Amazon in talks to buy Decart for about $7bn, WSJ reports
Amazon in talks to buy Decart for about $7bn, WSJ reports

Amazon is in talks to buy the AI startup Decart in a deal that could value it at about $7bn, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Kate Clark and Lauren Thomas reported the talks, citing people familiar with the matter. A deal could come soon if …

Naboo rebrands and says its AI cuts corporate event costs by 12%
Naboo rebrands and says its AI cuts corporate event costs by 12%

Naboo, a Paris start-up that books and manages events for large companies, has rebranded, it said on Tuesday. It now pitches itself to procurement and finance teams as well as to event organisers. The company says it handles more than $300 million of c…

Nvidia in talks to buy Reflection AI or invest more, FT reports
Nvidia in talks to buy Reflection AI or invest more, FT reports

Nvidia is in talks to buy Reflection AI or invest more in the US open-weight model developer, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter. TNW has not independently verified the report. The talks are at a…

EIF’s incoming chief says Europe’s Tech Champions funds hold 15 unicorns
EIF’s incoming chief says Europe’s Tech Champions funds hold 15 unicorns

Europe must give its startups the capital to grow without leaving the continent, Jean-Christophe Laloux said. The incoming chief executive of the European Investment Fund spoke at Wave by Vento in Turin on Friday. “It’s not enough to innovate in Europe…

Vittorio Colao defends copyright rules and the DSA in Europe’s AI debate
Vittorio Colao defends copyright rules and the DSA in Europe’s AI debate

Regulation is holding back AI in Europe, but not every rule in the same way, Vittorio Colao said. The former Vodafone chief executive, now vice chairman for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at General Atlantic, spoke on stage at Wave by Vento in Turi…

micro1 commits $1bn to buy company data for training AI agents
micro1 commits $1bn to buy company data for training AI agents

AI training company micro1 will spend $1bn over the next 12 months buying and licensing operational data from companies. The San Francisco company announced the plan on Friday. Citi and Hercules Capital are providing the capital. The money goes through…

Nik Storonsky wants Revolut to be Europe’s answer to Meta and Google
Nik Storonsky wants Revolut to be Europe’s answer to Meta and Google

Revolut wants to grow beyond banking into a global tech company on the scale of the biggest US groups, but built in Europe, chief executive Nik Storonsky said. He spoke with Exor chief executive John Elkann at Wave by Vento in Turin, in a session title…

Vittorio Colao: Europe missed the digital wave and must not miss the next
Vittorio Colao: Europe missed the digital wave and must not miss the next

Europe has less than 2 gigawatts of AI computing capacity and needs more, former Vodafone chief executive Vittorio Colao said. He spoke at a closed-door press Q&A at Wave by Vento in Turin on Friday, the event’s last day. “Europe missed the big dig…

Dealroom CEO says Europe’s first trillion-dollar startup may already exist
Dealroom CEO says Europe’s first trillion-dollar startup may already exist

Europe’s venture-backed companies could be worth more than its industrial base within five years, Dealroom founder and chief executive Yoram Wijngaarde said. He spoke at Wave by Vento in Turin on Thursday. “I think that the VC-backed ecosystem is going…

Legora CEO says software sovereignty is an excuse not to compete globally
Legora CEO says software sovereignty is an excuse not to compete globally

Legora co-founder and chief executive Max Junestrand says calls for European sovereignty in software are an excuse for companies that are not bold enough to go global. He spoke at Wave by Vento in Turin on Thursday. “I think sovereignty in enterprise a…