Naboo raises $70M to turn AI event planning into corporate procurement platform
Naboo raises $70M to turn AI event planning into corporate procurement platform

Paris-headquartered Naboo has raised a $70m in Series B as it accelerates its ambition to become the operating layer for how large companies plan, book, and control corporate events. The round is led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, the same investor th…

Naboo raises $70M to turn AI event planning into corporate procurement platform
Naboo raises $70M to turn AI event planning into corporate procurement platform

Paris-headquartered Naboo has raised a $70m in Series B as it accelerates its ambition to become the operating layer for how large companies plan, book, and control corporate events. The round is led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, the same investor th…

Managing your brand’s narrative in the AI age
Managing your brand’s narrative in the AI age

Earned media has always been hailed as the holy grail of PR due to its unparalleled ability to build trust. Most recent surveys state that 40%–60% of the population still trusts organic content the most, depending on the country. However, I see signifi…

Anthropic spent millions on Super Bowl ads to roast OpenAI
Anthropic spent millions on Super Bowl ads to roast OpenAI

Everyone knows Super Bowl commercials are expensive, bombastic, and designed to be talked about. What we didn’texpect was an AI startup using the biggest ad stage of the year to throw shade at a rival’s advertising strategy. That’s exactly what Anthrop…

UiPath pushes deeper into financial services with WorkFusion acquisition
UiPath pushes deeper into financial services with WorkFusion acquisition

UiPath, the Romanian unicorn, has agreed to buy WorkFusion, bringing a specialist in AI agents for financial-crime compliance into its fold as part of a broader push into agentic automation for the banking sector. The deal closed in UiPath’s first quar…

Early Results from the TNW Council Concierge Revealed
Early Results from the TNW Council Concierge Revealed

Shortly after launch, TNW Council is already seeing clear, early signals from its concierge model, signals that underline a fundamental truth often overlooked in the startup ecosystem: founders operating at €1 to 10 million and leaders scaling companie…

Noora Saksa steps in as new Slush CEO
Noora Saksa steps in as new Slush CEO

Slush, the Finnish nonprofit behind one of the most influential startup gatherings in Europe, has named Noora Saksa as its new Chief Executive Officer, a shift that indicates a strategic evolution for the organisation as it expands beyond its flagship …

TNW Weekly Briefing
TNW Weekly Briefing

1. EU launches “EU Inc” at Davos What: The European Commission unveiled EU Inc (“28th regime”), a single EU-wide legal company structure designed to let startups incorporate once and operate across all member states. Who it affects: European startups &…

Where tech leaders now choose to meet
Where tech leaders now choose to meet

For a long time, tech events were built around scale. The bigger the crowd, the stronger the perception of success. Attendance numbers became a proxy for impact, and festivals grew year after year because that was what the industry expected. That model…

TNW Weekly Briefing
TNW Weekly Briefing

Legislation and digital policy European Commission opens call for evidence on Open Digital Ecosystems Signal: The EU is preparing a structural shift toward open, interoperable digital infrastructure. This marks a move from regulating dominant platforms…