London's IONATE secures €16.3M to advance AI-driven smart grid technology
On Wednesday, London-based IONATE, the deeptech startup offering the hardware-software backbone for smart electricity grids, announced that…
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France’s Crown secures €2M: Founder and CEO Mykyta Voytenko on reshaping procurement through eAuctions, and more
On Tuesday, Paris-based Crown, a company specialising in procurement negotiations with e-auction technology, announced that it has raised €2M in its pre-seed funding round.
Wiz uncovers DeepSeek data leak: Over a million sensitive logs, including chat history, exposed
New York-based cloud security startup Wiz, announced that it has identified a publicly accessible ClickHouse database belonging to DeepSeek, granting full control over database operations, including access to internal data.
Voice AI unicorn ElevenLabs secures €173.4M at a €3.1B valuation
ElevenLabs, an AI audio startup, announced on Thursday, January 30, that it has secured $180M (nearly €173.45M) in a Series C funding round, bringing its post-money valuation to $3.3B (nearly €3.18B).
Milan’s indigo.ai raises €10M to help companies with customer experience through AI agents
Milan-based indigo.ai, a Vedrai Group company and a specialist in conversational AI-based virtual assistants, on Wednesday, announced that it has secured €10M in a Series B all-equity round from Azimut Group.
Enschede-based OneThird bags €3.5M to tackle this annual trillion-dollar crisis: Know more
On Thursday, Enschede-based OneThird, an AI-driven food tech company, announced that it has raised €3.5M in a Series A funding round led by…
French company Naboo raises €20M to simplify corporate events planning through AI: Here’s how
On Wednesday, Paris-based Naboo, a company that specialises in simplifying corporate events planning, announced that it has raised €20M in a Series A funding round led by Notion Capital.
Feature Spotlight: German AI-translation unicorn DeepL unveils next-gen LLM model and Write functionality
On Tuesday, Cologne, Germany-based DeepL, a language AI company, announced the expansion of its API solution with two new features.
Copenhagen’s Hybird Energy raises €2.4M: Co-founder Søren Berg on becoming Europe’s ‘energy cloud’, challenges, and more
On Tuesday, Copenhagen-based Hybird Energy, a startup developing intelligent electrical panels powered by an AI energy cloud, announced that it has secured €2.4M funding co-led by BackingMinds (Swedish early-stage venture capital firm) and Transition (UK-based Climate VC).
Voice AI unicorn ElevenLabs secures $250M; now valued at over $3B, says reports
New York and London-based ElevenLabs, a voice AI research and deployment company, has reportedly raised $250M (nearly €239.57M) in a Series C funding round.
US President Trump announces $500B Stargate Project in collaboration with OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle: Know more
On Tuesday, OpenAI, in partnership with Oracle and SoftBank, announced The Stargate Project, a new company that intends to invest $500B (approximately €480B) over the next four years in building new AI infrastructure for OpenAI in the United States.
New Kid on the Block: Meet Squire, the new Pieterjan Bouten-backed Ghent startup that’s giving doctors back their time using AI
Imagine being a doctor and spending nearly a third of your workday not with patients, but documenting consultations.