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Hamburg-based VC Oyster Bay announces the final closing of its second fund of over €100 million – ranking among the largest European VC funds exclusively dedicated to the future food market. The fund was reportedly significantly oversubscribed, with investors such as the European Investment Fund (EIF) and KfW participating. Christoph Miller, Founder and Managing Partner ...
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Fundraising campaigns for a Ford employee who was suspended after shouting at President Trump have raised hundreds of thousands. Read more ›
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The autoworker called the president a "pedophile protector," a reference to his suppression of the Epstein files. Read more ›
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There's this analog device called a badge that has worked wonders for generations, maybe consider that too? Read more ›
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Grok will no longer be allowed to edit photos of real people to show them in sexualized or revealing clothing. Read more ›
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When Renee Good was shot by an ICE officer last week in Minnesota, it brought attention to the robust effort to combat US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Twin Cities. Residents of Minneapolis and the surrounding areas are joining decentralized networks of activists who are committed to alerting their neighbors to ICE presence on […] Read more ›
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Irem Sumer and her four friends have spent two years working on "Match Valley." Now they've got millions of dollars in backing from Silicon Valley. Read more ›
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Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T customers all reported service problems starting midday on Wednesday, Jan. 4. Verizon has acknowledged network problems. Read more ›
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Progressives have long argued that Donald Trump’s immigration agenda is a fundamentally fascistic enterprise. In their telling, the president’s goal is not merely to enforce America’s borders but to purify its blood — and unleash state violence against anyone who resists his campaign of ethnic cleansing. Of course, there’s nothing new about the left deriding […] Read more ›
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Thinking Machines Lab, the high-profile startup cofounded by former OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, has removed Barret Zoph, its chief technology officer, according to a person with knowledge of the change. Murati confirmed Zoph’s departure in a post on X and said Soumith Chintala, ... Read more ›
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Digg is back, relaunched by its original founder and the co-founder of its biggest competitor Reddit. Read more ›
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Up to 25,000 Russian soldiers are being killed every month, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said this week. Read more ›
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The news is a blow for Thinking Machines Lab. Two narratives are already emerging about what happened. Read more ›
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Amazon's upcoming God of War live-action TV adaptation has cast Ryan Hurst as its Kratos. Sony announced the casting today on X with a brief post and an image of both Hurst and Kratos in full scowl mode. Hurst is already sporting a very Kratos-style beard, so he's already got the right vibe going for him. He has past credits on familiar shows such as Sons of Anarchy and The... Read more ›
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Following the proliferation of the nonconsensual sexual deepfakes on X, the platform has detailed changes to the Grok account's ability to edit images of real people. They match the changes reported on Tuesday by The Telegraph, as Grok's responses to prompts like "put her in a bikini" became censored. But in tests of the feature […] Read more ›
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We're two years divorced from Todd Phillips' 'Joker' sequel, and the studio is still claiming the disappointing DC film was merely misunderstood. Read more ›
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A major Verizon outage appeared to impact customers across the United States starting around noon ET on Wednesday. Calls to Verizon customers from other carriers may also be impacted. Read more ›
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Bandcamp has announced a ban on music made wholly or substantially by generative AI, aiming to protect human creativity and prohibit AI impersonation of artists. Here's what the music platform had to say: ... Something that always strikes us as we put together a roundup like this is the sheer quantity of human creativity and passion that artists express on Bandcamp every single day. The fact that Bandcamp is home... Read more ›
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Tucuvi, a Madrid-based HealthTech company innovating certified voice AI, raised €17 million ($20 million) in Series A funding to accelerate the adoption of its AI-based care management platform in healthcare systems. The round was led by Cathay Innovation and Kfund, through its early-growth fund Leadwind, with participation from existing investors Frontline Ventures, Seaya Ventures, and ... Read more ›
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Former F1 World Champion Nico Rosberg is once again accelerating forward – this time not on the track, but in the venture capital world. His firm, Rosberg Ventures, has announced the close of its third fund at €86 million (£75 million), pushing total assets under management to approximately €172 million (£150 million). In recent years, ... Read more ›
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Paris-based Equitable Earth (formerly ERS), a provider of certification for nature-based carbon projects, has announced a €12.6 million financing round to accelerate the expansion of its certification programme. The round was led by a US-based family office and supported by existing investors, including AENU, noa and Localglobe, bringing the total funding to over €25 million. ... Read more ›
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Klearly, an Amsterdam-based FinTech startup focused on in-person payment solutions, today announced it has raised €12 million in Series A funding to fuel its mission to build Europe’s best payments system for restaurants. The round was led by PayPal Ventures (PayPal’s venture arm), with participation from Italian Founders Fund and existing investors, including Global PayTech ... Read more ›
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Paris-based Spore.Bio, a BioTech startup developing AI-based microbiology testing technology, today announced that it has secured multi-million-dollar funding from the Google.Org Fund for AI in Science. Additionally, it has also launched Spore.Labs, an AI-native research division focused on tackling the critical challenges in public health. The Google.org AI for Science Fund is a multi-million-dollar initiative ... Read more ›
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As Europe’s startup ecosystem accelerates toward an AI-driven future, a new program is stepping in to empower first-time founders and bridge the gap between idea and paying customers. LeapX, a market-driven accelerator founded by Leap2Peak (Estonia/Tallinn) and Entrepreneurs for Global Change (USA/New York), has officially opened applications for its inaugural cohort. This five-week hybrid bootcamp ... Read more ›
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Berlin-based NetBird, an open-source network security platform, today announced a €8.5 million ($10 million) Series A round to scale, hire, and establish itself as a European alternative to US vendors for modern remote access and network security. The round was led by Pace Capital, with participation from Nauta Capital, InReach Ventures, and Antler. Tina He, ... Read more ›
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Cologne-based United Manufacturing Hub (UMH), an open-source industrial data management platform for modern factories, today announced a €5 million funding round to accelerate its mission to build the foundational data layer for global manufacturing. The round was led by KOMPAS VC, with participation from seed + speed Ventures, Sustainable Future Ventures, and Archimedes New Ventures. ... Read more ›
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Once again, it is that time of the year when we begin our annual series highlighting some of the most promising startups from across Europe. Each edition takes a country-by-country look at the teams and technologies shaping the continent’s entrepreneurial landscape. For 2026, we are starting with Austria, opening the series with a closer look ... Read more ›
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