# Anthropic

Talent tops European AI startups’ concerns as funding pressures mount
Pro
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
Bots bouncers: the startups deciding what AI agents can do
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Sifted data
October 30, 2026
Bots bouncers: the startups deciding what AI agents can do
Funding for European startups that secure AI agents has grown sixfold this year, and the big security vendors are already buying them.
Federico Scolari
Exclusive: Fractile raises £540m in new Series C funding, filings show
Pro
Exclusive
October 29, 2026
Exclusive: Fractile raises £540m in new Series C funding, filings show
The round comes just five months after the chip company raised $220m
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
How to outcompete the ‘warp speed’ AI labs on hiring
How to
October 29, 2026
How to outcompete the ‘warp speed’ AI labs on hiring
Spoiler: it’s very hard. But flexible equity, secondaries and real task ownership can help in the recruitment race
Éanna Kelly
Why the smartest AI models still need human context
Sponsored by
October 28, 2026
Why the smartest AI models still need human context
The next generation of enterprise AI doesn't just need more computing power but the human context to understand exactly what users want
Sponsored by: Intent
Sovereignty comes to pan-European spinout event Stage Two
Features
October 26, 2026
Sovereignty comes to pan-European spinout event Stage Two
The annual Berlin shindig sees academic founders from across the continent pitching their ideas to VCs
Tom Nugent
Nvidia funds European startups. They spend it on Nvidia
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Analysis
October 23, 2026
Nvidia funds European startups. They spend it on Nvidia
The chip giant's latest European shopping spree saw it tour London, Stockholm, Paris and Berlin
Federico Scolari, Freya Pratty, Tom Nugent, Anne Sraders and Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Should you get a personal AI assistant?
Analysis
October 21, 2026
Should you get a personal AI assistant?
I asked techies about these busy little bots and heard a mix of praise and criticism
Éanna Kelly
Pigment raises $250m Series E led by Scaleup Europe Fund
News
October 21, 2026
Pigment raises $250m Series E led by Scaleup Europe Fund
Chip giant Nvidia announced plans to invest in the enterprise planning unicorn
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Are open-weight AI models safe?
Pro
Analysis
October 16, 2026
Are open-weight AI models safe?
Open models have become Europe’s best card to play in the AI race, but some experts warn the systems come with significant safety risks
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Where Europe's most active pre-seed investors are looking next
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Interview
October 14, 2026
Where Europe's most active pre-seed investors are looking next
Six of the region's busiest first-cheque investors on the sectors, founders and companies on their radar
Oshin Narang
Anthropic wants to eat my startup’s lunch. Here’s why I’m not worried
Opinion
September 29, 2026
Anthropic wants to eat my startup’s lunch. Here’s why I’m not worried
Claude for Financial Advisors generated conversation — but not unqualified excitement
Hardy Michel
Anthropic: We're not trying to eat startups' lunch
News
September 24, 2026
Anthropic: We're not trying to eat startups' lunch
The frontier lab held an event for London's startups yesterday
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Anthropic and Nvidia back Basecamp Research in $140m round
News
September 23, 2026
Anthropic and Nvidia back Basecamp Research in $140m round
Anthropic’s Anthology Fund — a partnership between the AI giant and Menlo Ventures — has backed Basecamp
Freya Pratty
The biggest conversations in US VC right now
Pro
Analysis
September 18, 2026
The biggest conversations in US VC right now
From personal AI agents to the rising cost of AI compute, here's what they're chatting about
Anne Sraders
Are VCs doing their AI safety due diligence?
Pro
Analysis
September 17, 2026
Are VCs doing their AI safety due diligence?
Founders report mixed interest in safety discussions from their investors
Freya Pratty, Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Martin Coulter
Exein raises $270m to fight AI hackers, doubles valuation
News
September 15, 2026
Exein raises $270m to fight AI hackers, doubles valuation
Europe’s newest unicorn wins investor backing amid mounting fear over AI progress
Martin Coulter
Matt Clifford's move to Anthropic draws criticism: 'Not cool'
Analysis
September 3, 2026
Matt Clifford's move to Anthropic draws criticism: 'Not cool'
Some believe it's a shame that one of the UK’s top tech leaders is joining a US company
Freya Pratty and Anne Sraders
Anthropic strikes $45bn deal with Nscale to rent compute capacity
News
August 27, 2026
Anthropic strikes $45bn deal with Nscale to rent compute capacity
The deal comes as Nscale eyes an IPO
Anne Sraders
DeepMind shakeup tests UK’s AI ambitions
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Analysis
August 10, 2026
DeepMind shakeup tests UK’s AI ambitions
Google’s AI reshuffle could weaken a key pillar of Britain’s startup ecosystem, experts say — but it may be a gift for the country’s talent-hungry neolabs
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Martin Coulter
Mistral wanted to beat Anthropic. Now it’s becoming Palantir
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Data
July 23, 2026
Mistral wanted to beat Anthropic. Now it’s becoming Palantir
Data exclusively seen by Sifted shows the company has made a rapid internal pivot
Freya Pratty and Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Anthropic release puts science startups on the defensive
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Analysis
July 2, 2026
Anthropic release puts science startups on the defensive
The US AI giant has unveiled a new set of tools designed to automate scientific research
Freya Pratty, Éanna Kelly, Martin Coulter and Tom Nugent
‘This will unveil the ground truth’: Why the Anthropic ban could benefit European AI
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Interview
June 18, 2026
‘This will unveil the ground truth’: Why the Anthropic ban could benefit European AI
Suspending access to Anthropic’s models has the potential to change the dominant narrative around AI, to Europe’s benefit, says Domyn CEO
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Mistral CEO pitches open source AI days after Anthropic ban: ‘We exist outside of state control’
News
June 17, 2026
Mistral CEO pitches open source AI days after Anthropic ban: ‘We exist outside of state control’
Mensch reacted on social media saying the Paris-based company “got put in the spotlight in the last few days”
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

# Anthropic

Talent tops European AI startups’ concerns as funding pressures mount

Bots bouncers: the startups deciding what AI agents can do

Exclusive: Fractile raises £540m in new Series C funding, filings show

How to outcompete the ‘warp speed’ AI labs on hiring

Why the smartest AI models still need human context

Sovereignty comes to pan-European spinout event Stage Two

Nvidia funds European startups. They spend it on Nvidia

Should you get a personal AI assistant?

Pigment raises $250m Series E led by Scaleup Europe Fund

Are open-weight AI models safe?

Where Europe's most active pre-seed investors are looking next

Anthropic wants to eat my startup’s lunch. Here’s why I’m not worried

Anthropic: We're not trying to eat startups' lunch

Anthropic and Nvidia back Basecamp Research in $140m round

The biggest conversations in US VC right now

Are VCs doing their AI safety due diligence?

Exein raises $270m to fight AI hackers, doubles valuation

Matt Clifford's move to Anthropic draws criticism: 'Not cool'

Anthropic strikes $45bn deal with Nscale to rent compute capacity

DeepMind shakeup tests UK’s AI ambitions

Mistral wanted to beat Anthropic. Now it’s becoming Palantir

Anthropic release puts science startups on the defensive

‘This will unveil the ground truth’: Why the Anthropic ban could benefit European AI

Mistral CEO pitches open source AI days after Anthropic ban: ‘We exist outside of state control’