Private equity deals hit an all-time high in 2021, peaking at a total value of more than $1tn, with an average deal size exceeding $1bn for the first time. Founders were media darlings, valuations soared, and investors raced to get a piece of the action.  By 2023, many of those same companies â such as Klarna and Stripe â had lost billions in value. Klarnaâs valuation plummeted by 85% from... Read more âș
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AI agents are now being embedded across core business functions globally. Soon, these agents could be scheduling our lives, making key decisions, and negotiating deals on our behalf. The prospect is exciting and ambitious, but it also begs the question: whoâs actually supervising them? Over half (51%) of companies have deployed AI agents, and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has targeted a billion agents by the end of the year. Despite... Read more âș
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Watching robots awkwardly flop around, cause robot body pile-ups on the soccer field, and accidentally lose their heads while taking part in a 1500-metre sprint at the first Robot Humanoid Games in China was not only entertaining, it was a reminder of just how far robotics has come â and how far it still has to go. While humanoid robots still struggle to walk across a stage, in other corners... Read more âș
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Private equity deals hit an all-time high in 2021, peaking at a total value of more than $1tn, with an average deal size exceeding $1bn for the first time. Founders were media darlings, valuations soared, and investors raced to get a piece of the action.  By 2023, many of those same companies â such as Klarna and Stripe â had lost billions in value. Klarnaâs valuation plummeted by 85% from... Read more âș
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Vibe coding is redefining who can build software. By enabling code generation through natural language prompts, itâs quickly gained traction among startups and indie developers. But the biggest opportunity lies ahead: the enterprise.  The rapid rise of Lovable â which recently raised a $200mn Series A at a $1.8bn valuation â illustrates the remarkable progress of vibe coding. Having backed the Swedish startup at the seed stage, I see this... Read more âș
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The European space industry is booming. Yet despite the boom, the industry is struggling to find commercial buyers for arguably its most valuable output: data. At the Living Planet Symposium 2025 in Vienna, the European Space Agency (ESA) and private sector leaders laid out Europeâs bold space ambitions and called for increased cooperation to address deep commercial gaps. Josef Aschbacher, ESAâs director general, highlighted one key focus. âEarth observation within... Read more âș
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A new pocket-sized Starlink alternative promises secure military communications â safe from interference by billionaire CEOs. The system, named the RU1, was unveiled today by Swedish startup TERASi. Itâs billed as the worldâs smallest and lightest mm-Wave radio, a form of communications that offers blazing-fast speeds and huge bandwidth. James Campion, the CEO and co-founder of TERASi, describes the portable device as âthe GoPro of backhaul radios.â âRU1 can be... Read more âș
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A decade ago, startups often equated success with rapid headcount growth. The formula was simple: build a product, raise a round, hire fast. Bigger teams meant bigger bets. But the rulebook is getting rewritten as a new generation of startups scales with leaner teams and fewer people. Theyâre not building out sprawling customer support or sales teams, and seem to be automating what once warranted entire departments. Their growth is... Read more âș
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Since ChatGPTâs debut in 2022, generative AI quickly entered our work, study, and personal lives, helping to speed up research, content creation, and more at an unprecedented rate. Enthusiasm for generative AI tools has understandably gained traction experiencing an even faster adoption rate than the Internet or PCs, but experts warn we should proceed with caution. As with every new technology, generative AI can launch society forward in a number... Read more âș
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Remember the movie Dodgeball? That ridiculous scene where the coach makes his team run across a busy highway? The logic: âIf you can dodge traffic, you can dodge a ball.â Europeâs approach to AI feels similar: if you can survive our labyrinth of rules, you can survive anywhere. Conversations with European companies about AI rarely begin with âWhat can it do?â Instead, they open with a sigh and ask, âAre... Read more âș
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The subscription model beloved of software is now creeping into cars. Volkswagen has become the latest automaker to adopt the pricing structure. The German marque has introduced a monthly subscription fee to access the full performance of some of its ID.3 electric vehicles. Auto Express spotted that the Volkswagen ID.3 Pro and Pro S were listed in the UK as producing 201bhp, but could hit 228bhp â if customers paid... Read more âș
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Thereâs no doubt that Europe has ambition. Over the last decade, weâve laid the foundation for a thriving digital economy, from regulatory leadership to tech-driven reforms and rapidly growing regional hubs. But infrastructure alone doesnât build the future; people do. And today, we face the very human challenge of how to win â and retain â the talent that powers innovation. Weâre seeing highly skilled individuals, such as founders, engineers,... Read more âș
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The scientific world is reeling. New discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope â a joint project by the European Space Agency(ESA), NASA, and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) â arenât just surprising, theyâre contradicting our deepest assumptions about how the universe works. Fundamentally, it seems the universe may not be playing by the rules we mostly thought we understood. So, what could it all mean for space exploration, space... Read more âș
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Arguably the most important thing that the rise of intelligent AI could potentially bring is access. Access to goods, services, and information not just for the few, but for everyone. Victoria Slivkoff, Head of Ecosystem at Walden Catalyst and Managing Director of Extreme Tech Challenge â a nonprofit uniting startups and VCs to accelerate progress toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) â is excited for what lies ahead. In... Read more âș
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âMicrobial protein,â says Katelijne Bekers, waving a vial of beige-coloured powder in front of me like itâs a magic potion. It doesnât look like your typical lunch fare, but this unassuming dust could play a crucial role in the future of food. Bekers is the co-founder of MicroHarvest, a Hamburg and Lisbon-based startup that turns agricultural waste streams into protein powder using microbes â tiny organisms that exist all around... Read more âș
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Crypto crashes, money laundering, and digital fraud â the EUâs financial watchdogs have had enough. Regulatory bodies need to keep up by rolling out tighter regulations aimed at strengthening consumer protections and stabilising the market. As EU lawmakers scramble to protect consumers, others worry they are smothering growth. Case in point: in 2024, the FCA fined HSBC ÂŁ6.2mn for not properly treating customers in financial difficulty. The regulatory bodies are... Read more âș
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Youâve spent a lifetime building skills, learning lessons, nurturing relationships, and developing a perspective as prescient and powerful as your personal drive. Youâve poured it all into your business. Now, you have five minutes (or less) to communicate an irresistible vision for the world and convince a panel of respected â and sometimes disrespectful â judges that you can make the vision real and make some money. How do you... Read more âș
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Itâs harvest day at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. As sunshine bathes the leafy university campus, scientists inside the labs work under cool fluorescent light. Clad in green protective gear, they tend meticulously to test tubes within hermetically sealed cleanrooms. The containers hold the fruits of todayâs labour: mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Each cell is barely a quarter the width of a human hair but wields remarkable power. MSCs reduce... Read more âș
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Imagine drones that map disaster zones today and scout military targets tomorrow. Or seismic activity sensors built for construction that go on to detect submarines underwater. These ideas represent the promise of dual-use technologies that serve both civilian and military purposes. For the first time, the European Commission is explicitly proposing to fund them through programmes such as Horizon Europe. But as we race to embrace dual-use technologies, we face... Read more âș
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Roei Samuel, founder of networking platform Connectd, has been hiring at speed â 14 roles in six months. But heâs begun to wonder if candidatesâ answers are genuine, even on video calls. âI can see their eyes shifting across the screen,â he says. âThen they come back with the perfect answer to a question.â The trust gap between employer and jobseeker is widening, and itâs fast becoming one of the... Read more âș
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