DeepL launches new LLM that ‘outperforms’ Google Translate, ChatGPT
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2024-07-17 08:00:13 thenextweb.com Since its launch in 2017, DeepL has successfully rivalled machine translation giants such as Google ...
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UK AI startups are now worth $256B, says report
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2024-07-16 10:50:25 thenextweb.com UK-based AI startups are now worth $256bn, according to new data from Dealroom and HSBC ...
UK scaleup Huma launches ‘Shopify-like’ platform for digital health tools
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2024-07-16 07:00:42 thenextweb.com UK-based Huma has launched today the Huma Cloud Platform, a “Shopify-like” tool for the healthcare ...
UK solar tech scaleup Naked Energy raises £17M for global expansion
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2024-07-15 10:45:56 thenextweb.com UK-based Naked Energy has raised £17mn in a Series B round to boost the global ...
Oxford Ionics doubles performance of previous quantum chip world record
Linnea Ahlgren 2024-07-11 04:00:51 thenextweb.com UK-based startup Oxford Ionics today announced a significant achievement for its ion-trapped quantum processors, demonstrating ...
New hope for European tech? VC funding up 12% to $30B in 2024
Thomas Macaulay 2024-07-10 19:01:01 thenextweb.com Whisper it, but startup funding is showing signs of a rebound. Venture capital investment in ...
Daniel Keiper-Knorr on startups and funding; fusion power in Europe delayed again
Andrii Degeler 2024-07-10 09:56:02 thenextweb.com Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we ...
US chip giant AMD to buy European LLM leader Silo AI for $665M
Thomas Macaulay 2024-07-10 10:58:32 thenextweb.com US chipmaker AMD has agreed a $665mn (€614mn) deal to buy Finnish startup Silo AI, ...
Munich startup planqc secures €50M for ‘Made in Germany’ quantum computers
Linnea Ahlgren 2024-07-09 08:15:32 thenextweb.com German quantum computing startup planqc yesterday announced a Series A raise of €50mn. A mere ...
Belgian startup to build LLM that detects hate speech in all EU languages
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2024-07-09 10:54:17 thenextweb.com Belgian startup Textgrain is building the world’s first AI model that will be capable of ...
Netherlands’ LUMO Labs launches €100M fund for European impact startups
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2024-07-08 19:00:28 thenextweb.com Dutch venture capital fund manager LUMO Labs is launching a new €100mn fund for Europe’s ...
Why the EU is imposing maximum tariffs of 36.7% on Chinese EVs
Thomas Macaulay 2024-07-04 12:41:44 thenextweb.com The EU today confirmed huge new tariffs for EVs imported from China. From Friday, provisional ...
EU ‘not on track’ to reach digital transformation targets, says Vestager
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2024-07-03 09:19:13 thenextweb.com The EU is falling behind its digital transformation goals for 2030, according to this year’s ...
Satellite tracking, space regulation, multimodal AI, and more
Andrii Degeler 2024-07-03 06:55:00 thenextweb.com Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss ...
Why Nvidia could soon be with hit with antitrust charges in France
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2024-07-02 09:32:58 thenextweb.com Last month, Nvidia briefly became the world’s most valuable company, reaching a market capitalisation of ...
Greece taps AI-powered satellite tech to build wildfire defence system
Siôn Geschwindt 2024-07-02 02:55:05 thenextweb.com Greece’s Ministry of Digital Governance has awarded German startup OroraTech a €20mn contract to build ...
Meta’s ‘pay or consent’ model in breach of EU tech rules, says Brussels
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2024-07-01 09:05:14 thenextweb.com In yet another blow to big tech, the EU is charging Meta with breaching the ...
What is an iron flow battery and why is Schiphol Airport testing one?
Siôn Geschwindt 2024-07-01 09:35:02 thenextweb.com Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands is testing an unusual kind of battery that could prove ...
Neobank Monzo unveils new anti-fraud features in case of phone theft
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2024-07-01 11:37:18 thenextweb.com UK-based neobank Monzo has unveiled three app-based security features, aiming to safeguard user accounts from ...
This week in Dutch tech 20/6 – 27/6
Linnea Ahlgren 2024-06-28 13:23:47 thenextweb.com The warm weather finally arrived! But before we begin to wind things down for the ...
Nyobolt charges EV in under 5 mins during first test drive
Siôn Geschwindt 2024-06-28 10:50:35 thenextweb.com Claims of the next fastest-charging EV have become so common, they’ve almost completely lost their meaning. ...
Samsung backs ‘world’s most powerful’ AI chip for edge devices
Siôn Geschwindt 2024-06-28 06:30:42 thenextweb.com Eindhoven-based startup Axelera has raised $68mn as it looks to take its AI chip business ...
EU awards €1M and 8 million supercomputing hours to 4 AI startups
Linnea Ahlgren 2024-06-27 04:43:58 thenextweb.com The EU’s supercomputer alliance yesterday announced the winners of its AI startup competition. Four companies ...
Silo and Mistral join forces in yet another European AI team-up
Linnea Ahlgren 2024-06-27 17:00:46 thenextweb.com If you follow European AI news, you may have read that Finland’s Silo AI and ...
Data centres in space could be one solution to AI’s big energy problem
Siôn Geschwindt 2024-06-27 14:46:21 thenextweb.com As AI boosts demand for more data storage, Europe is considering sending data centres into ...
Silicon Valley’s AI-controlled hot rock batteries are coming to Europe
Siôn Geschwindt 2024-06-27 08:15:07 thenextweb.com A Silicon Valley startup is developing a hot rock battery that could be the next ...