European AI leaders join forces to push two-year pause on AI Act: All you need to know
A group of European business and tech leaders is urging the European Commission (EC) to delay the full rollout of the EU AI Act.
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UK's HIVED lands €35.5M to expand its AI logistics platform and electric delivery fleet
London-based HIVED, an AI-powered parcel delivery startup, has secured $42M (approximately €35.5M) in a Series B round led by NordicNinja.
Amsterdam’s Dexter Energy raises €23M to scale AI-driven short-term trading for wind, solar, and battery portfolios
Amsterdam-based Dexter Energy, a climate tech company, has raised €23M in a Series C funding round.
Madrid-based TuringDream raises €6M to scale it’s agentic AI platform for education and enterprises
Madrid-based TuringDream, an Agentic AI Platform, has announced that it has secured €6M in seed financing co-led by Adara Ventures and HWK, with participation from AI-specialist fund Next Tier Ventures.
Prague’s TopK raises €4.6M to build a search engine for the AI era
Prague-based TopK has raised $5.5M (nearly €4.66M) in seed funding to advance its AI-native search platform.
Sweden’s Tandem Health secures €42.6M to build AI-native OS that empowers clinicians
Stockholm-based Tandem Health, a healthtech company transforming clinical workflows with AI, has raised $50M (approximately €42.6M) in a Series A funding round.
UK's Gradient Labs claims to have solved AI customer service for finance; will pay $10K if your provider beats them
London-based Gradient Labs, a startup building an autonomous AI agent aiming to resolve up to 80% of customer queries, announced a bold new initiative -- a $10,000 challenge.
Tallinn-based Flowstep secures €2.2M to help teams ‘design at the speed of thought’ with AI-native platform
Tallinn-based Flowstep, a design-tech startup developing an AI-native canvas for product design teams, has raised $2.6M (nearly €2.21M) in a seed funding round.
Dutch-based ScoutinScience raises nearly €1M to turn scientific research into real-world results
ScoutinScience, a Dutch AI-powered platform specialising in research valorisation and innovation strategy, has raised nearly €1M in growth funding.
What’s in a Name: Fonio.ai’s founders finalised its name during a 90-minute car ride; now the AI startup records 92% revenue growth
In a world where customer support often falls short, fonio.ai was founded by Daniel Keinrath and Matthias Gruber in mid-2024 with a sharp focus: to improve the phone call experience for SMEs.
Dutch firm Sygno receives funding to combat financial crimes through AI
Leusden, the Netherlands-based Sygno, an AI specialist in the fight against fraud and money laundering, announced that it has received a strategic investment from TIN Capital and ROM Utrecht Region.
New Kid on the Block: Meet Brighter Signals, Amsterdam’s Antler-backed startup giving machines human-like abilities to touch
Today’s world is pushing hard to create smarter and safer machines that can quickly respond to what’s happening around them.