The microbiome, the vast, tangled ecosystem of bacteria, fungi and other microbes that live in and on us, is increasingly recognised as a major factor in health, nutrition and drug response. A new startup called Outpost Bio is trying to make that complexity easier to work with, and investors have just put money behind the […]
On the fringes of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year, Vodafone outlined a bet that feels both practical and a little ambitious: use satellites to solve one of mobile networks’ oldest headaches, how to connect towers that sit far from traditional infrastructure. Vodafone Group has agreed to use Amazon Leo, the low Earth orbit […]
OpenAI has reached an agreement with the Pentagon to deploy its artificial intelligence models in classified military systems, just hours after President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to stop using rival Anthropic’s technology. The announcement came late Friday from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who said the company had secured terms with the Department of Defense […]
OpenAI has reached an agreement with the Pentagon to deploy its artificial intelligence models in classified military systems, just hours after President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to stop using rival Anthropic’s technology. The announcement came late Friday from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who said the company had secured terms with the Department of Defense […]
Europe does not suffer from a shortage of capital. What it lacks is the legal courage and analytical competence required to direct that capital toward the areas where it can create the greatest long-term value: SciTech startups. This gap shapes the entire continent’s innovation landscape, and Sweden is no exception. Even as Sweden is celebrated […]
OpenAI announced a landmark funding round and strategic alliances on February 27, 2026, aimed at expanding the reach of artificial intelligence across consumers, developers, and enterprises while cementing its leadership in global AI infrastructure. The initiative, framed under the banner “Scaling AI for everyone,” signals a new phase in the commercialization and deployment of frontier […]
The fierce standoff over Claude isn’t just a contract fight. It’s about who controls the future of military AI. In Washington and Silicon Valley, a conflict once relegated to specialist policy briefings has burst into view as arms-length diplomacy between the U.S. Department of Defense and Anthropic, the San Francisco-based AI lab, approaches a critical […]
London-based data infrastructure startup Encord has closed a €50 million ($60 million) Series C funding round, led by Wellington Management, with participation from existing backers including Y Combinator, CRV, N47, Crane Venture Partners and Harpoon Ventures, alongside new investors Bright Pixel Capital and Isomer Capital. The round brings total capital raised to about €93 million […]
If there is something I never expected to read, it was the Pope’s opinion on artificial intelligence and its use within the Church. So when Pope Leo XIV advised priests of his diocese not to outsource homilies to artificial intelligence, the instruction read almost like a parish bulletin caught between two worlds. Except it wasn’t […]
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 […]
