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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web · 03/30/2026 03:53 EDT

Finnish quantum unicorn IQM lands €50M from BlackRock

The Helsinki-based company, which builds and sells full-stack superconducting quantum computers for on-premises deployment, disclosed the financing today. It was secured before the February announcement of IQM’s SPAC merger with Real Asset Acquisition Corp at a $1.8B valuation. IQM Quantum Computers has secured a €50 million financing package, approximately $57.6 million, from funds and accounts […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web · 03/30/2026 03:23 EDT

Mistral secures $830M from seven banks to build its own AI data centre

The French AI company has secured the financing from a seven-bank consortium including BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB, HSBC, and MUFG. The data centre at Bruyères-le-Châtel is expected to be operational in Q2 2026 and is part of a broader push for European AI compute sovereignty. Mistral AI has raised $830 million in debt, its […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web · 03/29/2026 08:05 EDT

Recap: Europe’s top funding rounds this week (23–29 March)

A week that spanned semiconductor physics, orbital logistics, defence interceptors, and carob-based chocolate tells you something about the breadth of European and European adjacent capital right now. The dominant thread is not a single sector but a single instinct: back the infrastructure layer, whether that means chip interconnects, satellite transfer vehicles, or the AI plumbing […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Alina Maria Stan @ The Next Web 2 place · 03/28/2026 13:46 EDT

All 11 xAI co-founders have now reportedly left Elon Musk’s AI company

Every co-founder Elon Musk recruited to build xAI has now reportedly left the company. Manuel Kroiss, who led the pretraining team, told people this month that he was departing. Ross Nordeen, described by Business Insider as Musk’s “right-hand operator,” left on Friday. They were the last two of eleven co-founders, all of whom have exited […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Allison Steffens Herrera @ The Next Web 3 place · 03/28/2026 13:25 EDT

Meta’s new prescription Ray-Ban smart glasses are a distribution play, not a technology leap

Meta is preparing to launch two new Ray-Ban smart glasses models designed specifically for prescription wearers, according to a Bloomberg report published on Thursday. The models, codenamed Scriber and Blazer, were first spotted in Federal Communications Commission filings and are expected to reach consumers as early as next week. They do not represent a new […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Cristian Dina @ The Next Web · 03/28/2026 13:04 EDT

Kandou AI raises $225 million to bet that copper can outlast the optical revolution

Kandou AI, a Swiss semiconductor company that builds chip-to-chip interconnect technology, has raised $225 million in what it calls a Series A round, led by Maverick Silicon with strategic participation from SoftBank, Synopsys, Cadence Design Systems, and Alchip Technologies. The round values the company at $400 million. The label is worth pausing on: Kandou was […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Alina Maria Stan @ The Next Web · 03/28/2026 06:09 EDT

The class of 2025 is using AI in job interviews, and a startup industry is cashing in

The class of 2025 graduated into the worst entry-level job market in five years. Now a growing number of them are using AI tools during live job interviews, and a cottage industry of startups is rushing to sell them the means to do it. Whether that constitutes cheating or common sense depends on which side […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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The Next Web 2 place · 03/27/2026 13:49 EDT

Lucyd captures 44% Amazon market share in smart safety glasses category, positions for major retail expansion in 2026

Company establishes dominant position on world’s largest retail platform while building multi-channel distribution strategy Innovative Eyewear, Inc. (NASDAQ: LUCY) has emerged as the clear category leader in the rapidly growing smart safety glasses segment, capturing approximately 44% market share on Amazon.com according to recent market analysis. This dominant position on the world’s most popular retail […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Alina Maria Stan @ The Next Web 3 place · 03/27/2026 12:01 EDT

Meta grants executives up to $921 million in stock options on the same day it lays off 700 workers

Meta disclosed in SEC filings on Tuesday that it had granted stock options to six of its most senior executives, the first such awards since the company’s 2012 IPO. Hours later, it laid off approximately 700 employees across Reality Labs, recruiting, sales, and Facebook. The options are worthless unless Meta’s market capitalisation reaches $9 trillion […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web · 03/27/2026 11:12 EDT

PaperShell secures €40.3M EU grant to build its first full-scale factory

The Swedish deeptech company has signed a Grant Agreement with the European Commission under the EU Innovation Fund, unlocking €40.3M of a €83M project to expand its Tibro plant to 23,000 tonnes per year capacity by 2030. The material is already NATO-approved and shipping to customers in construction, defence, electronics and transport. PaperShell makes a […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web · 03/27/2026 10:51 EDT

SoftBank secures $40B bridge loan to fund its OpenAI bet

The unsecured facility, arranged with JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Mizuho, SMBC and MUFG, matures in March 2027. Once SoftBank’s $30B follow-on investment in OpenAI closes, its cumulative stake will total approximately $64.6B, representing roughly 13% of the company. Masayoshi Son has never been accused of thinking small, but the pace and scale of his bet […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Cristian Dina @ The Next Web · 03/27/2026 10:31 EDT

Keith raises £2M to become the UK’s most automated law firm

Andy Shovel and Pete Sharman, who built THIS into a market-leading plant-based food brand, are pivoting hard. Keith is an AI-native regulated law firm targeting conveyancing first, with a 24/7 AI client agent and a target of reducing transaction times by 70%. Launch is Q3 2026. Andy Shovel’s previous company sold plant-based bacon and chicken. […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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TNW Deals @ The Next Web · 03/27/2026 10:31 EDT

ActiveCampaign’s free trial lets you test AI-powered marketing automation before you commit

Most marketing platforms promise automation. In practice, what they deliver is a glorified email scheduler with a few if-then rules bolted on. ActiveCampaign is one of the few tools where the automation actually lives up to the branding, and right now you can test the full platform free for 14 days with no credit card […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Cristian Dina @ The Next Web · 03/27/2026 10:24 EDT

OpenAI backs a nine-month-old startup building swarms of AI agents at a $650 million valuation

Isara, a San Francisco startup that is building software to coordinate thousands of AI agents on complex analytical tasks, has raised $94 million at a $650 million valuation, with OpenAI among the investors. The company was founded nine months ago by two 23-year-olds. It has no product in market. The round was first reported by […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Cristian Dina @ The Next Web · 03/27/2026 10:02 EDT

Ysios Capital launches €100M fund to build biotech companies from Spanish science

Spain’s largest life sciences VC is moving upstream with InceptionBio, its first fund dedicated to the riskiest stage of biotech: company creation from university and research centre spinouts. CDTI is an anchor LP. The target is at least three new companies in 2026. The hardest part of turning academic science into a biotech company is […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web · 03/27/2026 09:14 EDT

Laigo Bio closes €17M seed to advance SureTACs

The Dutch biotech’s SureTACs platform targets membrane proteins that have long eluded conventional drug discovery by engineering them out of existence rather than blocking them. Biovance Capital joins as new co-lead alongside Kurma Partners in a final close that brings the oversubscribed seed round to €17 million. Most drugs work by blocking proteins. They attach […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Alina Maria Stan @ The Next Web · 03/27/2026 03:57 EDT

tozero launches Europe’s first industrial battery recycling plant

The Munich startup’s demo plant at Chemical Park Gendorf in Bavaria processes 1,500 tonnes of battery waste a year and produces 100 tonnes of high-purity lithium carbonate, at costs the company says are twice as competitive as conventional miners. A full-scale facility capable of 45,000 tonnes per year is planned for 2030. Europe has a […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Alina Maria Stan @ The Next Web · 03/26/2026 16:14 EDT

OpenAI shelves erotic ChatGPT after staff, investors, & advisors revolt

OpenAI has shelved its plans to add an erotic “adult mode” to ChatGPT indefinitely, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, capping a five-month saga in which the feature was announced with confidence, delayed twice, and ultimately abandoned after pushback from staff, advisors, and investors. The retreat is the third major product reversal for OpenAI in […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Allison Steffens Herrera @ The Next Web · 03/26/2026 15:42 EDT

Blossom Health raises $20 million to put AI copilots alongside psychiatrists

Blossom Health, a New York-based telepsychiatry startup founded in 2024, has raised $20 million in combined seed and Series A funding to scale an AI-powered platform that pairs psychiatrists with clinical copilots and automated administrative support. The round was led by Headline, whose co-founder and managing partner Mathias Schilling is joining the company’s board. Village […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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Joe Malucchi @ The Next Web · 03/26/2026 14:40 EDT

AI amplifies whatever you feed it, including confusion

Most organizations are not failing at AI because of technology. They are failing because they do not know which data actually matters, and they are scaling that confusion faster than ever. At a time when investment continues to surge, the expectation is that more intelligence will naturally follow. Instead, many teams are finding themselves overwhelmed. […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more

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