European go-to-market search firm Nobel Recruitment has acquired Berlin-based ARRtist, a practitioner-led tech community platform for founders, C-level executives and investors. The deal strengthens Nobel’s position in Germany while expanding its reach beyond executive search into community building and ecosystem development. Financial terms were not disclosed. Founded more than four years ago, ARRtist built a […]
Proxima Fusion, a Munich-based nuclear energy startup, has outlined plans to raise about €2 billion to build a major fusion test facility in Germany that could be a milestone on the path to commercially viable fusion power. The company expects more than half of that, roughly €1.2 billion, to come from the German federal government, […]
An AI assistant is asked a simple question: has this company changed its CEO? It responds confidently, citing information that was accurate a few months ago. The problem is that the leadership changed last week. This is the structural limitation of many AI systems today. Large language models (LLMs) are trained on historical snapshots, which […]
London-based AI software startup Callosum has closed a $10.25 million funding round led by European early-stage venture fund Plural, marking a notable bet on multi-chip AI infrastructure at a time when venture capital remains heavily concentrated in a narrow set of compute platform plays. The round includes participation from angel backers such as Charlie Songhurst, […]
London-based digital challenger bank Allica Bank has officially crossed the unicorn threshold after closing a $155 million Series D funding round that valued the company at around $1.2 billion. This places the fintech among the growing list of private companies with valuations above $1 billion, alongside peers such as Revolut, Monzo, Starling and Zilch. The […]
On March 8, 2026, in honour of International Women’s Day, a new edition of SheBuilds on Lovable invited builders from around the world to a 24-hour global, powered by Anthropic. On top of that, participants in the SheBuilds campaign receive $100 in Anthropic API credits and $250 in Stripe fee credits to kickstart their builds […]
OpenAI is broadening how it helps large organizations put artificial intelligence into real use. The company announced a new initiative, Frontier Alliances, teaming up with four major consulting firms, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), McKinsey & Company, Accenture, and Capgemini, to help enterprises move beyond pilot AI projects and embed intelligent systems deeply into business workflows. […]
In 2026, one of Europe’s most ambitious scientific ventures, Horizon Europe, a seven-year, roughly €93 billion framework dedicated to research and innovation, underwent a quiet but significant transformation. What had once been an open invitation to researchers across the globe now carries a more guarded tenor. In critical areas such as artificial intelligence, semiconductors, quantum […]
Brussels-based investor Syndicate One has hit a funding milestone with the €22 million first close of its second early-stage tech fund, underscoring a growing confidence in Belgium’s startup ecosystem. The new capital builds on the firm’s first fund, which closed at €6.5 million in late 2024, and will be deployed to support early-stage Belgian tech […]
