Beijing answers Amodei’s AI slowdown plan by calling it a Cold War script
Beijing answers Amodei’s AI slowdown plan by calling it a Cold War script

Dario Amodei’s essay on Saturday made the case that the AI industry must slow itself down. It also asked Washington to “not sell powerful AI chips or semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China” and to crack down on smuggling and on remote access to…

European tech weekly recap: Over €3.9B invested across 70+ deals
European tech weekly recap: Over €3.9B invested across 70+ deals

Last week, we tracked more than 70 tech funding deals worth over €3.9 billion and over 5 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. 📊 The top three industries that r…

Trump calls the people asking to slow AI down a negative force
Trump calls the people asking to slow AI down a negative force

Donald Trump was watching golf at his Doonbeg resort in Ireland on Sunday when reporters asked him about the AI industry’s sudden appetite for slowing itself down. He said the United States leads China, that he wants to keep it that way, and that “whoe…

Watch Out For Boomerang Effect If Congress Passes A Federal ‘AI Kill Switch’ Law

Congress is considering the adoption of AI Kill Switch as a nationwide legal requirement. Be careful about the boomerang effect. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.

Chift raises €10.5M Series A to scale financial connectivity across Europe

Brussels-based fintech Chift has raised €10.5 million inSeries A funding to scale its financial software connectivity platform acrossEurope and further develop its AI capabilities. The round was led b…

Custodea secures €350K to give European SMEs greater control over their data

Custodea, a European AI data platformdesigned to help SMEs centralise and manage their business data, has raised€350,000 in seed funding from investors in Custodea’s network.Custodea is addressing the…

Europe at "acute risk of marginalisation" unless billions in AI funding committed, warns new report

Europe should commit to €100 billion in data centre spend, tripling its share of global computing power, and bring frontier AI expertise and technology into EU institutions, according to a new report …

Tandem Health scores $100M Series B, led by EU’s €5bn tech startup fund

Swedish healthtech startup Tandem Health hasraised $100m in a Series B funding round, which was led by the EU-backed €5bn Scaleup EuropeFund, a new investor. The round, which is large for a Series B, …

AI-native game studio Arcustin Games raises $500K from Webrazzi GSYF

Istanbul-based mobile game studioArcustin Games has raised $500,000 in pre-seed funding at a $10 millionvaluation from Webrazzi GSYF, a venture capital investment fund establishedjointly by İş Portföy…

See Venus And A Crescent Moon Dazzle At Dusk: The Night Sky This Week

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere).