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Cristian Dina @ The Next Web · 04/07/2026 09:08 EDT

Hermeus raises $350M at a $1B valuation to build autonomous hypersonic fighters

The Los Angeles defence startup flew a demonstrator the size of an F-16 in March. A third aircraft is now in development. CEO AJ Piplica says the only way to build hypersonic aircraft at this pace is to accept that hardware will fail, and plan for it. Hermeus, a Los Angeles-based defence aviation startup developing autonomous […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Cristian Dina @ The Next Web · 04/07/2026 08:58 EDT

Natter raises $23M to replace enterprise surveys with AI-moderated video conversations

The London-based startup, founded by former BBC and Uber executives, runs AI-orchestrated video conversations that can gather structured insight from thousands of employees simultaneously. A seven-minute conversation produces more than 1,000 words of data versus ten from a typical survey answer. Natter, a London-based enterprise insights startup, has raised a $23 million Series A led […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Cristian Dina @ The Next Web · 04/07/2026 08:43 EDT

Conxai raises €5M to bring agentic AI to construction industry

The Munich-based startup automates complex project workflows using AI trained on construction-specific data, not general-purpose models. Its backers include Earlybird, Pi Labs, noa, and Zacua Ventures. Conxai, a Munich-based construction AI startup, has raised €5 million in new funding. The round adds to the €2.7 million pre-seed the company closed in January 2022 with Earlybird […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Cristian Dina @ The Next Web · 04/07/2026 08:42 EDT

Nvidia-backed Firmus targets $2bn ASX IPO after locking in $505m equity and $10bn Blackstone debt for its AI factory network

In short: Australian AI data centre company Firmus has raised $505m at a $5.5bn valuation in what it says is its final pre-IPO round, and is now targeting a $2bn listing on the ASX in June or July, backed by a $10bn Blackstone-led debt facility secured in February and a plan to deploy 1.6 gigawatts of […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web · 04/07/2026 08:29 EDT

EIB lends PLD Space €30M to finish building its MIURA 5 rocket

The venture debt facility, backed by InvestEU and signed on 7 April, takes PLD Space’s total 2026 fundraising to €210 million following its €180 million Series C in March. MIURA 5 is on track for its inaugural test flight later this year from the Guiana Space Centre. The European Investment Bank has signed a €30 […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web · 04/07/2026 08:19 EDT

neuroClues closes €10M Series A to bring its eye-tracking Parkinson’s diagnostic to European and US neurologists

The French-Belgian medtech uses a portable headset to capture up to 800 infrared images per eye per second, extracting oculomotor biomarkers that can indicate Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and multiple sclerosis years before clinical symptoms appear. It received CE certification in January 2025 and is targeting FDA clearance in 2026. neuroClues, a French-Belgian medtech company developing an […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Alina Maria Stan @ The Next Web · 04/07/2026 08:16 EDT

Anthropic in talks to invest $200m in private equity venture to push Claude deeper into enterprise

In short: Anthropic is in negotiations to anchor a new joint venture with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Permira that would embed Claude across private equity portfolio companies, investing roughly $200m of its own capital into a vehicle that could raise up to $1bn from buyout firms, and taking Palantir’s forward-deployed engineer model as its template. […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Ana Maria Constantin @ The Next Web · 04/07/2026 06:11 EDT

Picsart launches “Earn with Picsart”, a monetisation programme with no invite list

The AI design platform is paying creators based on engagement performance rather than audience size, marking its transition from a tool into a platform where creators can earn directly. The launch follows an AI agent marketplace the company introduced in March. Picsart has launched a creator monetisation programme open to all of its more than […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Allison Steffens Herrera @ The Next Web · 04/07/2026 05:15 EDT

Cheap cloud was built for stability, but that world is changing

The Iran war is not making cloud suddenly expensive. It is exposing how cloud economics was always downstream from energy markets, and Europe is structurally exposed. The current conflict in the Middle East is no longer contained to the region. Its effects are beginning to ripple into economies still recovering from the 2022 energy crisis, […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Cristian Dina @ The Next Web · 04/07/2026 04:31 EDT

Bill Ackman proposes buying Universal Music Group for €56B

Pershing Square’s non-binding proposal values UMG at €30.40 per share, a 78% premium to its last closing price. Ackman argues the world’s largest music label has been undervalued by structural factors, including the Bolloré Group’s 18% stake and the postponement of a US listing, that have nothing to do with its underlying business. Bill Ackman’s […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web · 04/07/2026 04:12 EDT

OpenAI launched a safety fellowship

The OpenAI Safety Fellowship, announced on 6 April 2026, is a pilot programme for external researchers to conduct independent work on AI safety and alignment. It runs from September 2026 to February 2027. It was posted to social media hours after a Ronan Farrow investigation in The New Yorker reported that OpenAI had dissolved its […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web · 04/07/2026 03:38 EDT

nFuse raises $2M to let small retailers order via WhatsApp

Two former Coca-Cola operators built a messaging-first ordering platform after watching B2B eCommerce initiatives repeatedly fail in fragmented trade. The platform claims 70% retailer adoption and order processing costs up to 20 times lower than traditional digital channels. Bulgarian B2B ordering startup nFuse has raised $2 million from Eleven Ventures and LAUNCHub in a round […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web · 04/07/2026 02:30 EDT

The Uffizi cyberattack should worry every museum in Europe

A cyberattack on one of Italy’s greatest cultural institutions reveals a sector that has mastered physical security and ignored the digital kind. On the weekend of 1 February 2026, staff at the Uffizi Galleries in Florence arrived on Monday morning to find their email accounts suspended, their internal servers unreachable, and the administrative backbone of […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Alina Maria Stan @ The Next Web · 04/07/2026 02:00 EDT

Anthropic signs biggest compute deal yet with Google and Broadcom as revenue run rate hits $30bn

In short: Anthropic has agreed to access approximately 3.5 gigawatts of next-generation Google TPU compute capacity via Broadcom from 2027, its largest infrastructure commitment to date — while simultaneously disclosing that its revenue run rate has surpassed $30bn, more than tripling from roughly $9bn at the end of 2025. Anthropic has announced it is securing multiple […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Cristian Dina @ The Next Web · 04/06/2026 17:38 EDT

Netflix launches Playground, a standalone games app for children aged eight and under

In short: Netflix has launched Netflix Playground, a dedicated standalone gaming app for children aged eight and under, bundled into existing memberships with no ads or in-app purchases and full offline support, positioning it squarely against Apple Arcade in the family market. Netflix has quietly extended its gaming ambitions into the family market with the launch […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Alina Maria Stan @ The Next Web · 04/06/2026 17:24 EDT

Iran threatens to destroy OpenAI’s $30bn Stargate data centre in Abu Dhabi

In short: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has released a video threatening “complete and utter annihilation” of OpenAI’s $30bn Stargate AI campus in Abu Dhabi, singling out the facility by name for the first time and warning it will strike if the US proceeds with threatened attacks on Iranian civilian infrastructure. A senior officer in Iran’s […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Cristian Dina @ The Next Web · 04/06/2026 17:07 EDT

Google’s free offline dictation app just made paying $15 a month for Wispr Flow hard to justify

In short: Google has quietly released an iOS app called Google AI Edge Eloquent, a free, offline-first voice dictation tool that transcribes speech in real time, strips filler words automatically, and transforms raw dictation into polished text without requiring an internet connection. The app runs on Gemma-based on-device ASR models, offers an optional cloud mode using […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Cristian Dina @ The Next Web · 04/06/2026 16:48 EDT

Spain’s Xoople raises $130m to build the data infrastructure AI needs to understand Earth

In short: Xoople, a Madrid-based geospatial data company founded in 2019, has raised a $130 million Series B led by Nazca Capital, bringing its total funding to $225 million and pushing its valuation into unicorn territory. The round was co-invested by MCH Private Equity, CDTI (the Spanish government’s technology development fund), Buenavista Equity Partners, and Endeavor […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Cristian Dina @ The Next Web · 04/06/2026 10:44 EDT

Argentine wildfire AI startup raises $2.7M after building a detection system that beats NASA’s alerts by 35 minutes

Satellites on Fire, founded in 2020 as a school project by three Argentine teenagers, has closed a seed round led by Dalus Capital. Its software-only platform integrates satellite data from multiple agencies and detects fires faster than NASA’s FIRMS system by avoiding the gaps between satellite passes. Argentine climate-tech startup Satellites on Fire has closed […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web · 04/06/2026 10:18 EDT

Bolt expands its Hopp ride-hailing brand into Canadian corporate travel

A year after its consumer launch in Toronto, Bolt’s North American brand Hopp has introduced a corporate mobility product targeting finance teams frustrated by fragmented expense reporting. It enters a market where Canada’s business travel spending was forecast to grow 17.7% to CAD $44.3 billion in 2025. Bolt, the Estonian mobility company that operates in […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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