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Italy’s BENDING SPOONS raises $1.68 billion on Nasdaq: Wall Street bets on software consolidation
TL;DR Bending Spoons has completed a successful Nasdaq debut, raising $1.68 billion at an $18.4 billion valuation after pricing its…
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Why French energy giant EDF is now investing in advanced nuclear startups
TL;DR EDF has acquired a stake in Otrera New Energy, which has raised €17 million to develop a sodium-cooled fast…
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Austria urges Brussels to explore bringing Anthropic to the European Union
TL;DR Austria is proposing that the European Union explore establishing an Anthropic presence within its borders, signalling a paradigm shift:…
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French mobility platform BLABLACAR is using AI to accelerate its global expansion, but above all, boost its valuation
BlaBlaCar is entering 20 new markets, its first major wave of international expansion in a decade. Artificial intelligence is reducing…
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Will we soon need to show our passport to use AI?
TL;DR The agreement between Anthropic and Washington opens a new chapter: the United States is beginning to intervene directly in…
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AI is draining the memory market: APPLE is already preparing for the next shortages
TL;DR After GPUs, a new bottleneck is emerging: memory. AI infrastructure is absorbing a growing share of global DRAM production.…
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Australian fintech AIRWALLEX raises $320 million and opens a new front against STRIPE
The boundary between fintech, banking and software is continuing to fade. With a $320 million funding round valuing the company…
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ANTHROPIC hires ORANGE’s AI chief to accelerate its expansion in Europe
The artificial intelligence war is no longer being fought solely in research laboratories or data centres. It is now unfolding…
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French health insurer ALAN surpasses €1 billion in total funding as PROSUS joins its shareholder base
French scale-up Alan has reportedly raised €480 million from investment group Prosus in a transaction that would value the company…
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AI: what is the “adversarial distillation” that ANTHROPIC accuses ALIBABA of using?
Artificial intelligence is entering a new phase of its geopolitical confrontation. After the battle over semiconductors, data centres and the…
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