken impact funds pledge €300m to European ‘AI for good’ startups

The group will invest a majority of the current funds in AI startups

UK government offers £200k salaries to top tech talent to ‘rewire the state’

It marks the latest in a tech charm offensive from prime minister Keir Starmer