Skan AI raises $63m to watch how office staff actually work, then build agents that copy them
Skan AI raises $63m to watch how office staff actually work, then build agents that copy them

Skan AI announced $63m in funding on Wednesday, co-led by Cathay Innovation and Dell Technologies Capital. What the money is buying is not a model. It is a record of how people at large companies actually do their jobs. Skan builds that record by watch…

‘It’s still day zero’: Lovable is worth $13.3bn, and the EU just became a shareholder
‘It’s still day zero’: Lovable is worth $13.3bn, and the EU just became a shareholder

Lovable is worth $13.3bn and its revenue is tripling. The interesting name on the cheque is the European Union. Lovable has raised $400m at a $13.3bn valuation. The Stockholm company lets people build software by describing it in ordinary language, and…

Anthropic starts marking all of Claude’s output worldwide as EU transparency rules take effect
Anthropic starts marking all of Claude’s output worldwide as EU transparency rules take effect

Anthropic has begun attaching machine-readable marks to the text and images that its Claude models generate, and will apply them to users worldwide rather than only in Europe, after signing a European Union code of practice tied to new transparency rul…

Meta and TikTok agree to fact-check border content after Ceuta tragedy
Meta and TikTok agree to fact-check border content after Ceuta tragedy

Meta and TikTok have agreed to fact-check content about Spain’s border crossings, a voluntary commitment brokered by Brussels after a catastrophe that showed how quickly a viral video can turn into a matter of life and death. The accord follows the eve…

Germany’s Uniper pivots to data centres with a €5bn plan to power the AI boom
Germany’s Uniper pivots to data centres with a €5bn plan to power the AI boom

Uniper, the German energy giant that Berlin rescued from collapse three years ago, is betting its next chapter on the server racks now reshaping Europe’s power market. The utility plans to invest around €5bn ($5.7bn) by 2030 in a strategy that pivots h…

Lovable’s answer to enterprise AI risk is an insurance policy from Lloyd’s
Lovable’s answer to enterprise AI risk is an insurance policy from Lloyd’s

Lovable has become the first coding agent platform certified under AIUC-1, a security standard for AI agents that comes with something unusual attached: the certifying body also underwrites the risk. Customers using a certified agent are insured, throu…

Valve is warning Steam Machine buyers that scammers have their address
Valve is warning Steam Machine buyers that scammers have their address

Valve has emailed European customers who ordered a Steam Machine or a Steam Controller. A cyberattack on CEVA Logistics,  the firm that ships Valve hardware across Europe, took their delivery details. CNET’s Tyler Graham reported the warning on Monday….

Revolut is valued at $115bn. Its founder’s new share deal targets $500bn
Revolut is valued at $115bn. Its founder’s new share deal targets $500bn

Nik Storonsky wants a bigger slice of Revolut, and he has picked an ambitious price. The cofounder and chief executive is in talks over a new share award, the Financial Times reported. It would grow his stake if the fintech reaches a $500 billion valua…

Palantir holds £670m of UK contracts. In 2024 it paid £2m in corporation tax.
Palantir holds £670m of UK contracts. In 2024 it paid £2m in corporation tax.

Palantir is having a remarkable week. Its shares jumped almost 30% on Tuesday. Chief executive Alex Karp forecast revenue nearly doubling to $8bn this year, and called demand “otherworldly”. In the same week, a report found it pays almost nothing in ta…

Europe missed the AI labs but is winning the toolshed
Europe missed the AI labs but is winning the toolshed

Europe missed out on building the AI labs, and is quietly cashing in anyway. The continent’s established tech and industrial giants have emerged as unexpected winners of the AI boom, according to Reuters, even as its startups struggle to rival OpenAI o…