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 ...
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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 ...
EU awards €1B 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 ...
Factiverse founder on fact-checking AI; post-quantum cryptography
Andrii Degeler 2024-06-27 03:29:22 thenextweb.com Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we ...
Supercritical launches world’s first live pricing and availability for biochar carbon removal
Linnea Ahlgren 2024-06-27 00:45:46 thenextweb.com Carbon removal platform Supercritical today announced the launch of its live pricing and availability function ...
Opera unveils new version of its flagship AI browser
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2024-06-26 12:04:41 thenextweb.com Opera is unveiling today the new version of its flagship AI-centric browser, Opera One, which ...
Neustark secures $69M to lock carbon in concrete for 100,000 years
Siôn Geschwindt 2024-06-25 08:17:30 thenextweb.com Swiss startup Neustark has raised $69mn to take its carbon capture technology global. Decarbonization Partners, ...
Stability AI confirms rescue deal and new CEO
Linnea Ahlgren 2024-06-25 12:32:14 thenextweb.com While Stability AI’s latest image-generating model, Stable Diffusion 3, may have been a success, things ...
Meta’s new accelerator for European AI startups could be a blessing or a curse
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2024-06-25 10:14:13 thenextweb.com Amid tense relations between big tech and the EU, Meta has announced its second AI ...
Crijn Bouman on robotic EV charging of the future; more 💰 for AI
Andrii Degeler 2024-06-19 11:27:41 thenextweb.com Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we ...
This AI algorithm counts flowers on trees to predict crop yields
Siôn Geschwindt 2024-06-19 08:21:09 thenextweb.com Scientists have trained an AI algorithm to count the number of flowers on fruit trees ...
Why we need education-specific small language AI models
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2024-06-17 12:59:17 thenextweb.com This article features an interview with Dan Rosensweig, who is speaking at TNW Conference on ...
An AI artist has exposed our broken food system — and a solution
Thomas Macaulay 2024-06-14 12:05:55 thenextweb.com This article features an interview with Jeroen van der Most, who is speaking at TNW ...
Everything you need to know about Finch, the latest programming language developed by MIT
Kirstie McDermott 2024-06-13 08:57:45 thenextweb.com In May, a research team from MIT announced a new programming language, Finch. It’s designed ...
Why Germany, Hungary oppose the EU’s new tariffs on Chinese EVs
Siôn Geschwindt 2024-06-13 09:33:46 thenextweb.com The European Union has hiked tariffs for EVs imported from China, drawing reproach from Beijing ...
European AI leaders Aleph Alpha and Silo ink deal on ‘sovereign AI’
Thomas Macaulay 2024-06-13 06:03:45 thenextweb.com Two of Europe’s emerging leaders in artificial intelligence have signed a deal to spread “sovereign ...
German VC unveils record-breaking €214M early-stage fund for deep tech
Linnea Ahlgren 2024-06-11 12:57:28 thenextweb.com We know from reports earlier this year that VC investment is once more on the ...
French AI darling Mistral reportedly almost triples valuation to €5.8B
Ioanna Lykiardopoulou 2024-06-11 08:37:01 thenextweb.com France’s (and Europe’s) GenAI darling Mistral has reportedly almost tripled its valuation, reaching €5.8bn. First ...
Welcome to the future of EVs
Thomas Macaulay 2024-06-10 07:28:45 thenextweb.com As we count down to TNW conference in Amsterdam on June 20 and 21, we’re previewing the ...
EU launches AI-powered ‘digital twin’ of the Earth
Siôn Geschwindt 2024-06-10 09:25:36 thenextweb.com The European Commission today launched the first version of Destination Earth (DestinE), an AI-powered simulator ...
NATO backs UK startup making ultralight materials for rockets, fighter jets
Siôn Geschwindt 2024-06-07 08:32:49 thenextweb.com NATO’s Innovation Fund has co-led a $22.5mn (€21mn) investment into iCOMAT, a UK startup building ...