# Technology

European consumers are begging for better customer support

Customer support has long been designed with businesses in mind but new research by Parloa shows European consumers aren't happy with this strategy

Leatherback is now Foren. The name was the last thing to change

Leatherback has announced its rebrand to Foren, marking the overhaul of its technology and compliance infrastructure to provide businesses with a unified global banking platform

The best AI opportunities for investors may not look like AI companies

It's less about finding the next company with AI in its name and more about finding businesses that can use the technology to create a meaningful advantage

Is New York warming to European tech?

Anne Sraders joins host Freya Pratty on this week's Sifted podcast

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

Europe's AI moment is moving from hype to execution

At the upcoming HumanX event, founders, investors and policymakers will gather to explore the realities and challenges of integrating AI into businesses

The new impact investing playbook: Why climate investors are moving beyond carbon accounting

European impact investors are broadening their lens beyond carbon emissions to understand how companies interact with climate, resources, nature and human health

How AI is redefining corporate cyber-readiness

Getting ready to fight AI cyber threats isn’t just about automating, it’s about human augmentation

The scaleup challenge: Accelerating defence tech innovation in Europe

European defence startups have never had more momentum, but how can early-stage success lead to real world results?

How Cortea is making AI trustworthy for auditors: ‘It’s not just about automation but quality control’

‘Human-in-the-loop’ AI is streamlining auditing while maintaining the strict compliance the finance and IT industry demands

The most active growth equity investors in Europe

83 growth-stage investors with at least three growth investments have deployed capital into European companies this year

Are the Nordics really on fire?

Host Freya Pratty is joined by Europe editor Mimi Billing live at TechBBQ to discuss the momentum behind the Nordic tech scene

Should tech events ban Meta’s smart glasses?

The popular specs — which critics call "pervert glasses" — have divided a normally pro-tech crowd

What’s driving Scottish deeptech?: ‘There’s a huge change happening’

Backed by world-class research and support networks such as Techscaler, a new generation of Scottish founders are building global deeptech companies right at home

How founders are using AI to own their IP strategy

By replacing the slow and costly bottlenecks of traditional law firms with AI-native platforms, deeptech founders are reclaiming their IP strategy

Can Europe finance its sustainability ambitions?

Europe has spent much of the past decade constructing a sophisticated architecture around sustainability

Your verified customers are for sale: The rise of account farms

With account farms selling fully verified user profiles, companies must look beyond standard identity documents to spot the signals

South Summit 2026: Three trends shaping the future of European tech

Europe's tech leaders are using AI to solve real-world problems on a global scale

‘We need the bravery to change the process’: How AI is impacting physical environments

Deeptech leaders explain why AI’s biggest opportunity has shifted from software wrappers to the physical world

How to build secure and user-friendly AI: ‘If data sits in a silo, it only sees part of the picture’

The secret to successful AI isn't choosing the perfect model, but safe and organised company data

From chatbots to ‘digital teammates’: The shift towards multiplayer AI

To increase productivity, companies must stop relying on 'single-player' chatbots and embrace 'multiplayer' AI agents

‘We want to make bookkeeping less painful’: How Visma and its AI portfolio are reshaping accounting

Visma is using its accounting portfolio to make manual bookkeeping a thing of the past

The incubator launching Scotland’s next generation of tech: ‘We need to pull the bigger players into the Scottish market’

The Venture Builder Incubator programme, in partnership with Techscaler, is working to turn Scotland’s world-class university research into scalable commercial businesses

Why late-stage secondary offerings are transforming private market access