HelmGuard raises $7.3M to move compliance beyond paperwork

London-based governance, risk and compliance (GRC) andsecurity startup HelmGuard has raised $7.3 million in seed funding to expandits platform for automating risk and compliance assessments. The round…

Suno launches AI music models trained on licensed Warner and BMG catalogue
Suno launches AI music models trained on licensed Warner and BMG catalogue

Suno has launched a new generation of AI music models built with Warner Music Group, BMG, and Believe, and will switch off everything that came before them. “As v6 rolls out, we will retire our previous models and move Suno entirely onto the v6 generat…

CloudNC raises $20M to expand its AI machining tools and launch a quoting product
CloudNC raises $20M to expand its AI machining tools and launch a quoting product

CloudNC has raised $20mn to push its AI machining software into more workshops and launch a second product aimed at quoting, the commercial bottleneck that sits in front of every job a precision manufacturer takes on. The round is led by Nimble Venture…

OpenAI publishes its Navier-Stokes proof and says it will not claim the Millennium Prize
OpenAI publishes its Navier-Stokes proof and says it will not claim the Millennium Prize

When OpenAI announced on a press call that an internal model had cracked one of mathematics’ hardest open problems, we wrote that nobody had seen the proof. That is no longer true, and what has now been published narrows the claim in ways the announcem…

Google will invest €13bn in four Finnish data centre sites over two years
Google will invest €13bn in four Finnish data centre sites over two years

Google will spend €13bn on data centre infrastructure across four Finnish sites during 2027 and 2028, its largest single investment in Europe, the company announced the plan today. The money covers Hamina, where it has operated since 2009, alongside Ka…

Actionable raises $10M to turn customer data into behavioural predictions

French customerintelligence startup Actionable has raised $10 million in funding to expand itsplatform for predicting customer behaviour and identifying the factors behindit. The round was led by Hi I…

EU auditors say AI is helping tobacco smugglers pick their next target
EU auditors say AI is helping tobacco smugglers pick their next target

The European Court of Auditors has published two findings that sit awkwardly together. The EU has no reliable picture of the size or structure of its illicit tobacco market. The criminal networks running that market, according to the auditor who led th…

Meta launches Muse, a personal AI agent that books, buys and negotiates for you
Meta launches Muse, a personal AI agent that books, buys and negotiates for you

Meta has launched a personal AI agent that will read your email, book your travel, fill in your forms, negotiate on your behalf, and pay for the results with your card. The company that built the world’s largest behavioural advertising business also sa…

Anemo Labs lands £700K to give AI a sense of smell

London-based deeptech startup Anemo Labs has raised £700,000 in pre-seed funding to develop its technology fordetecting disease-related compounds through smell. The round was led by Zincand SFC Capita…