European startups

European startups

Cohere's Transcribe model is designed for tasks like note-taking and speech analysis, supporting 14 languages and optimized for consumer-grade GPUs, making it accessible for self-hosting.

These countries are offering not just financial incentives but also the opportunity to experience a new way of life whether it's working remotely from a scenic island, building a startup, or raising a family in a peaceful village.

Uber is joining forces with two companies, China's Pony AI and Croatia's Verne, to launch what it claims will be Europe's first commercially available robotaxi service. The vehicles are already being tested in Zagreb, Croatia, where Verne is headquartered, and will soon be available to customers on Uber's ridehail network.

OpenAI's decision to shutter Sora came as a surprise, in part, because of how the Disney deal helped normalize the idea of major companies getting into bed with gen AI firms.

The agreement, priced at £472.8 million including VAT, is scheduled to run for a minimum of seven years from April 2026 with an option to extend it to ten years.

Decathlon's Portugal warehouse doubled its order preparation capacity from 57,000 to 114,000, showcasing the significant impact of Exotec's robotic systems on productivity.

In the AI era, it should be easier than ever for people to build new businesses. We want to build the services that enable this. This is important for ensuring that people broadly share in the prosperity created by superintelligence.

PAVE Space is building a fleet of orbital transfer vehicles designed to complete the journey from launch orbit to working orbit in under 24 hours, addressing the inefficiencies in satellite deployment.

Lace Lithography uses a beam of helium atoms rather than light to etch chip patterns, achieving a width of approximately 0.1 nanometres, which is about 135 times finer than ASML's EUV light.

The Open Wallet Standard (OWS) is designed to solve fragmentation in the agent economy by allowing artificial intelligence (AI) agents to hold value and sign transactions without exposing private keys. This initiative is backed by over 15 major organizations, including the Ethereum Foundation and Paypal, and is available on platforms like Github and npm.

Microsoft's partnership with G42 aims to develop an artificial intelligence industry in the UAE, providing an alternative to oil income, reflecting a strategic investment shift.

SK Hynix's order for nearly $8 billion in EUV machines from ASML is the largest publicly announced single order in the company's history, aimed at enhancing advanced memory chip production.

Estée Lauder announced Monday it's in talks to merge with Puig, a Spanish beauty company that owns Charlotte Tilbury, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Rabanne.

HubSpot will invest €40m in artificial intelligence in Ireland to replace the way it builds products and services, as the tech industry looks set to embark on a fresh wave of job cuts because of AI replacing roles and functions.

English has quietly become the default working language in multinational companies, impacting communication and career advancement for non-native speakers.

Aristocrat Interactive has made the decision to cease offering its white label iGaming services to customers in all relevant jurisdictions and as a result the company will also wind up its Malta operations, close the local office, and exit the region.

Cursor's Composer 2 is promoted as offering 'frontier-level coding intelligence,' but an X user claimed it is merely Kimi 2.5 with added reinforcement learning.

Samsung Electronics plans to invest KRW 110 trillion, or approximately $73 billion, in research and development and facilities "in a bid to lead the semiconductor industry in artificial intelligence". This year's plan would represent an increase in expenditure of over 21% compared to 2025.