As two of the world’s largest AI startups, OpenAI and Anthropic, establish new offices in London, the UK tech scene appears to be thriving. But women founders are experiencing a significant VC funding gap.  According to a report released by the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee in 2025, just 2% of equity investment ... Read more ›
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Imagine your accountant proudly says: “I did your corporate tax return using nothing but a pencil and my own sheer grit and willpower. No calculators. No Excel. No software.” You would not be impressed.You would beterrified. You’d slowly back out of the office, because this is a person who is absolutely going to get you ... Read more ›
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Cargo bikes can deliver twice as many parcels as vans in crowded city streets, at a tenth of the cost and with nearly no emissions. Yet, across major European cities, they account for only a fraction of deliveries. Why the gap? 150sec spoke with Nicolas Collignon, co-founder of Kale AI, an urban logistics startup that ... Read more ›
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When Aleyna Gültekin began her architectural studies in Turkey, her education revolved around functionality and aesthetics. Sustainability, however, was barely part of the conversation. It wasn’t until she arrived in Barcelona to complete her master’s at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia that she discovered the construction industry is responsible for roughly one third ... Read more ›
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For a high-growth AI startup, the leap from serving early adopters to locking in massive corporate contracts often requires a completely different kind of boardroom DNA. Prezent AI is making a highly calculated move to capture that lucrative top-tier market share, announcing today that seasoned technology executive Tony Colon has joined its Senior Executive Board. ... Read more ›
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Milan, Italy – Switzerland is using this year’s Winter Olympic Games in northern Italy to pitch its expertise in wearables, training tools, and equipment designed to elevate performance. Meanwhile, elite athletes are turning to Swiss innovations for a competitive edge, fueling the country’s rise as a hub for sport tech entrepreneurs; researchers and startups already ... Read more ›
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A study released by UK-based financial services comparison platform Confused.com in January found that 59% of Brits are using AI for medical self-diagnosis – and 20% even using ChatGPT as their mental health therapist.  In terms of use cases, 63% of people in the UK use AI to search for physical or mental symptoms, while ... Read more ›
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China is preparing to deploy new units of humanoid robots at the Fangchenggang border crossing in Guangxi, along its frontier with Vietnam. Developed by Shenzhen-based UBTech Robotics, the machines are intended to support patrol, inspection and logistics operations at the busy transit hub, with officials claiming they will assist with crowd guidance, inspections and on-the-ground ... Read more ›
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Brussels wrote the world’s most extensive AI rulebook in 2024, and now the European Commission is seeking to ensure that it can actually be used – without grinding deployment to a halt.  The EU AI Act entered into force on August 1, 2024, framed as a global beacon of safety and rights. “I believe it’s ... Read more ›
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In 2008, Milda Mitkutė, co-founder of Vinted, faced a seemingly simple dilemma: she was moving and had too many clothes to take with her. A friend, Justas Janauskas, offered to help, and built a website so that Mitkutė could give them away to friends. What followed was far from simple: such a modest solution became ... Read more ›
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Technology companies from every corner of the globe gather in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) every January. The trade show, billed by the organisers as “the most powerful tech event in the world”, is often the first place where the latest innovations are showcased to a global audience before breaking through to ... Read more ›
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Do you remember the “Enterprise Cloud Rush” around 2015? We treated the hyperscaler cloud like an infinite dumpster for our data. Every sensor in the hospital, every vibration reading from a five-axis CNC machine, every transaction log in the bank. We piped it all to AWS S3 buckets or Azure Blob Storage. We proudly called ... Read more ›
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London-based AI startup Polaron announced on February 3 it has raised $8 million USD in funding to build the “intelligence layer for materials science.” Impact-focused VC Racine2 led the round, with participation from Speedinvest and Futurepresent. Imperial College London spun out Polaron in 2023, co-founded by CEO Isaac Squires, CTO Steve Kench, and Chief Scientist ... Read more ›
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Women in the technology field – and deep tech in particular – face higher risk of job displacement due to AI and automation, according to a recent City of London Corporation report. This comes as a warning as Europe grapples with a persistent gender gap in the field. In 2022, women accounted for almost one-third ... Read more ›
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Dublin-based AI startup Airrived launched from stealth on February 3 with $6.1 million USD in seed funding for its agentic AI solution, designed to automate workflows across enterprise cybersecurity, IT, and business operations. Cannage Capital led the funding round with participation from Plug and Play Ventures, Rebellion Ventures, and Inner Loop Capital. Airrived’s flagship product ... Read more ›
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More than 79,600 criminal cases were stuck in the court backlog in England and Wales at the end of 2025. The Crown Court backlog, in fact, has remained at record levels since early 2023 and, according to the Ministry of Justice, could reach 100,000 cases by 2028. Faced with overwhelmed courts and limited resources, governments ... Read more ›
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Any successful sales campaign starts with strong lead generation, but there is no one-size-fits-all approach that can deliver solid results. For European.-based marketing directors and CMOs in the IT sector, expanding into the U.S. market often feels like launching into another universe. Despite global ambitions, many well-resourced firms hit a wall when trying to build ... Read more ›
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The next wave of AI innovation lies on women – and on the doors they open for both themselves and others. As AI systems become more advanced and more deeply embedded across industries, progress increasingly hinges on high-quality, sustainable code, along with the ability to ensure reliability and actively mitigate risks such as bias and ... Read more ›
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This past year, the EU economy outperformed many expectations. Despite a year defined by global trade chaos, tariff wars, and geopolitical instability, the continent’s economy maintained modest growth, beat inflation down and avoided a recession that was on the cards for many nations at the start of last year. Looking ahead, real GDP growth in ... Read more ›
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German aerospace firm Isar Aerospace launched its first rocket on March 30, 2025, and is now preparing for its second mission on January 21, 2026. The upcoming launch is scheduled to take place from the company’s dedicated complex at Andøya Space in Norway, with the goal of further strengthening Europe’s sovereign access to space. The ... Read more ›
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This week, leading market research platform Tracxn released its Geo Funding Trend Report, which found the UK tech sector raised $15.3 billion USD in 2025 – an 11% decline year-on-year from the $17.1 billion raised in 2024. The funding also represented a 15% decrease from the $17.9 billion raised in 2023. Not only has overall ... Read more ›
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