Accenture agrees $1.2B deal to acquire Ookla (Speedtest and Downdetector) from Ziff Davis
Mutable Tactics raises €1.8 million in a pre-seed fund to develop drone automation with AI
OpenAI launches GPT-5.3 Instant to improve ChatGPT’s most-used model
GHARAGE Ventures launches €40M Fund I to back travel and airport technology startups
The Designer rebuilding AI interfaces for humans
Photoncycle raises €15M Series A to address Europe’s seasonal energy storage gap
PLD Space raises €180M Series C to scale Europe’s commercial launch capabilities
Oxa secures $103M Series D first close to scale autonomous vehicles for industrial logistics
Antiverse raises $9.3M Series A to scale AI-driven antibody discovery from Cardiff
Apple updates MacBook Air with M5
Mycoverse raises €2.4M pre-seed to develop fungal-based biological crop protection
LUMO Fund wins €6M from Spain’s SETT to support European impact startups
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