2026-07-01
Realta Fusion lights bulbs straight from its reactor, a commercial first
Fusion’s hard problem was making more energy than you put in. The next one is turning that energy into cheap electricity. A Wisconsin startup says it has taken a first step, by lighting a few bulbs straight from its reactor. The company is Realta Fusion. On 30 June it announced the first demonstration of direct […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-01
Build raises $8.5M to speed up the paperwork behind data centres
The AI boom needs somewhere to live. Data centres, power lines, and factories all start with months of paperwork before a single wall goes up. A British-founded startup says its AI can cut that grind by 95 per cent. The company is Build, and on Tuesday it raised $8.5mn (€7.4mn) in seed funding led by […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-01
London’s MDOTM raises $27M to put AI inside wealth managers
The buzziest corner of finance AI is not the trading desk. It is the dull middle office, where staff keep thousands of portfolios in line with spreadsheets. A London-founded startup just raised $27mn to automate exactly that. The company is MDOTM. It has closed a $27mn growth-equity round led by Expedition Growth Capital, it said. […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-01
Queue raises $12.6M for a pharmacy that runs without a pharmacist
A Silicon Valley startup says it has built a pharmacy with no pharmacist behind the counter. Sealed bottles go in, filled and checked prescriptions come out, in about a minute. The company, Queue, came out of stealth on Tuesday with a working machine and fresh money. It has raised a $12.6mn seed round led by […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-01
Building AI Infrastructure Responsibly: ER Steel on the Evolving Demands of Data Center Expansion
The rapid expansion of AI infrastructure seems to have brought data centers into a new phase of global development, with growing attention on computing power, digital capacity, and speed to deployment. Alongside that momentum, ER Steel observes another conversation gaining importance: the challenge of building and powering these facilities responsibly and efficiently while maintaining long-term [â [...]
2026-07-01
Ottawa’s Dominion Dynamics raises CA$139M, a record for Canadian defence
Canada just produced the biggest Series A in its defence history. The money is going into autonomous drones and the software to run a war in the Arctic. Dominion Dynamics, an Ottawa defence-technology company, has raised CA$139mn ($100mn) in a Series A round. The raise is the largest of its kind in Canadian defence history, […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
