EWOR names a San Francisco team as US applications surge 237%
EWOR names a San Francisco team as US applications surge 237%

EWOR, a founder fellowship harder to get into than Y Combinator, has named a senior leadership team in San Francisco. The appointments follow a record year of US applications, up 237% in twelve months. The team comprises Charles Ferguson, the Oscar-win…

Amber Electric raises €49m to take home battery automation to Europe
Amber Electric raises €49m to take home battery automation to Europe

“We’ve built a leading energy automation platform in Australia, and this investment gives us the backing to build on that leadership globally,” said Chris Thompson, co-founder of Amber Electric. The Melbourne company has raised €49m in a Series E round…

Bending Spoons opens a Warsaw office after 50,000 Polish applications
Bending Spoons opens a Warsaw office after 50,000 Polish applications

“We’ve received around 50,000 applications from Poland so far this year, more than twice as many as the whole of 2025,” said Andrea Maiorana, Bending Spoons’ talent data lead. The Milan company said on Monday that it has opened an office in Warsaw. It …

The EU will rate data centres on energy and water from 2027
The EU will rate data centres on energy and water from 2027

Europe’s data centers are to be graded on how much energy and water they use, under a rating scheme proposed on Monday by the European Commission. Any individual site drawing more than 500 kW is covered. What the rating measures is not only consumption…

Spain’s prime minister thinks the AI industry’s safety warnings are partly a fundraising strategy
Spain’s prime minister thinks the AI industry’s safety warnings are partly a fundraising strategy

“La autorregulación no funciona.” Self-regulation does not work, Pedro Sánchez told employers and union officials at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid on Monday, closing a government event on artificial intelligence hours before flying to New York for the U…

Oura’s IPO seeks $2.2bn, and 73% of it goes to existing shareholders
Oura’s IPO seeks $2.2bn, and 73% of it goes to existing shareholders

Oura spent the first nine months of its financial year buying its own shares back from its investors. On Monday it started selling them to everybody else. The Finnish smart ring maker launched its initial public offering before the New York open. It is…

The ECB will invest in tokenised securities, and settle the trades on its own new rail
The ECB will invest in tokenised securities, and settle the trades on its own new rail

The European Central Bank is preparing to put some of its own money into tokenized securities, moving from building the plumbing for digital asset markets to buying in them. Settlement will occur in central bank money, routed through Pontes, the system…

US employers use software to punish workers at sixteen times the European rate. The gap is the law.
US employers use software to punish workers at sixteen times the European rate. The gap is the law.

An OECD employer survey of 6,047 firms across six countries found that 67% of US firms use software to sanction poor performance, against 4% in the four European countries surveyed. American firms also monitor the content and tone of conversations at 5…

Nexperia will make chips in India with Tata as it splits from Wingtech
Nexperia will make chips in India with Tata as it splits from Wingtech

“We are thrilled to partner with Nexperia for manufacturing their products at our semiconductor facilities in Dholera and Jagiroad,” said Randhir Thakur, chief executive of Tata Electronics. The Dutch chipmaker and the Indian manufacturer announced a p…

Revolut plans a dual London and Nasdaq listing, Storonsky tells Les Echos
Revolut plans a dual London and Nasdaq listing, Storonsky tells Les Echos

“In reality, we are currently planning a dual listing, on the London Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq,” Nik Storonsky told Les Echos. The Revolut founder was in Paris on Monday. Gabriel Nédélec and Ingrid Feuerstein interviewed him for the French paper, w…