Cambridge biotech STORM Therapeutics raises $56M
Cambridge biotech STORM Therapeutics raises $56M

STC-15 is the world’s first RNA-modifying enzyme inhibitor to reach human trials. Phase 1 showed durable tumour regression across multiple sarcoma subtypes. The $56M Series C is backed entirely by existing investors including Pfizer Ventures and M Vent…

Spektr raises $20M to replace the compliance analyst’s copy-paste workflow with AI agents
Spektr raises $20M to replace the compliance analyst’s copy-paste workflow with AI agents

The Copenhagen fintech has built a platform of specialised AI agents that handle KYC and KYB work, document reviews, ownership mapping, risk rationale, in minutes rather than hours. NEA led the Series A; Northzone, Seedcamp, and PSV Tech participated. …

The EU has told Google what it must do to share search data with rivals
The EU has told Google what it must do to share search data with rivals

The European Commission today sent Google its preliminary findings under the Digital Markets Act, proposing six specific measures governing how Google must share search ranking, query, click, and view data with competing search engines. AI chatbots wit…

Exclusive: Make opens a mentorship office at STATION F
Exclusive: Make opens a mentorship office at STATION F

The Celonis-owned visual automation platform, which already has more than 200 STATION F startups on its programme, is putting a permanent on-campus presence in Paris as it targets France as a strategic growth market. One-on-onementorship, workshops, an…

UK banks get their Mythos briefing within days
UK banks get their Mythos briefing within days

The Bank of England’s Cross Market Operational Resilience Group will convene within days to brief major UK banks, insurers, and exchanges about Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview. This unreleased AI model regulators say can autonomously identify and exp…

Apple secretly threatened to pull Grok from the App Store over deepfake nudes
Apple secretly threatened to pull Grok from the App Store over deepfake nudes

A letter Apple sent to US senators, obtained by NBC News, reveals that Apple rejected an initial Grok update and warned the app could be removed unless xAI made further changes. Only a second submission passed. Apple privately threatened to remove Grok…

Musk is asking chip suppliers to move at ‘light speed’ for his Terafab AI chip plant
Musk is asking chip suppliers to move at ‘light speed’ for his Terafab AI chip plant

According to Bloomberg, teams from SpaceX and Tesla have approached Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron, Lam Research, and Samsung for price quotes and delivery times on chipmaking equipment.  Teams working for Elon Musk have reached out to major chip in…

Cadence and Nvidia are bridging the simulation gap that’s slowing down robotics
Cadence and Nvidia are bridging the simulation gap that’s slowing down robotics

The two companies announced an expanded partnership at a Cadence conference in Santa Clara on Wednesday. The goal: make robot training data more accurate so physical AI systems reach real-world deployment faster. Cadence Design Systems and Nvidia have …

Quantum computing pioneer Chad Rigetti is back
Quantum computing pioneer Chad Rigetti is back

Sygaldry Technologies has raised $105M in a Series A led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, following a $34M seed from Initialized Capital. Its quantum-classical hybrid servers target the $5.2T in AI infrastructure investment projected through 2030. Syga…

Amazon-backed nuclear startup X-energy files for an IPO that could raise up to $814M
Amazon-backed nuclear startup X-energy files for an IPO that could raise up to $814M

X-energy is targeting a share price of $16–$19, which at the high end values the IPO at around $814M. Amazon led a $500M round and has committed to buying up to 5GW of nuclear power from the company by 2039.  X-energy, an Amazon-backed nuclear reactor …