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A new early-stage fund: Syndicate One raises €22M for Belgium’s startups

Brussels-based investor Syndicate One has hit a funding milestone with the €22 million first close of its second early-stage tech fund, underscoring a growing confidence in Belgium’s startup ecosystem. The new capital builds on the firm’s first fund, which closed at €6.5 million in late 2024, and will be deployed to support early-stage Belgian tech […]

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Gartner $110M sale of Digital Markets division in latest SEC filing

When Gartner first disclosed that it had agreed to part with its Digital Markets ( business unit that included its major software review, specifically Capterra, GetApp, and Software Advice) business in early 2026, the announcement was forward-looking and economical with detail: it named the buyer and the assets involved, but it left out any financial […]

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Google’s new music tool, Lyria 3 is here

Google’s announcement that its Gemini app now writes music for you isn’t just one of those “blowing my mind” product updates. It feels like a symbolic surrender to a long-standing refrain from Big Tech: creative work is now just another checkbox for a machine.  If you don’t know what I am talking about, yesterday Google […]

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Plato closes $14.5M to bring AI automation to wholesale trade

Plato, a Berlin-based startup, has raised $14.5 million in seed funding to bring generative AI into wholesale distribution, a massive industry that rarely makes tech headlines but quietly moves a significant share of the world’s goods. The round was led by Atomico, with Cherry Ventures, Discovery Ventures, and D11Z joining in. Wholesale distribution accounts for […]

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David Silver is chasing superhuman intelligence with a $1bn seed

David Silver, a British AI researcher known for his role at Google’s DeepMind lab, has helped build some of the most influential AI systems and is now leading his own ambitious start-up. He is in the middle of raising a $1 billion seed round for his new London-based venture, Ineffable Intelligence. If the fundraising will […]

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When robots outshine humans, I have to ask: Are we ready?

If you tuned in to China’s 2026 CCTV Spring Festival Gala looking for traditional lion dances and nostalgic tunes, you may have done a double-take when what greeted you was a squad of humanoid robots performing kung fu, synchronized moves, and comedy sketches with more precision than most of us manage during family reunions. It […]

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VC Quantonation closes €220M fund to back next-gen physics tech

A Paris-based venture firm that has quietly shaped the quantum technology scenery is now making a much louder statement about Europe’s role in the future of computing, materials science, and sensing. Quantonation Ventures has today announced the successful close of its second flagship fund at €220 million, more than double the size of its first […]

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Mistral AI buys cloud startup Koyeb

When European tech observers talk about AI ambition, the narrative often splits neatly in two: models and infrastructure. On one side are the clever bits of code that can write, reason, and generate text or images. On the other is the gritty reality of making those bits run reliably, at scale, and in production. Today, […]

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The European Parliament pulls back AI from its own devices

The European Parliament has taken a rare and telling step: it has disabled built-in artificial intelligence features on work devices used by lawmakers and staff, citing unresolved concerns about data security, privacy, and the opaque nature of cloud-based AI processing. The decision, communicated to Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in an internal memo this […]

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AI FOMO: Where the “I” is not just intelligence, but I, the human

When FOMO ( fear of missing out) first entered popular language, it was about teenagers scrolling through friends’ social feeds and worrying they weren’t having as much fun. But today, that word has taken on a different meaning in the era of artificial intelligence. The fear now isn’t about beach photos or party snapshots. It’s […]

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