The UK government is backing AI scientists that can run their own experiments

A number of startups and universities that are building AI scientists to design and run experiments in the lab, including robot biologists and chemists, have just won extra funding from the UK government agency that funds moonshot R&D. The competition, set up by ARIA (Advanced Research and Invention Agency), gives a clear sense of how…

British Business Bank invests £25M in Kraken Technologies

The UK government-backed British Business Bank (BBB) is taking a £25m stake in Kraken Technologies, the software entity being spun out of Octopus Energy, marking the bank’s biggest ever direct investm…

GeneralMind raises $12M to build AI autopilot for operational workflows

Berlin-basedGeneralMind, an AI-based system focused on automating operational andcoordination tasks in supply-chain environments, has closed a $12 millionequity financing round. The round was led by L…

Stilla emerges from stealth with $5M to address collaboration challenges in AI-driven companies

Stockholm-basedStilla has emerged from stealth with $5 million in pre-seed funding to developan intelligence layer designed to support collaboration between humans and AIwithin product teams. The roun…

Here are the 55 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2025

Last year was monumental for the AI industry in the U.S. and beyond. How will 2025 compare?

Isle of Man launches National AI Office with £1M investment

The Isle of Man Government has officially launched its National AI Office (NAIO) digitalisleofman.com/naio, a new function designed to help the Island harness AI in a practical, sustainable and respon…

Going beyond pilots with composable and sovereign AI
Going beyond pilots with composable and sovereign AI

Today marks an inflection point for enterprise AI adoption. Despite billions invested in generative AI, only 5% of integrated pilots deliver measurable business value and nearly one in two companies abandons AI initiatives before reaching production. The bottleneck is not the models themselves. What’s holding enterprises back is the surrounding infrastructure: Limited data accessibility, rigid…

Robotics and world models are AI’s next frontier, and China is already ahead of the West — research shows almost 13,000 robots deployed in 2025 alone

With the AI race showing no signs of stopping, the next great frontier is conquering the complex requirements that advanced robotics demands, and China is positioned to dominate.

Sequoia’s big bet on Anthropic
Sequoia’s big bet on Anthropic

Venture capital powerhouse Sequoia Capital is preparing to invest in Anthropic, the AI startup best known for its Claude family of large language models, in one of the largest private funding rounds in tech this year. The deal is being led by Singapore…

I found an iPad browser that finally puts a desktop-like experience on Apple’s tablet

Beam adds plenty of desktop-grade browsing flair on the iPad, while throwing its own unique set of features into the mix. It’s the most fulfilling browser experience I’ve ever had on Apple’s tablet.
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