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What it actually takes to scale AI in Europe: ‘The best founders aren’t building for the next funding round’
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Airwallex raises $320M at an $11bn valuation
Airwallex has raised $320M at an $11bn valuation, up from $8bn in December. The payments company is now pivoting to “autonomous fi…
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There’s a very real human problem at the heart of the AI revolution
The era of AI was ushered in with dazzling displays of its seemingly endless capabilities and a promise to change the world. After…
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Netris raises $15M Series A from a16z to help AI neoclouds go live faster
Netris provides software that runs on network switches, and offers a platform that helps neocloud operators reduce the time it tak…
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Trump admin bars Polestar from selling its new EVs in the US
The Department of Commerce declined to give the Chinese-owned automaker a special authorization to keep selling EVs in the US.
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Apple raises Mac and iPad prices, spares iPhone for now
Apple raises prices of MacBook Air and Pro along with iPad Air and Pro
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Alan raises €480M led by Prosus at a €5.5bn valuation
French insurtech Alan has raised €480M led by Prosus at a €5.5bn valuation, just months after its last round. The Paris company is…
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10 best contract management software tools for 2026 (compared)
Most teams don’t go shopping for the best contract management software until something slips. A renewal auto-fires nobody approved…
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Aston Martin Aramco signs Zscaler as its global cybersecurity partner
The multi-year deal puts Zscaler’s Zero Trust Exchange behind the team’s car design, race strategy and trackside data, with brandi…
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Apple hikes some MacBook and iPad prices, blaming rising chip costs
Apple said it had "never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly".
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Brussels held talks with Washington over Anthropic access after Fable 5 ban
Brussels opened talks with Washington over Anthropic after a US export-control order cut Europe off from the company’s two most ca…
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Chamath Palihapitiya: Meta “fumbled” its shot at AI
On The Axios Show, Chamath Palihapitiya said Meta “fumbled” its lead in AI, dismissed the jobs apocalypse, and finally called his …
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Cannes insights: What a two-time major champion knows about marketing that CMOs don’t
For one week every June, the advertising industry decamps to the French Riviera to take its own temperature. The Cannes Lions Inte…
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2 days left to save up to $190: Join 1,000+ founders and investors at TechCrunch Founder Summit
2 days left to lock in your spot at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 and save up to $190 before Early Bird rates expire on June 26 a…
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Trump admin proposes axing brake pedal requirement for AVs in a boost for Tesla
The Department of Transportation wants to remove the brake pedal requirement for vehicles "designed to be driven exclusively by au…
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Adobe acquires image and video enhancement tool maker Topaz Labs
Adobe said that it will integrate Topaz Labs' tools across its apps.
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Apple raises Mac and iPad prices as the AI memory crunch reaches the shelf
The AI boom has been an abstract thing for most consumers, a story about data centres and model launches happening somewhere else.…
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TensorX and Solstice line up $1bn to finance Europe’s sovereign AI buildout
The partnership will fund EU AI hardware and data centres, and launch aiUSX, a yield asset that puts companies’ idle AI cash to wo…
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Upwind launches AI Sensor for Endpoints as security teams grapple with AI’s expanding reach
When cloud computing transformed enterprise IT, security vendors followed the workloads. Visibility into cloud infrastructure beca…
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Kremlin demands an explanation from Apple after VK apps vanish from the App Store
On Thursday, a clutch of apps belonging to the Russian tech group VK disappeared from Apple’s App Store, and by the afternoon the …
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Brussels moves to put AWS and Azure under its toughest tech rules
The European Commission told Amazon and Microsoft that it takes the preliminary view that their cloud arms, Amazon Web Services an…
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Anthropic hires Orange’s AI chief as its European build-out accelerates
Steve Jarrett, Orange’s chief AI officer since 2019, will join the Claude maker in Paris in late August to adapt its products for …
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A Michigan township killed a $2.4 billion Chinese battery plant, and now the company might bankrupt it
Less than three years ago, residents of Green Charter Township, a rural community of roughly 3,000 people in central Michigan, pac…
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The EU signs up to Pax Silica, the US-led chip pact France called colonisation
Brussels is joining a Washington-led effort to secure AI chip supply chains, a fortnight after unveiling a tech-sovereignty agenda…