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Bending Spoons agrees to buy Miro for $1.355bn, weeks after Airtable

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“It’s a privilege, and no small responsibility, to welcome a product that over 250,000 organizations have integrated into their workflows,” said Luca Ferrari, the chief executive and co-founder of Bending Spoons. His Milan-based group has agreed to buy Miro, the online whiteboard company, at an enterprise value of $1.355bn. Bending Spoons announced the all-cash deal […]

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Antioch raises $32m to test robots in simulation before they touch hardware

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Antioch, a New York startup that builds simulation software for robots, drones and other autonomous machines, has raised a $32m Series A. Greylock led the round. The money goes on the idea that physical AI teams should test their systems in the cloud before anything touches hardware. Antioch announced the round in a blog post […]

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Covenant leaves stealth with Anthem and factories in three countries

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A defence company nobody had heard of on Tuesday opened a 105,000 square foot missile factory in Texas on Wednesday. Covenant came out of stealth this morning. It announced Anthem, a long-range weapon system it says is designed for production in the thousands, along with more than $250m raised across three rounds and roughly $150m […]

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Ineffable Intelligence names six cofounders, Fortune reports

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Ineffable Intelligence has handed the title of cofounder to six people who did not found it. Four come from Google DeepMind, one from InstaDeep, and one from the Seattle venture firm that wrote the company’s first cheque. The London startup is ten months old, has no product, and carries a $5 billion valuation. Jeremy Kahn […]

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Musk ally’s Valor to lead $500m Uforce round at $5bn, Bloomberg reports

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Uforce, the London-based drone company built from Ukrainian battlefield manufacturers, is in talks to raise about $500m at a valuation of around $5bn, Bloomberg reported on Monday. Valor Equity Partners, the firm run by SpaceX board member Antonio Gracias, would lead the round. Yazhou Sun and Rebecca Torrence cited people familiar with the matter who […]

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Cato raises €6m to sell AI into Italy’s €309.7bn tender market

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The investment case for Cato is unusual. Most software sells on the promise of making a hard thing easy. Cato’s backers are betting that a hard thing stays hard. The Milan startup has raised €6m in seed funding to sell AI to companies bidding for Italian public tenders. Keen Venture Partners, the Amsterdam and London […]

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Why manufacturers under workforce pressure should look closely at the tool drawer

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For a manufacturer short on skilled people, time can disappear in routine places. A worker searches a drawer, walks back for a forgotten part, or discovers too late that an item is missing. PwC reported that U.S. manufacturing averaged about 420,000 job openings in 2025. Deloitte has also cited an estimate that 1.9 million manufacturing […]

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Vara wins world’s first CE mark for AI that clears mammograms alone

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A Berlin company has won the world’s first regulatory clearance for AI that closes a breast screening case. No radiologist looks at it. Vara, which trades as MX Healthcare GmbH, announced the certification on Wednesday in a statement issued through Business Wire. Chief executive Jonas Muff set out the reasoning in a longer post the […]

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Hugging Face is selling a $399 robot duck with open-source software

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Pollen Robotics has unveiled a bipedal robot called Microduck, at an introductory price of $399 before taxes and shipping. The Bordeaux company is owned by the AI platform Hugging Face. Its new machine has one eye and 15 motors, stands 25cm tall, and weighs under 800g. Preorders opened on Thursday. Pollen is targeting first deliveries […]

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I’m 19, and I’ve watched more than 200 brands quietly give up on influencers

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I’m 19, and I’ve had an odd seat for the last couple of years of the creator economy. My company runs a marketplace that connects consumer brands with creators, and it’s grown to more than 200 brands. From that seat, I keep watching the same thing happen: companies walk in expecting to pay for reach, […]

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