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Ex-EQT investor Doreen Huber joins Interface Capital with eye for cyber deals amid ‘extremely scary’ AI agent boom
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Interview
October 30, 2026
Ex-EQT investor Doreen Huber joins Interface Capital with eye for cyber deals amid ‘extremely scary’ AI agent boom
The former founder and Delivery Hero exec says cybersecurity threats are growing as fast as AI
Anne Sraders
Why Creandum and USV co-led a $40m seed into Machenta, a robotics lab with no product
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Analysis
October 30, 2026
Why Creandum and USV co-led a $40m seed into Machenta, a robotics lab with no product
Machenta, a spinout from Imperial College London which came out of stealth this week, is challenging the robotics data narrative
Tom Nugent
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
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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The French robotics startup promising to deploy industrial humanoids after just 20 minutes of training
Exclusive
October 29, 2026
The French robotics startup promising to deploy industrial humanoids after just 20 minutes of training
Paris-based Bleu Robotics has raised a €5m pre-seed round led by Contrarian Ventures and OVNI Capital
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
Nick Clegg on Europe, AI and big tech
Podcast
October 15, 2026
Nick Clegg on Europe, AI and big tech
Few people have seen tech policy from as many angles as Clegg
John Thornhill and Freya Pratty
UK government mulls compulsory AI safety reporting
News
October 12, 2026
UK government mulls compulsory AI safety reporting
AI minister Kanishka Narayan is expected to warn that developers must do more to control increasingly autonomous models
Martin Coulter
Report: Mistral and others increasingly at risk of open model ‘abliteration’
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News
October 9, 2026
Report: Mistral and others increasingly at risk of open model ‘abliteration’
A new report shows open models can be ‘abliterated’ in days and used to generate harmful content
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
SAP to acquire AI startup TechWolf for undisclosed sum
News
October 6, 2026
SAP to acquire AI startup TechWolf for undisclosed sum
Software giant says deal marks biggest acquisition of VC-backed software startup in Belgian history
Martin Coulter
Sifted Summit day one: dispatched
Features
October 1, 2026
Sifted Summit day one: dispatched
Featuring Zeynep Yavuz Wilson, Sir Nick Clegg, UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan and Max Junestrand
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Inside London's weirdest neolab
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Interview
September 18, 2026
Inside London's weirdest neolab
Inherent was founded by DeepMind alumni and has been backed with $50m from Index and Radical
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
DeepMind researcher’s new AI lab nears $4bn valuation, reports say
News
September 17, 2026
DeepMind researcher’s new AI lab nears $4bn valuation, reports say
Index and Lightspeed are in talks to lead the round
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Index in talks to lead $500m round for DeepMind researcher’s new AI lab
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Exclusive
August 12, 2026
Index in talks to lead $500m round for DeepMind researcher’s new AI lab
Six other DeepMind alumni have joined the company
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Freya Pratty
The billion-dollar question: How will the neolabs actually make money?
Pro
Analysis
August 3, 2026
The billion-dollar question: How will the neolabs actually make money?
Expect products as soon as Q3 from some, while others are focused on longer-term goals
Freya Pratty and Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Mapped: the AI labs taking over King’s Cross
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List
July 3, 2026
Mapped: the AI labs taking over King’s Cross
The area is home to a fast-growing cohort of buzzy labs
Freya Pratty and Tom Nugent
Exclusive: Meta and OpenAI alumni seek $400m for new AI lab
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Exclusive
June 30, 2026
Exclusive: Meta and OpenAI alumni seek $400m for new AI lab
The stealth-mode company will be based between the US, France and Israel, sources say
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Europe's hot AI startups set to poach more talent from Big Tech
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Interview
May 12, 2026
Europe's hot AI startups set to poach more talent from Big Tech
A number of startups like Cusp AI, AMI Labs, Multiverse and Lovable have poached talent from Big Tech — a trend some recruiters think will ramp up
Anne Sraders
Four-month-old Recursive Superintelligence raises $500m
News
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
Yann LeCun poaches from Meta, Google DeepMind for new startup
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Exclusive
January 12, 2026
Yann LeCun poaches from Meta, Google DeepMind for new startup
New details on the buzzy startup's team formed by Meta’s former chief AI scientist to build world models
Anne Sraders and Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
17 voice AI startups to watch, according to VCs
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Investor survey
December 22, 2025
17 voice AI startups to watch, according to VCs
From AI-powered scribes for dentists to voice AI for military communications, investors share which voice AI startups are on their radar right now
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt backs voice AI startup Gradium in $70m seed round
News
December 2, 2025
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt backs voice AI startup Gradium in $70m seed round
Startup spun out of Paris-based non-profit lab Kyutai, which focuses on open source AI research
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Europe's answer to buzzy US tech show TBPN set to launch
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Exclusive
September 17, 2025
Europe's answer to buzzy US tech show TBPN set to launch
A group of European angel investors are backing a European equivalent to the popular live US tech show TBPN
Amy Lewin

# Meta

Ex-EQT investor Doreen Huber joins Interface Capital with eye for cyber deals amid ‘extremely scary’ AI agent boom

Why Creandum and USV co-led a $40m seed into Machenta, a robotics lab with no product

Bots bouncers: the startups deciding what AI agents can do

Are Europe's fastest-growing startups hiring wrong?

The French robotics startup promising to deploy industrial humanoids after just 20 minutes of training

Nvidia funds European startups. They spend it on Nvidia

Should you get a personal AI assistant?

Nick Clegg on Europe, AI and big tech

UK government mulls compulsory AI safety reporting

Report: Mistral and others increasingly at risk of open model ‘abliteration’

SAP to acquire AI startup TechWolf for undisclosed sum

Sifted Summit day one: dispatched

Inside London's weirdest neolab

DeepMind researcher’s new AI lab nears $4bn valuation, reports say

Index in talks to lead $500m round for DeepMind researcher’s new AI lab

The billion-dollar question: How will the neolabs actually make money?

Mapped: the AI labs taking over King’s Cross

Exclusive: Meta and OpenAI alumni seek $400m for new AI lab

Europe's hot AI startups set to poach more talent from Big Tech

Four-month-old Recursive Superintelligence raises $500m

Yann LeCun poaches from Meta, Google DeepMind for new startup

17 voice AI startups to watch, according to VCs

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt backs voice AI startup Gradium in $70m seed round

Europe's answer to buzzy US tech show TBPN set to launch