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Cristian Dina @ The Next Web · 04/01/2026 05:17 EDT

Pickmybrain raises $2.1M pre-seed to let experts monetise their knowledge through AI “Digital Brains”

The Tallinn-based platform, formerly WOIS.io, hosts over 1,000 professionals including Rovio co-founder Peter Vesterbacka and ex-Netflix CMO Bozoma Saint John. AI handles routine questions; high-value queries go to the expert via 1:1 asynchronous video. Pickmybrain, the Tallinn-based platform that turns professionals’ expertise into AI-powered “Digital Brains,” has raised a $2.1 million pre-seed round from a […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Cristian Dina @ The Next Web · 04/01/2026 04:57 EDT

Metafuels wins €1.92M Dutch grant to advance its Rotterdam e-SAF plant

The Swiss startup’s Turbe project at the Evos terminal in the Port of Rotterdam will be the first commercial deployment of its aerobrew methanol-to-jet technology, and a blueprint for large-scale e-SAF production across Europe. Metafuels, the Swiss aviation technology company developing synthetic sustainable aviation fuel, has been awarded €1.92 million in grant funding from the […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web · 04/01/2026 04:38 EDT

Finnish neurowellness startup Audicin raises $1.9M

The all-female-founded company, backed by Oura Health co-founders and Business Finland, uses brainwave entrainment to support focus, sleep, and recovery via background audio. Its new Sleep Headband targets secure environments where phones are banned. Audicin, the Finnish neurotechnology company using brainwave entrainment and auditory engineering to support nervous system regulation, has raised $1.9 million in […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Alina Maria Stan @ The Next Web · 03/31/2026 19:14 EDT

Decentraland just launched on the Epic Games Store.

The metaverse was supposed to be its own destination. You would put on a headset, enter a virtual world, and never need to think about the platform that brought you there. That was the pitch, anyway. Decentraland, one of the earliest and most persistent experiments in decentralised virtual worlds, appears to have reached a different […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Cristian Dina @ The Next Web · 03/31/2026 19:03 EDT

The Multi-Hop Challenge: Understanding Indirect Blockchain Exposure in Compliance

Public blockchains operate as permissionless networks where anyone can send digital assets to any address at any time. This open architecture creates a fundamental technical challenge for compliance teams tracking the flow of funds. Digital assets rarely travel in straight lines. They often move through multiple intermediate wallets before reaching a final destination. This multi-hop […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Allison Steffens Herrera @ The Next Web · 03/31/2026 18:01 EDT

At 8pm Tehran time on Tuesday, a new kind of front line was drawn, not through desert terrain or along a disputed border, but through the server farms, cloud regions, and corporate campuses of America’s largest technology companies. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps published a statement on its official Sepah News channel naming 18 US […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Ana Maria Constantin @ The Next Web · 03/31/2026 17:35 EDT

Six weeks ago, a video of Tom Cruise fighting Brad Pitt on a rooftop went viral. It was, of course, not real. It was generated by Seedance 2.0, ByteDance’s AI video model, and it set off a firestorm that drew cease-and-desist letters from six major Hollywood studios, a formal denunciation from the Motion Picture Association, […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Cristian Dina @ The Next Web · 03/31/2026 17:17 EDT

OpenAI closes record $122 billion round at $852 billion valuation, opens door to retail investors for the first time

There is a number that keeps getting larger, and on Tuesday it got larger again. OpenAI announced that it had closed its latest funding round with $122 billion in committed capital, valuing the ChatGPT maker at $852 billion post-money. The figure is up from the $110 billion the company announced in February, when Amazon, Nvidia, […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Ana Maria Constantin @ The Next Web · 03/31/2026 16:53 EDT

When Iran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz in late February, choking off the corridor through which a fifth of the world’s oil and gas flows, the immediate consequences were predictable: crude prices spiked, energy markets convulsed, and geopolitical analysts reached for their most alarming adjectives. What fewer people anticipated was how quickly the crisis […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Alina Maria Stan @ The Next Web · 03/31/2026 14:56 EDT

Apple Intelligence briefly goes live in China without approval, raising the spectre of regulatory penalties

In the small hours of Tuesday morning, something unexpected appeared on iPhones across mainland China. Apple Intelligence, the suite of AI-powered tools that the company has spent nearly two years trying to bring to its largest market outside the US, flickered to life, showed up in users’ settings menus, and then vanished. The brief, unannounced […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Ana Maria Constantin @ The Next Web · 03/31/2026 14:49 EDT

Nexus raises $4.3M seed to let non-technical teams deploy enterprise AI agents

The Brussels-founded, Y Combinator-backed startup counts Orange among its early enterprise customers, which deployed a customer onboarding agent in four weeks. General Catalyst led the round. Nexus, the Brussels-founded AI agent deployment platform backed by Y Combinator, has raised $4.3 million in a seed round led by General Catalyst, with participation from Y Combinator, Transpose […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Allison Steffens Herrera @ The Next Web · 03/31/2026 14:36 EDT

EnerVenue lands $300 million to bring NASA’s space batteries down to Earth

For decades, nickel-hydrogen batteries have been the quiet workhorses of space, powering the International Space Station and the Hubble Space Telescope through the extremes of orbit. Now, a California startup wants to put that same chemistry to work on the ground, and it just secured serious money to do it. EnerVenue has raised $300 million […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Cristian Dina @ The Next Web · 03/31/2026 14:34 EDT

ALSO hits $1B valuation and signs DoorDash as its first major autonomous delivery partner

The Palo Alto small-EV company raised $200M in a Series C led by Greenoaks, with DoorDash investing alongside a multi-year commercial agreement to deploy purpose-built autonomous vehicles for last-mile delivery. DoorDash co-founder Stanley Tang joins the board as an observer. ALSO, the small electric vehicle company spun out of Rivian in 2025, has raised $200 […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Alina Maria Stan @ The Next Web · 03/31/2026 13:08 EDT

Austrian food-waste startup Afreshed acquires German rival Etepetete in DACH consolidation play

German consumers throw away 4.4 million tonnes of food every year, worth roughly €6 billion. Austrian startup Afreshed just bet that the solution is consolidation, not competition, acquiring Munich-based rival Etepetete and raising a mid-seven-figure sum to take its organic rescue-box model across the border. The deal, announced on Monday, unites the two largest “ugly […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web · 03/31/2026 09:48 EDT

Oracle is cutting up to 30,000 employees to pay for AI data centres

Employees across the US, India, Canada, and Mexico woke up on 31 March to termination emails from “Oracle Leadership” with no prior warning. TD Cowen estimates the cuts will affect 18% of Oracle’s 162,000-person workforce and free up $8-10 billion to fund AI infrastructure. Oracle has not confirmed the total number. Oracle began executing what […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web · 03/31/2026 09:08 EDT

myStoria raises $1.625M to support patients navigating complex reproductive health

The Ontario startup combines AI with trained human professionals to help patients navigate PCOS, endometriosis, fertility, and perimenopause, the conditions with the longest diagnostic delays and most fragmented care in the system. Graphite Ventures led the round. When a patient receives a specialist referral, a confusing test result, or a diagnosis that landed in their […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Cristian Dina @ The Next Web · 03/31/2026 09:00 EDT

French open-source orchestration platform Kestra raises $25M

The French open-source orchestration platform has grown enterprise revenue 25x in 18 months and executed over 2 billion workflows in 2025. RTP Global leads the round; total funding reaches $36M. Kestra, the open-source orchestration platform for data, AI, infrastructure, and business workflows, has raised a $25 million Series A led by RTP Global, with continued […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Cristian Dina @ The Next Web · 03/31/2026 08:36 EDT

Standing Ovation raises €30M to commercialise casein made from dairy waste

The Paris-based precision fermentation startup has already validated industrial-scale production of its Advanced Casein with Bel Group. The Series B will fund its US commercial rollout in 2026, with Europe and Asia from end 2027, pending regulatory approvals. Standing Ovation, the Paris-based precision fermentation startup producing casein from dairy waste streams, has raised €30 million […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web · 03/31/2026 05:39 EDT

Airbnb launches private car transfers in 125+ cities

The new service, available from today across Asia, Europe, and Latin America, lets guests pre-book airport and station transfers directly in the Airbnb app. It’s not available in the US, Canada, or Africa, yet. Airbnb has launched private car transfers in more than 125 cities across Asia, Europe, and Latin America, partnering with UK-based airport transfer […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web · 03/31/2026 05:15 EDT

Enkei raises a pre-seed round to scale a material made from construction waste that replaces marble and concrete

ReCeramix™, made from over 90% recovered ceramic and construction waste, is already in use at Stockholm boutique hotel Ett Hem, members’ club Angel House, and Fotografiska. The round was valued at €3M; the raise amount was not disclosed. Stockholm startup Enkei has closed a pre-seed round at a €3 million valuation to commercialise ReCeramix™, its […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›

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