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UK’s Builder.ai collapses: Microsoft-backed AI startup files for bankruptcy after revenue overstatement and lender action
London-based Builder.ai, the artificial intelligence startup backed by Microsoft and the Qatar Investment Authority, announced that it is filing for bankruptcy.
Germany’s trawa lands €24M to help European businesses slash energy costs
Berlin-based trawa, an electricity provider and AI-powered software company, has secured €24M in Series A funding led by Headline.
Belgian AI agentic software startup Ravical raises €7.3M in pre-seed funding
Ghent-based Ravical, which helps expert firms embrace the AI-first future, has raised €7.3M in pre-seed funding.
sensmore raises €6.4M: Co-founder Maximilian Rolf on turning world’s largest machines into intelligent robots, safety layers, and expansion plans
Berlin/Potsdam-based sensmore, a robotics startup, has secured $7.3M (approximately €6.4M) in a funding round led by Point Nine Capital, an…
German remberg secures €15M to help European industries save nearly €500B in annual revenue loss using AI
Munich-based remberg, an AI-based maintenance platform, raised €15M in a Series A+ round.
AI tool of the week: Ghent’s food tech unicorn Deliverect unveils AI tool to stop fraudulent refunds
Ghent-based Deliverect, a food tech SaaS unicorn, on Thursday, announced the launch of an AI-powered tool -- Resolve – to tackle a revenue-draining pain point for multi-location restaurants -- Missing and Incorrect (M&I) errors and unjust refund claims.
Dutch-based Voyc secures €1.7M to help companies monitor customer calls and improve service
Dutch-based Voyc on its $2M (nearly €1.78M) seed funding round.
Salesforce to acquire UK AI agent startup Convergence.ai to accelerate Agentforce
US-based Salesforce, a cloud-based software company, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire London’s Convergence.ai, a company that builds AI agents for digital environments.
Germany’s Akeno raises €4.5M to bring real-time, AI-driven production planning to more industries
Hamburg-based Akeno, a tech company that provides real-time automated production planning, has raised €4.5M in seed funding to advance its AI-based software.
Xoople, world’s first Earth Intelligence company, emerges from stealth with €115M in funding
Spanish-born Xoople, a data and AI company, emerges from stealth to close its latest equity round.
Austria’s Kickscale hits the gong for more European sales tech sovereignty with €2.1M in fresh capital
Vienna-based Kickscale, an AI-powered SaaS platform, has secured €2.1M in a Seed round led by aws Gründungsfonds.