# AI Act

Talent tops European AI startups’ concerns as funding pressures mount
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Sifted data
October 30, 2026
Talent tops European AI startups’ concerns as funding pressures mount
Sifted’s AI 100 survey finds funding climbing the list of concerns, buyers circling and more respondents open to a US move
Jonathan Sinclair
Are Europe's fastest-growing startups hiring wrong?
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October 29, 2026
Are Europe's fastest-growing startups hiring wrong?
A new category of AI-native hiring tools is emerging, designed specifically for founders and hiring teams moving quickly
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Europe’s AI fintech market mapped: 94 startups automating the business of money
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Market map
October 16, 2026
Europe’s AI fintech market mapped: 94 startups automating the business of money
From AI accountants to agents that pay other agents, Sifted maps the startups rebuilding the back office of finance
Ruggero Di Spigna
AI safety startups mapped: 37 companies building Europe's trust layer
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Market map
September 24, 2026
AI safety startups mapped: 37 companies building Europe's trust layer
Amid growing alarm over the threats of a rapidly-developing technology, AI safety has become a catch-all term
Oshin Narang
Europe starts enforcing AI Act rules
News
August 3, 2026
Europe starts enforcing AI Act rules
Companies found in breach could face fines of up to 3% of their annual global turnover
Martin Coulter
What Brexit got wrong — and right — for UK startups
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Analysis
June 23, 2026
What Brexit got wrong — and right — for UK startups
British tech startups among the few bright spots
Martin Coulter
EU to delay AI Act ‘high risk’ rules until late 2027
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News
November 19, 2025
EU to delay AI Act ‘high risk’ rules until late 2027
Commission proposes new timeline as part of ‘Digital Omnibus’ package
Martin Coulter, Daphné Leprince-Ringuet and Miriam Partington
EU rejects calls to halt rollout of AI Act after industry backlash: 'No pause. No stop the clock.'
News
July 4, 2025
EU rejects calls to halt rollout of AI Act after industry backlash: 'No pause. No stop the clock.'
Critics warn further confusion over the law’s enforcement threatens to ‘kill startups’
Martin Coulter and Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Mistral, Black Forest Labs join calls to pause AI Act
News
July 3, 2025
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
Miriam Partington
EU could pause AI Act rollout amid industry backlash: ‘It’s really toxic’
Analysis
May 28, 2025
EU could pause AI Act rollout amid industry backlash: ‘It’s really toxic’
The European Commission is reportedly considering amendments to its flagship AI Act
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet and Miriam Partington

# AI Act

Talent tops European AI startups’ concerns as funding pressures mount

Are Europe's fastest-growing startups hiring wrong?

Europe’s AI fintech market mapped: 94 startups automating the business of money

AI safety startups mapped: 37 companies building Europe's trust layer

Europe starts enforcing AI Act rules

What Brexit got wrong — and right — for UK startups

EU to delay AI Act ‘high risk’ rules until late 2027

EU rejects calls to halt rollout of AI Act after industry backlash: 'No pause. No stop the clock.'

Mistral, Black Forest Labs join calls to pause AI Act

EU could pause AI Act rollout amid industry backlash: ‘It’s really toxic’