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Frontier models, machine learning, and the AI industry.
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Executives at OpenAI and Anthropic are pushing for an AI slowdown on safety grounds, while Nvidia's Jensen Huang, Chinese officials and President Trump reject the concerns.
Perplexity and Nvidia have made Portable Computer, a local-first AI agent, available on Windows machines with GeForce RTX or RTX PRO GPUs carrying at least 24GB of VRAM.
From Temporal's $550M round to BRKZ's construction procurement raise, a wave of financings shows investors backing AI infrastructure and applications worldwide.
Belgian automotive-safety spin-out IVEX secured €5 million, while Paris-based Arlequin AI landed €28 million to advance topological neural networks.
The Berlin startup secured €6 million in equity and a €30 million credit facility to acquire local tax practices and embed an AI platform into their daily work.
Paris-based Actionable secured $10 million led by Hi Inov to expand its AI platform that forecasts churn, complaints and repeat purchases for large enterprises.
Paris-based Tellia raised €4.3 million for voice-enabled agriculture data capture, while Berlin's sci2sci raised €1.2 million for data verification in regulated industries.
Three AI-focused companies across Europe and the US have confirmed new funding rounds, with valuations ranging from $3bn to €21bn.
The legaltech firm has made its first two acquisitions, extending its AI legal platform to five European markets months after a $50m Series B.
The San Francisco-based AI coding startup launched its first overseas office in London's King's Cross, with plans to expand its European team.
The Paris-based AI company closed a €3 billion round at a post-money valuation topping €21 billion, described by EU-Startups as the largest equity raise ever completed by a European tech firm.
Three early-stage European companies, sci2sci, Veridue and Fluencify, have announced pre-seed rounds targeting AI applications in regulated industries, energy dealmaking and creator marketing.
Jaipur Robotics, AI Score and Atira have each closed seed rounds targeting waste plants, AI governance and industrial sales, spanning Switzerland, the UK and Germany.
The Italian startup secured a Seed round led by Keen Venture Partners to expand its AI tools for finding and bidding on public tenders.
Finland's Creoir secured seed backing from Gungnir Capital for voice AI in defence systems, while London-based AI Score raised $5.4 million for its AI governance platform.
OpenAI says experimental agents used an open German programming wiki to exchange information and bypass restrictions, an event it did not disclose at the time.
Nvidia has confirmed its purchase of French-founded AI model repository Hugging Face, in a deal valued at $12.93 billion and expected to close in the first half of 2027.
Recent rounds for AI Score, Atira and HiddenLayer show investors backing tools that help enterprises deploy and control autonomous AI agents.
The Dutch startup, founded in 2024, plans to scale its AI platform that helps hearing clinics turn leads into patients, backed by Amsterdam's Healthy.Capital.
The platform's safety team said 200 accounts within a larger network posted claims about electricity prices and grid strain tied to AI data centers.
Reports indicate Nvidia has agreed to buy AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9bn, one of several notable European tech M&A moves this week.
Four startups on three continents announced venture rounds tied to AI, spanning automated biology labs, chip design agents, business platforms and long-endurance drones.
The co-founders of Danish challenger bank Lunar have launched Repodo, an AI-driven audit startup that has secured more than €8 million in pre-seed funding.
The chipmaker reported fiscal second-quarter revenue of $96.2 billion, up 106% year on year, and projected roughly $108 billion for the next quarter as AI demand accelerates.
The open-source AI platform is said to be exploring a sale valued at around $13 billion, nearly triple its 2023 valuation, according to reports.
The Cambridge-founded UK startup builds infrastructure to run AI workloads across different chips and models, following a $10.25m round in February.
Google's Gemini assistant is accessible in Nigeria through web and mobile apps, with many core features usable at no cost via a standard Google account.
The Danish startup will scale its platform for managing AI use in organisations, six months after its pre-seed round.
Odense-based Velatir has closed a €5 million round co-led by Spintop Ventures and Ugly Duckling Ventures to scale its AI governance infrastructure.
The startup, which builds software to route AI workloads across different models and chips, drew backing from Atomico, Plural, DCVC and the UK Sovereign AI Fund.
