How AI companions evolved from Hollywood fantasy to a $268 billion market, and what my experience building them taught me about human vulnerability. Just over a decade ago, the idea of falling in love with AI was pure science fiction. Spike Jonze’s 2013 film “Her” showed us Theodore, a lonely writer who develops a romantic ... Read more ›
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When Benoit Scherrer was 12 years old, he spent all his free time coding away on his computer in Grenoble, France. At that time, he couldn’t have known that he would go on to use cutting edge agentic artificial intelligence (AI) technology to upend medical imaging operations to improve patient satisfaction. His startup, co-founded in ... Read more ›
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The final editions of IMPACT Accelerator’s Acelera Startups program came to an end on May 29 with a celebration at ISDI business school in Madrid. The programs, from Spain’s Escuela de Organización Industrial (EOI) and IMPACT Accelerator from ISDI, provided a 100% subsidized accelerator program for early-stage startups. Part of a broader public-private partnership which ... Read more ›
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Ever tried extracting a polygonal mesh from a 3D discrete scalar field? No? Well, back in 1987, two programmers at General Electric did — and they ended up inventing the Marching Cubes algorithm. It’s the reason doctors can turn medical scans into 3D models that literally saved millions of lives. That’s the power of an ... Read more ›
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The Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation, known as MiCA, is the European Union’s first comprehensive crypto regulation framework, set in place across the EU. MiCA was approved by EU Parliament in April of 2023 and has been applicable since December 2024, with a transitional period extending through to 2026, allowing companies time to align with the ... Read more ›
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Leap Venture Studio, a venture organization formed by leading pet care company Mars Petcare and Michelson Found Animals, an animal welfare organization, along with R/GA Ventures, held its Demo Day for its 9th Cohort this week. The studio’s aim is to better the lives of pets and their owners with the help of science and technology. Mars Petcare’s ... Read more ›
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Artificial Intelligence is actively reshaping businesses and driving serious results. Forget abstract theories; this article looks at 25 companies that are using AI as a way to move Europe into a position of advantage in the business world, with the rapid use of technology for the development of many areas. By AI to tackle concrete ... Read more ›
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Platter, a UK-based all-in-one wholesale food platform connecting buyers and sellers, has just raised a £350,000 pre-seed round. By consolidating all food ordering, sales and purchasing tools within one digital platform, Platter is tackling food sourcing inefficiencies for the 3 in 4 businesses that still manage their food orders offline. The 800,0000 businesses operating across ... Read more ›
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Corporate venturing, the collaboration between established corporations and startups through investments and partnerships, is the engine for innovation and growth in the Austrian business landscape, a white paper argues. In a country with strong traditional industries, collaboration between established players and newcomers is increasingly seen as essential. Elaborated by Austrian tech media outlet Brutkasten in ... Read more ›
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By most estimates, around 65% of startups that could’ve been great end up crashing because the founders fall out. Which leads us to a logical conclusion: picking “whoever says yes” as your co-founder ain’t really a winning strategy. At least statistically. An obvious alternative is to build solo. Which can be either brilliant or disastrous ... Read more ›
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Guest author: Pablo Sierra Saldarriaga, Novobrief Beyond42 is a startup from Belgrade, Serbia that is using AI and 3D to turn iconic buildings into Digital Twins.  After a series of experiments abroad, Beyond42 is planning to establish Madrid as its new base of operations, and the founder has a dream: create an immersive, digital representation of Spain’s ... Read more ›
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Blossoming from nothing into a multi-trillion dollar industry anticipating continued growth in orders of magnitude, crypto is heralded as the frontier of innovation for the world’s economy, the most important and impactful technology in the history of financial markets. From transparent supply chains to digital identities to asset issuance, the superpower of a neutral, censorship-resistant, ... Read more ›
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The iconic TNW Conference is all set to return to Amsterdam on 19 and 20 of June. This time around, thousands of startup founders, investors and technology thought leaders — including executives from companies like Philips, Sequoia Capital, KLM, and Hugging Face — will converge on The Netherlands’ capital. Under the banner of “Big Problems, ... Read more ›
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When I finally got that offer letter with the eye-popping compensation package and the prestigious logo at the top, I felt like I’d made it. After years working at a service company and then a mid-tier tech company where processes were relatively straightforward and expectations were clear, I was heading to the promised land: a ... Read more ›
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Barcelona-based web2wave, a web-to-app monetization platform helping developers bypass app store fees and keep control of their audience, has raised €330,000 in seed funding to scale its infrastructure and product offering. According to a company statement shared with 150Sec, the round was led by funders.vc with participation from other participants from the mobile industry. Already ... Read more ›
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The use of real-world asset (RWA) tokenization is becoming more commonplace, both institutionally and governmentally, and is expanding out of financial markets and into other asset classes such as real estate. The World Economic Forum suggests that in 2025, tokenization will lead to “seamless capital flows, connecting global markets in ways unbound by traditional finance’s ... Read more ›
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This International Women’s Day, we’re shining the spotlight on influential female entrepreneurs, CEOs, founders and educators leading the way in European industries and academic spaces. From tech and finance to health and education, female leaders in Europe are setting the bar ever higher with their innovative, growth-oriented and pioneering approaches. With this in mind, it’s ... Read more ›
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President Trump recently announced he plans to hold talks with Putin to end the Ukraine conflict. Trump’s recent moves have caught European leaders by surprise, who now fear they could be bypassed in any potential peace talks. Besides the security concerns, the Ukraine conflict has a massive economic impact on Europe. In this article, we ... Read more ›
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British entrepreneur James Middleton, whose older sister Kate is married to Prince William, has reportedly joined an accelerator program for promising pet care companies. His startup, James & Ella, aims to improve pets’ wellbeing by providing a range of premium Freeze-Dried Raw and raw-hybrid dog foods and snacks. The company makes the products in their ... Read more ›
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Meatly, a leading UK cultivated meat firm, today becomes the first company in the world to supply cultivated meat for pet food on sale. Produced in collaboration with plant-based dog food brand THE PACK, a limited-release of “Chick Bites” is on sale at Pets at Home Brentford, London from Friday 7th February. Chick Bites combine ... Read more ›
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