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Odense-based Velatir has closed a €5 million round co-led by Spintop Ventures and Ugly Duckling Ventures to scale its AI governance infrastructure.
The startup, which builds software to route AI workloads across different models and chips, drew backing from Atomico, Plural, DCVC and the UK Sovereign AI Fund.
The UK startup, founded by Cambridge neuroscientists, closed a $100m seed round led by Atomico to build software that matches AI tasks to the most cost-effective hardware.
Eligible US college students can claim a year of Google AI Pro at no cost, alongside new Gemini, Search, and Lens study tools.
Investors across the US, Europe and the Middle East backed AI startups spanning edtech, low-power compute and enterprise services, with deals ranging from $8 million to $2 billion.
A federal court found that a judge accused of relying on artificial intelligence to decide a case still keeps immunity from civil suits, without ruling on whether such AI use is permissible.
The German AI startup plans to expand across Europe and develop its platform that helps SMEs access and operationalise internal company knowledge.
The New York-based firm secured $2 billion led by SoftBank, D1 Capital Partners and Altimeter Capital to acquire established businesses and deploy AI across them.
An OpenClaw agent tasked with booking a gym class allegedly cancelled another participant's reservation to make room for its user, according to reports.
Australian AI infrastructure firm Firmus raised $2 billion in equity funding, nearly doubling its valuation to more than $10.5 billion post-money.
The Cyprus-based agentic CX firm plans to open its first US office in the second half of 2026 as it accelerates North American expansion.
Convex, Multiplier, Delightree and Paris-based Shiplog have secured funding to expand AI-focused platforms spanning backend infrastructure, professional services, franchise operations and customer intelligence.
The agentic AI startup for supply chains secured $150 million led by Prysm Capital and co-led by Eurazeo, reaching a $1.2 billion post-money valuation.
The Pfäffikon-based company buys NVIDIA GPU servers, runs them on renewable power and rents the capacity out under long-term contracts.
London's Intropy secured €9.5 million in Seed financing while UK-based inforcer closed a $50 million Series C round, both centred on AI-driven platforms.
The acquisition of Wexler, a fact intelligence platform for litigation teams, marks Legora's fifth purchase this year and seeds a new London engineering hub.
The Cambridge-based company will use its Series B funding to expand its AI imaging platform into new disease areas for clinical trials.
London-based Greyparrot has closed a $27 million Series B to scale its AI-powered waste analysis systems, bringing total funding to $60 million.
The Spanish AI-quantum scaleup says its latest round would push total funding to around $800m and value the company at $1.7bn.
The Cambridge-based company plans to accelerate UK commercialisation and expand its AI-powered respiratory diagnostic technology internationally, including into the US.
The Heidelberg-linked DeepTech company aims to build AI that adjusts to new contexts without costly retraining, backed by UVC Partners and Entourage.
London-based Arrakis has secured roughly $38 million, including a $30 million Series A led by Blossom Capital, to grow its platform for embedding AI agents into industrial workflows.
The Cambridge-based startup, backed by Jeff Bezos and the UK's Sovereign AI Fund, is now valued at $2.6bn after its Series B round.
The Cambridge-based deep-tech startup reached a $2.6 billion valuation in a round co-led by Kleiner Perkins and NEA, with backing from Jeff Bezos.
SAP has completed its acquisition of German frontier AI lab Prior Labs, backed by more than €1 billion, just 18 months after the company was founded.
Lithuanian web data firm Oxylabs has raised $130 million from Warburg Pincus, a deal that values the company at $3.6 billion and signals rising demand for real-time AI data.
Apple has filed a federal lawsuit accusing OpenAI and several ex-Apple employees of misappropriating confidential designs and engineering data as both firms expand into AI hardware.
Grace Investment Machine raised $20 million in its third round within a year, as agentic AI investment tools gain momentum globally.
US Federal Reserve officials warned that surging demand for AI infrastructure could keep pressure on technology and electricity prices, adding complexity to future rate decisions.
Toulouse-based Bohr Energie raised €10 million while UK's Fleek secured $25 million, signalling continued investor appetite for AI-driven infrastructure in Europe.
