Interplanetary travel might be about to get a whole lot faster â and hotter. UK startup Pulsar Fusion today unveiled âSunbird,â a nuclear fusion-powered rocket concept that could halve the time it takes to travel across our solar system â and, maybe, beyond it. Machine learning models show the rocket could potentially propel a spacecraft with a mass of about 1,000kg (2,200lb) to Pluto in four years â less than... Read more âș
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Europeâs space launch industry reopened for business today when the Ariane 6 heavy rocket lifted off at 17:24 CET from a spaceport in French Guiana. Originally scheduled for December, the Ariane 6 mission was delayed first to February 26 and subsequently to March 3 due to issues in transporting the satellite to the launchpad. However, just minutes before Mondayâs launch, engineers identified an âanomalyâ in one of the refuelling pipes,... Read more âș
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In the run-up to every International Womenâs Day (IWD), new data is released on gender inequity in tech. Frequently, the findings are disheartening. This week, one report estimated that female founders in Europe secured just 12% of last yearâs total VC funding. Another calculated that overlooking women-led deep tech firms over the past decade cost the economy âŹ198.8bn. Yet there are also reasons for optimism. One is that the investment... Read more âș
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As Elon Musk was saluting Donald Trump in the US Congress yesterday, the South Africanâs divisive politics were opening new doors to his business rivals in Europe. Muskâs role in the White House had already been linked to Tesla sales and stock tanking. Now, the repercussions appear to have spread to SpaceX. The fallout centres on the companyâs Starlink satellite internet service. The network has provided a vital communications system... Read more âș
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Hospitality scaleup Mews, based at TNW City in Amsterdam, has secured $75mn in its third major cash injection of the last year. The round follows a raise of $100M in credit financing in September and a $110mn equity round in March 2024 â when the startup became a unicorn. In total, Mews has bagged over $500mn to date, making it one of the Netherlandsâ most cash-flooded scaleups. Mews was founded... Read more âș
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Fintech startup Cino, a TNW community member, has secured âŹ3.5mn for its shared payments app that lets friends and family pay together. Cino is designed for tech-savvy Gen Zâers, who expect to split bills instantly and effortlessly together without âfinancial awkwardness,â the company said. Unlike payment request apps like Tikkie â ubiquitous in the Netherlands â Cino splits bills in real-time, so you donât have to chase down your mates... Read more âș
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The obscure world of quantum computing is emerging from the lab and into the public domain â fuelled by Big Techâs recent progress in quantum processors. In the past few months alone, Google launched a chip called Willow, Microsoft unveiled Majorana, and this week, Amazon revealed Ocelot. While tech giants are making great strides, these companies are still working in dozens of qubits â far from the numbers needed for... Read more âș
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Itâs no secret that European tech has a gender equity problem. Men dominate the leadership of most companies in the sector. Women founders struggle to raise VC money, and thereâs a stark pay gap between male and female workers. This gender imbalance is especially glaring in the STEM-dominated world of deep tech. Women lead just 22% of European deep tech companies, according to a new report from the EU-funded GENDEX... Read more âș
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Opera has previewed a new AI agent feature that promises to complete online tasks on your behalf, based on simple, written prompts. Want to book a flight but donât want to spend ages comparing prices? Tell the bot your preferred flight times, seats, and budget and itâll get to work in the background, letting you carry on with whatever it was you were doing. Once itâs done, itâll add the... Read more âș
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British autonomous driving startup Wayve is set to establish a testing and development hub in Germany as it prepares to deploy self-driving vehicles in Europeâs largest automotive market. Wayveâs new hub will be built near Stuttgart, home to big name car brands including Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and Audi. Alex Kendall, co-founder and CEO of Wayve, called it the âperfect placeâ for the company to accelerate the development and testing of AI-powered... Read more âș
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Germanyâs armed forces have commissioned Bremen-based startup Polaris to develop a two-stage, fully reusable hypersonic space plane â and given the team just three years to build it. Dubbed Aurora, the 28-metre-long aircraft will be part rocket, part plane â designed to take off and land on a runway but also blast through the atmosphere and place payloads up to 1-ton in low-Earth orbit. Under the contract, the startup will... Read more âș
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For decades, European tech insiders have looked across the Atlantic with a mix of admiration and frustration. Casting envious eyes on the deep-pocketed VCs, an enormous consumer market, and a pipeline of elite talent, they often view the US as a promised land for business growth. The sentiment fuels calls for Europe to replicate Silicon Valleyâs model. But Vidya Peters, CEO of Dutch unicorn DataSnipper, argues this approach is flawed.... Read more âș
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Gene-edited pig livers, synthetic embryos, and 3D-printed tissue implants⊠the world of organ transplantation is becoming increasingly bizarre as scientists explore high-tech ways to keep people alive. These experiments are birthing new business opportunities. One company cashing in is University of Oxford spinout OrganOx, which this week secured $142mn in funding to fuel its expansion in the US as it mulls a potential IPO. OrganOxâs Metra machine pumps oxygenated blood... Read more âș
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Most of us share and store huge amounts of personal data online, from our names and addresses to photos of our loved ones. In many ways, firms like Apple, Google, and Meta are the gatekeepers of this sensitive information. But what happens when the authorities come knocking? It appears that Silicon Valley often rolls over and complies. Over the last 10 years, Apple, Google, and Meta have handed over data... Read more âș
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Venus Williams is most famous for being one of the best tennis players of all time, but sheâs also a prolific angel investor. In her latest business move, Williams has backed French startup WeWard. WeWard is a free app that offers real-world rewards for walking. It tracks your steps and lets you earn points (called âWardsâ), which can be exchanged for gift cards, donations, or discounts. The goal is to... Read more âș
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An AI-powered note-taking app developed by Munich-based startup Bliro could offer a more secure way to transcribe audio. Bliro uses natural language processing and machine learning algorithms to extract relevant information from in-person or virtual conversations. It then generates structured meeting notes and automates follow-up tasks. So far, pretty standard. However, unlike popular transcription tools like Otter, Fireflies, or Notta, Bliro isnât a bot that hops onto your call, records... Read more âș
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German startup Proxima Fusion â whose team includes engineers from MIT, Google, SpaceX, and McLaren â has unveiled a fusion energy reactor design it believes offers the quickest route to commercially viable fusion power. Dubbed Stellaris, the machine is a quasi-isodynamic (QI) stellarator with high-temperature superconducting (HTS). This type of reactor uses complex, twisted magnetic fields to confine hot plasma, creating the conditions needed for fusion reactions. âStellaris is designed... Read more âș
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As the US and China pursue dominance in the global technology race, concerns are mounting among European founders that the regionâs entrenched bureaucracy is impeding its capacity for innovation and growth. The EU is going âoverboard on tech regulation,â said Job van der Voort, CEO and founder of Remote, an HR tech company valued at over $3bn. âItâs stifling innovation and itâs a massive risk for Europe.â Van der Voort... Read more âș
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Two European sports tech startups are heading to the US for an R&D programme run by media giant Comcast. Irelandâs Orreco will cross the Atlantic with a trove of athletic performance software, while Icelandâs Oz Sports will bring an AI-driven camera system. On arrival, the duo will join Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech, a six-month accelerator. During the programme, the companies will tap into expertise from various industry leaders. Among them are... Read more âș
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Dutch software firm Bird is moving most of its operations out of the Netherlands and opening new global hubs as it seeks a reprieve from âoverregulationâ in Europe, said co-founder and CEO Robert Vis. âThe AI Act, financing, compensation, taxes, employment law â starting and running a company [in Europe] is hard,â Vis told TNW, adding that there are âtoo many disparate markets that are overregulated with no clear vision... Read more âș
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