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mimic, a Zurich-based robotics company, has raised €13.8 million in Seed funding to deploy its frontier physical AI across industries, enabling robots to handle complex, dexterous tasks that conventional machines cannot. The round was led by Elaia, alongside Speedinvest, with participation from Founderful, 1st kind, 10X Founders, 2100 Ventures and Sequoia Scout Fund, bringing mimic’s ...
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In the 1970s, psychologist Diana Deutsch was experimenting with a synthesizer, when she heard something strange. “It seemed to me that I’d entered another universe or I’d gone crazy or something…the world had just turned upside down!” Deutsch recalls. Deutsch had stumbled across an illusion in audio form — she called it the “Octave Illusion” […] Read more ›
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The analysts wrote in a note on Friday that consumers have covered about 50% to 70% of the cost of tariffs to date. Read more ›
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A coalition of labor unions and cities filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its new rule to limit Public Service Loan Forgiveness. Read more ›
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The CEO of the largest satellite company in the world just proposed a bold—and totally misguided—solution to the climate crisis. Read more ›
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Captchas have largely vanished from the web in 2025, replaced by invisible tracking systems that analyze user behavior rather than asking people to decipher distorted text or identify traffic lights in image grids. Google launched reCaptcha v3 in 2018 to generate risk scores based on behavioral signals during site interactions, making bot-blocking technology "completely invisible" for most users, according to Tim Knudsen, a director of product management at Google Cloud.... Read more ›
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The unnerving 'Sheep With the Eye' Pop would very much like to glare at you from your toy shelf while plotting to steal your body. Read more ›
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As a mom and dietitian, I've come up with ideas for easy, nutritious meals that both picky kids and busy parents trying to lose weight can enjoy. Read more ›
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Disney and YouTube TV are stuck in a stalemate. ESPN personalities are appealing to YouTube TV customers, but their messages might not be resonating. Read more ›
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OpenAI has committed to buying billions of dollars worth of compute from AWS—the latest in a string of major deals brokered by the AI startup. Read more ›
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The Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA), an anti-piracy organization representing Japanese IP holders like Studio Ghibli and Bandai Namco, released a letter last week asking OpenAI to stop using its members’ content to train Sora 2, as reported by Automaton. The letter states that “CODA considers that the act of replication during the machine learning […] Read more ›
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RBC Capital Markets spotted a rare dip in AI spending by companies. They floated three potential reasons for the pause. Read more ›
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As the New York City mayoral election enters the final stretch, with the Muslim American Democratic Party nominee Zohran Mamdani maintaining a sizable lead in all of the polls, a familiar beast has reared its head: blatant Islamophobia. Most of those dabbling in outright bigotry are unsurprising: right-wing shock-jocks and the pro-Trump New York Post. […] Read more ›
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A developer operating under the handle @XenoPanther has stripped Windows 7 down to 69MB. The OS boots but runs almost nothing because critical files like common dialog boxes and common controls are missing. @XenoPanther described the project on X as "more of a fun proof of concept rather than something usable." The desktop appears and the genuine check remains intact. Read more of this story at Slashdot. Read more ›
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In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we run through the top stories of the week and dive into why the promise of a tech-forward school in Texas with software instead of teachers fell apart. Read more ›
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The world is focused on America’s lead but Beijing has the means, motive and opportunity to pull ahead Read more ›
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Your friend came to you because they respect your knowledge and opinion, and outsourcing the answer to a machine is lazy and rude. Just answer them yourself. Read more ›
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If you’re signing up for Medicare benefits this open enrollment, odds are you aren’t actually enrolling in the traditional government program that people may envision. More than half of Medicare beneficiaries are now choosing an alternative version of the program administered by private companies. Medicare, the paragon of America’s welfare state, is undergoing a subtle […] Read more ›
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Qala AG, a Swiss startup redefining how enterprises achieve real-time data visibility and governance at source, today announces it has raised €1.7 in pre-Seed funding to accelerate product development for their source-level data observability and compliance platform. The round was led by QBIT Capital and Haatch, with participation from Backbone Ventures, ROI Ventures and seasoned ... Read more ›
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AnyTax, the Berlin-based startup building embedded tax solutions for financial platforms, today announced the closing of its €1 million pre-Seed funding round to make tax “truly accessible“, simplifying how platforms integrate tax capabilities and how users experience them. Investors from the banking world, such as IBB Ventures and BLACKVRST Equity, as well as early-stage VC ... Read more ›
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SalesPatriot, a Polish-American startup building a next-generation procurement platform for defense and aerospace components, has raised €4.2 million in Seed funding to accelerate its mission of transforming how parts distributors and manufacturers buy and sell critical equipment. The round was led by CRV, with participation from Pear VC, Y Combinator, SV Angel, Liquid2, Uncorrelated Ventures, ... Read more ›
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In this episode of the EU-Startups Podcast, we sit down with Julio Martinez, Co-founder and CEO of Abacum, a platform that helps CFOs and finance teams forecast revenue, plan headcount, and model financial scenarios to drive efficient growth. Founded in 2020, the company has raised a total of $105 million to date and now serves ... Read more ›
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In the subscription economy, just acquiring users is not enough. Actual growth is all about keeping them, converting them, and maximising lifetime value over time. As customer acquisition costs rise and user expectations evolve, monetisation strategy has become just as important as product strategy. Perhaps even more important. For founders building subscription-based apps, whether B2B ... Read more ›
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Global Healthcare Opportunities, the UK specialist investor in global healthcare, today announces the final close of its fourth fund, GHO Capital IV LP, raising over €2.5 billion of capital available to invest. Fund IV further diversifies GHO’s investor base, with strong support from both existing investors as well as a significant amount of capital from ... Read more ›
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Formalize, a Copenhagen-based compliance software company, has raised €30 million in a Series B funding round to accelerate its mission of becoming Europe’s leading platform for governance, risk, and compliance. The round was co-led by Acton Capital (DE) and Blackfin Tech (FR), with participation from West Hill Capital and CIBC Innovation Banking. The company has ... Read more ›
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The Leipzig-based chemistry startup aevoloop has raised around €3.25 million in a Seed investment round, together with just under €5 million in funding from to accelerate the market launch of its circular technology. The public funding is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Free State of Saxony as part of an ... Read more ›
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Sesame, a Spanish HRTech startup focused on AI-powered talent management solutions, has secured up to €50 million in growth funding through a unique financial instrument developed in partnership with BBVA Spark. Designed specifically for SaaS companies looking to scale internationally without giving up equity, this move marks a shift in how European tech startups can ... Read more ›
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Grasp, the AI startup out Sweden automating investment banking and management consulting work using multi-agent systems, today announces it has raised €6 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Octopus Ventures, with participation from existing investor Yanno Capital. Grasp is also announcing the opening of its first international office in London. This ... Read more ›
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