1+ hour, 41+ min ago  (960+ words) I've spent the last few years commercialising autonomous robots, first at Swiss scaleup ANYbotics and now working on go-to-market (GTM) with several companies across physical AI. Spend enough time around the field and a pattern starts to show up: people…...

5+ hour, 17+ min ago  (761+ words) Munich-based autonomous drone maker Quantum Systems has raised $1. 2bn in Series D funding at an $8bn valuation. The round was co-led by Blackstone, Airbus SE, Noteus and Advent, with existing investors Balderton Capital and HV Capital also participating." The fundraise comes amid…...

9+ hour, 15+ min ago  (238+ words) 9 Dots Media Ltd Accenture Song Brand Germany Gmb H Adserve. zone / Adserve AS BE PIXEL NET LTDA Coresibo LTD (DBA Tredio) Grabit Interactive Media Inc dba KERV Interctive Marketing Science Consulting Group, lnc. Mirando Gmb H & Co KG One Tech…...

9+ hour, 15+ min ago  (690+ words) Common Ventures, a London-based VC firm focused on improving social mobility in the tech industry, has launched a new programme designed to help graduates from lower-income backgrounds secure jobs at startups. The initiative, called Common Path, is backed by a…...

9+ hour, 15+ min ago  (187+ words) European life sciences startups are watching closely after Anthropic, the US AI giant behind Claude, unveiled a new suite of tools designed to automate scientific research." Freya Pratty is Sifted's associate editor. She covers UK tech and leads Sifted's investigations....

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (608+ words) Herman Verdoodt, 57, lives in Leuven, Belgium, and works at mortgage underwriter Creafin. He's a long-suffering supporter of the national football team and recently welcomed his third grandchild. He has also recently lent his name to a new AI agent created…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (240+ words) Swedish fintech giant Klarna has won $1. 97bn in antitrust damages in a lawsuit against Google. The-buy-now pay-later provider's price comparison subsidiary Price Runner alleged it lost revenue for Google's preferential treatment of its own comparison shopping service over independents. Additionally, it…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (568+ words) Small business payments fintech Sum Up has launched personal banking accounts as it seeks to broaden its scope to a "complete financial ecosystem" for merchants and consumers. The account aims to reward spending at small and medium-sized businesses by offering…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (804+ words) In yesteryears of tech startups, headcount was the go-to metric for measuring company growth." But today, adding 100 employees in a year could actually be seen as a failure of a company's leadership team, with mounting pressure to adopt AI and…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (156+ words) California-based Tapestry VC has launched a new $80m fund, as it doubles down on what it calls the "repeat founder flywheel" powering European tech. Martin Coulter is Sifted's news editor, based in London. You can follow him on Linked In and…...