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Alina Maria Stan @ The Next Web · 04/17/2026 13:01 EDT

Allbirds sold its shoe business for $39 million and is pivoting to AI cloud computing

In short: Allbirds is rebranding as NewBird AI and pivoting from sustainable footwear to GPU-as-a-service cloud computing after selling its shoe business to American Exchange Group for $39 million. The company secured $50 million in convertible financing, saw its stock surge 600% before falling back by a third, and plans to lease GPUs to AI […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Ana Maria Constantin @ The Next Web · 04/17/2026 06:44 EDT

Dropbox brings its files, Dash search, and Reclaim calendar into ChatGPT with three new apps

The storage company is launching a Dropbox file app, a Dropbox Dash enterprise search app, and a Reclaim AI calendar app inside ChatGPT, letting users access, save, and act on their work without leaving the AI interface. The move is the latest sign that ChatGPT is positioning itself as a productivity operating system, not just […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web · 04/17/2026 06:28 EDT

ONWARD Medical raises €40.6M to advance its spinal cord stimulation implant

The Eindhoven neurotechnology company is using the proceeds to fund its Empower BP pivotal trial, which tests whether its implantable ARC-IM® system can treat blood pressure instability after spinal cord injury, while expanding commercial rollout of its already-cleared ARC-EX® external therapy system. Cash runway now extends to Q1 2028. ONWARD Medical has raised €40.6 million […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web · 04/17/2026 05:59 EDT

EU awards its €180 million sovereign cloud contract to four European providers

Post Telecom (with CleverCloud and OVHcloud), StackIT, Scaleway, and Proximus (with S3NS, a Thales – Google Cloud joint venture, plus Clarence and Mistral) have won the European Commission’s six-year sovereign cloud framework contract. The Proximus consortium’s inclusion signals that non-European technology can qualify as ‘sovereign’ under the Commission’s framework if operated within a sufficiently strict […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web · 04/17/2026 05:11 EDT

DeepL launches real-time voice-to-voice translation in 40+ languages

The Cologne-based translation company best known for its text tools has unveiled a full voice product suite covering meetings, conversations, group settings, and an API for enterprise integration. A live demo in Seoul showed one-to-two sentence delays, and DeepL’s CPO acknowledged word order differences between languages remain a fundamental challenge. DeepL, the Cologne-based language AI […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Cristian Dina @ The Next Web · 04/17/2026 04:56 EDT

AlixLabs closes €15M Series A to commercialise the atomic etching technology

AlixLabs, the Lund-based semiconductor process startup developing Atomic Pitch Splitting (APS™), has completed its €15M Series A with a strategic top-up from Finnish investor Stephen Industries. The company is targeting beta testing with chipmakers in 2026 and manufacturing deployment by 2027. AlixLabs, a deep-tech semiconductor startup based in Lund, Sweden, has closed its €15 million […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web · 04/17/2026 04:09 EDT

Ericsson narrowly misses Q1 profit forecasts as North America unwind

The Swedish telecoms equipment maker narrowly missed profit forecasts, with adjusted EBITA falling 20% year-on-year to SEK 5.6 billion. North America, which drove a 20%+ surge in Q1 2025, declined sharply as prior-year pull-forward investment unwinds. CEO Ekholm blames rising semiconductor input costs, partly driven by AI demand. Ericsson reported a sharp fall in profitability […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Ana Maria Constantin @ The Next Web · 04/17/2026 03:51 EDT

OpenAI launches GPT-Rosalind, a specialised AI model for drug discovery and life sciences research

Named after the crystallographer who helped reveal the structure of DNA, GPT-Rosalind is OpenAI’s first domain-specific model series, fine-tuned for biochemistry, genomics, and protein engineering. Access is restricted to a trusted-access programme for vetted enterprise customers including Amgen, Moderna, and Thermo Fisher Scientific. OpenAI has launched GPT-Rosalind, a frontier reasoning model built specifically for life […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web · 04/17/2026 03:34 EDT

Stockholm’s BioLamina secures €20M EIB loan to scale the protein matrices that make cell therapies possible

The European Investment Bank is lending €20 million to BioLamina, the Swedish biotech that supplies the laminin-based cell culture matrices used by stem cell therapy developers worldwide. The funding will support expanded production of laminin technologies and animal-free drug safety testing methods. BioLamina, the Stockholm-based biotechnology company that produces the protein scaffolding used to grow […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web · 04/17/2026 03:22 EDT

GIC-backed battery maker Envision AESC is considering a $2 billion Hong Kong IPO

The Japan-headquartered EV battery manufacturer, controlled by China’s Envision Group and backed by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC, is mulling an IPO in Hong Kong that could raise up to $2 billion, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The move marks a significant change from earlier plans to list in the US. Envision AESC, the electric vehicle […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Cristian Dina @ The Next Web · 04/17/2026 03:07 EDT

Sequoia raises $7 billion for its biggest-ever late-stage fund

The Silicon Valley institution has closed roughly $7 billion for its expansion strategy fund, nearly doubling its comparable 2022 vehicle. Alfred Lin and Pat Grady, who took over as co-stewards in November 2025, are making the raise their opening statement on the AI era. Sequoia Capital has raised approximately $7 billion for a new fund, […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Callum Turner @ The Next Web · 04/16/2026 16:27 EDT

How Elizabeta Gjorgievska Joshevski built a global tech career and is now shaping AI strategy for enterprises

Elizabeta Gjorgievska Joshevski’s career spans multiple continents and leadership roles, yet her current focus reflects a consistent theme: understanding how technology translates into business outcomes. As founder and CEO of EverCognitive, she brings that perspective into an AI landscape where many organizations are still defining their AI transformation and how to apply it in practical […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Cristian Dina @ The Next Web · 04/16/2026 15:53 EDT

Roblox gives its AI assistant the ability to plan, build, and test games on its own

In short: Roblox is upgrading its built-in AI assistant with agentic capabilities including a planning mode that analyses game code before proposing action plans, procedural 3D model generation, mesh generation, and self-correcting loops that test and refine outputs. The update also adds MCP client integration with third-party tools like Claude and Cursor, with a roadmap […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Callum Turner @ The Next Web · 04/16/2026 14:56 EDT

Trusti envisions the return of human-centered recommendations in a digitally expansive marketplace

When a need arises, many people instinctively turn to someone they know. A quick message to a friend or a brief conversation often brings clarity, shaped by shared experiences and personal understanding. According to Stanley Fulton, founder of Trusti, this pattern has long guided everyday decisions, offering a sense of familiarity that extends beyond simple […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Alina Maria Stan @ The Next Web · 04/16/2026 13:41 EDT

Samsung turns its smart home into a remote care system for ageing families

In short: Samsung has updated SmartThings with family care features that use connected appliances and wearables to monitor elderly relatives remotely, including fall detection via robot vacuum camera, cognitive decline screening through behavioural pattern analysis, environmental safety alerts, and activity tracking. The update also adds Galaxy AI-powered routine creation, millimetre-wave ambient sensing with local processing, […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Cristian Dina @ The Next Web · 04/16/2026 13:15 EDT

Solidroad raises $25 million to replace manual customer support QA with AI that reviews every conversation

In short: Solidroad, a Dublin and San Francisco startup founded by Intercom alumni, has raised $25 million in a Series A led by Hedosophia to automate customer support quality assurance using AI. The platform reviews 100% of customer interactions versus the industry standard of 1-3%, and counts Ryanair, Crypto.com, and Oura among its customers. Solidroad, […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Allison Steffens Herrera @ The Next Web · 04/16/2026 12:53 EDT

Tesla’s China chief calls Shanghai factory a ‘golden key’ to mass-producing humanoid robots

In short: Tesla’s China president Wang Hao has described the Shanghai Gigafactory as a “golden key” to mass-producing Optimus humanoid robots, the first time a Tesla executive has publicly linked the factory to robotics manufacturing. The plant delivered 851,000 EVs in 2025, and Tesla has deployed over 1,000 Gen 3 Optimus units across its own […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Alina Maria Stan @ The Next Web · 04/16/2026 12:33 EDT

Google gives Gemini image generation that knows your life

In short: Google has added Nano Banana-powered image generation to Gemini’s Personal Intelligence feature, letting the AI create images informed by a user’s Gmail, Photos, Calendar, Drive, and other Google app data. The feature rolls out to Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers in the US first, with Europe excluded from the initial global launch. Nano […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Alina Maria Stan @ The Next Web · 04/16/2026 11:49 EDT

Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.7 with benchmark-leading coding and agentic performance

In short: Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.7, its most capable generally available model, with benchmark-leading scores on SWE-bench Pro (64.3% vs GPT-5.4’s 57.7%), multi-agent coordination for hours-long workflows, 3x higher image resolution, and a 14% improvement in multi-step agentic reasoning with a third of the tool errors. Priced at $5/$25 per million tokens, it […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web · 04/16/2026 10:15 EDT

The fintech that pivoted because of Kanye West just hit a $1.4B valuation with $100M from Khosla and Ribbit

Slash, the vertical banking platform built by two college dropouts, has raised a $100M Series C backed by Khosla Ventures and Ribbit Capital. The company’s valuation has nearly quadrupled since its May 2025 Series B, the latest leg of a comeback story that began when its core market evaporated overnight. Slash, the San Francisco-based vertical […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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