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IN THE LOOP
Spain’s THEKER raises $85 million: Europe finally produces its own contenders in general-purpose robotics
The race for artificial intelligence is no longer being fought solely inside data centres. After three years dominated by language…
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DECODE MARKET
Markets love AI. Creditors, much less so. Why SOFTBANK is struggling to raise $6 billion
When SoftBank began accumulating stakes in OpenAI and backing its associated infrastructure projects, few observers imagined that the main obstacle…
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IN THE LOOP
From BIM to risk intelligence: ENLAYE raises €4.25 million
Artificial intelligence has already begun transforming building design, plan analysis, construction-site monitoring and resource planning. Another category of software is…
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AI SHIFT
Austrian voice AI startup FONIO.AI raises €14.5 million as business phone systems evolve into AI agents
For more than a century, the telephone remained one of the few professional interfaces to resist automation. Despite the rise…
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LIFE SCIENCES LOOP
France’s UNCOVR raises €6 million: after patient records, AI moves into the operating room
More than 400 million surgical procedures are performed worldwide every year. A growing proportion are filmed in their entirety. Yet…
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ROBOTIC LOOP
Germany’s NEURA ROBOTICS raises €1.2 billion: robotics becomes Europe’s new strategic bet
Humanoid robotics has crossed a new funding threshold in Europe. Germany’s Neura Robotics has announced a $1.4 billion funding round,…
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TRENDS
China is building the financial infrastructure of a post-dollar world
China is not seeking to dethrone the dollar, but it is trying to make its use less indispensable. For several…
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IN THE ARMY NOW
French air-defence startup ALTA ARES raises €50 million to develop an autonomous counter-drone system
Aerial warfare is undergoing a transformation comparable to that triggered by the emergence of tanks in the early 20th century…
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IN THE ARMY NOW
Finland’s ICEYE exceeds a €10 billion valuation: space-based intelligence becomes critical infrastructure
Last December, we examined how space-based radar imaging was becoming a matter of sovereignty for European states. Six months later,…
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ROBOTIC LOOP
After VLC, French entrepreneur Jean-Baptiste Kempf wants to build the nervous system for robots
Artificial intelligence is gradually learning to act upon the physical world. Yet between a model capable of making a decision…
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