Founders, funding rounds, and the companies worth watching before they get obvious. Weighted toward deep tech and the transatlantic scene I work in day to day, with a lot less patience than most for a beautiful deck attached to no product.
AMD has agreed to acquire Taalas, a startup focusing on specialized inference silicon that embeds trained model weights directly into chips, enhancing efficiency but…
A team from Copenhagen and CU Boulder developed a harmonic parity qubit, enabling control over odd harmonics in a superconducting circuit. This advancement aims…
Nothing co-founder Akis Evangelidis indicated the company has launched three smartphones in 2026 and plans to double that next year. However, challenges remain regarding…
Anthropic is establishing an in-house chip team while securing multiple partnerships, including a $10 billion deal with Volta. The company aims to reduce dependency…
Alibaba's Qwen team launched the Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4 trillion parameter model, outperforming competitors in key benchmarks. While it promises "open weights" soon, skepticism remains…
EU Inc. aims to streamline corporate processes across Europe by offering a unified corporate framework for startups, simplifying registration, governance, and insolvency procedures. Its…
Three ex-Meta researchers founded Mistral AI, aiming for European AI sovereignty. They raised over €1.1 billion and established a partnership with Microsoft. Their innovative…
DeepSeek's V4-Flash model is significantly cheaper than competitors like Anthropic's Claude Fable 5, sparking a divide in Silicon Valley over the use of affordable…
The AI Liability Directive (AILD), designed to address the black-box problem in AI accountability, has been withdrawn due to lack of consensus among EU…
The EU AI Act's enforcement begins Sunday, but key regulatory components face delays. Originally intended for full implementation, many high-risk requirements are postponed until…
ASML from the Netherlands is the sole producer of advanced lithography machines essential for semiconductor manufacturing. xLight, led by Pat Gelsinger, aims to provide…
AMD's acquisition of MEXT aims to address rising memory costs by enhancing flash storage capabilities, offering 2-4x effective capacity while reducing expenses. This strategic…
The complete OnePlus story: from the coffee table conversation in Shenzhen in 2013 to the Realme merger in 2026. Every product, every corporate betrayal,…
LeCun says xAI is 'kind of a failure.' With a $2.5B quarterly loss and compute rented to rivals, the numbers are hard to dismiss.
Midjourney's full-body ultrasound scanner promises 60-second scans. The prototype takes 20 minutes and has scanned just 12 people.