OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 sets new records on professional benchmarks
Swedish data startup Validio raises $30M to fix the AI readiness problem nobody talks about
FIRSTPICK closes €25M second fund to back Baltic founders before anyone else does
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A German battery firm bets dry electrodes can keep Europe in the game
Everything Apple released this week is a reminder that “from $599” is a design choice
Accenture agrees $1.2B deal to acquire Ookla (Speedtest and Downdetector) from Ziff Davis
The Designer rebuilding AI interfaces for humans
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
Photoncycle raises €15M Series A to address Europe’s seasonal energy storage gap
GHARAGE Ventures launches €40M Fund I to back travel and airport technology startups
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Oxa secures $103M Series D first close to scale autonomous vehicles for industrial logistics
A new early-stage fund: Syndicate One raises €22M for Belgium’s startups
VC Quantonation closes €220M fund to back next-gen physics tech
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Naboo raises $70M to turn AI event planning into corporate procurement platform
Kembara closes €750M first close to fuel growth of European deep tech startups
Apple buys “Silent Speech” AI startup for $2B, because talking is so 2025
G2 bold move to reshape software discovery with major acquisition from Gartner
Stem cell startup proclaims ‘inflection point’ for medicine as mass production nears
Why civilian-first innovation will drive better dual-use technologies
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