Final Frontier and Myriad unite behind €100M defence tech fund

Today, Danish defencetech VCs Final Frontier and Myriad join forces to create a combined platform and move forward under one brand with a targeted €100 million fund. Europe is rearming. For the first…

Apply AI Summit brings Europe’s push for real-world AI adoption to Brussels [Sponsored]

When it comes to AI, Europe is home to exceptional tech talent, innovation, and world-class research. However, while AI is increasingly being deployed across European businesses and the public sector,…

Project Ventures launches £5M fund for Imperial-rooted deeptech and AI startups

Project Ventures, an independent early-stage venture capital fund rooted in theImperial College London ecosystem, has launched its debut £5 million fund toinvest in pre-seed and seed-stage startups wo…

AI has crossed a cybersecurity redline – now what?

As AI systems grow more autonomous, organizations must rethink cybersecurity, governance and resilience.

SoftBank is reportedly raising about $11bn in bonds to cover its next OpenAI payment
SoftBank is reportedly raising about $11bn in bonds to cover its next OpenAI payment

SoftBank Group has launched a bond sale of roughly $11bn, comprising $10bn in senior unsecured dollar notes and an additional €1bn in euros, according to term sheets reported separately by Reuters and Bloomberg on Monday. The deal comes in five tranche…

European tech weekly recap: Over €1.7B invested across 70+ deals
European tech weekly recap: Over €1.7B invested across 70+ deals

Last week, we tracked more than 70 tech funding deals worth over €1.7 billion and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. 📊 The top three industries that …

Albanese says Tim Cook backed Australia’s under-16 social media ban
Albanese says Tim Cook backed Australia’s under-16 social media ban

Anthony Albanese met Tim Cook at Apple Park on Saturday and said Apple had recognized Australia’s leadership on online safety. It quotes Albanese saying that seeing the new safety features in action “proves that when we draw a line in the sand, tech co…

Firmus will reportedly open its $5bn ASX float on 6 October
Firmus will reportedly open its $5bn ASX float on 6 October

Firmus will open the institutional bookbuild for its Australian listing on 6 October and begin trading on the ASX on 22 October, according to a term sheet reported by Reuters. The timetable appears in no public document, and no other outlet has it inde…

How Budding Laws On AI And Mental Health Could Go The Route Of ‘Federal Floor, State Ceiling’

U.S. states are enacting AI mental health laws. A federal version is in the offing. One approach would be to do a “federal floor, state ceiling”. An AI Insider analysis.