2026-08-20
Guideless Raises €1M Pre-Seed to Turn Software Workflows Into AI Training Guides
Lithuanian AI startup Guideless has raised €1 million in pre-seed funding as it looks to rethink one of the less glamorous but persistent problems inside software-driven organizations: documenting how work actually gets done. The round was led by Superhero Capital, with participation from FIRSTPICK VC and angel investors Thomas Plantenga, Group CEO of Vinted; Vytautas Atkočaitis, CEO of Vinted [...]
2026-08-20
Skanska takes a $1.2bn order to build four US data centres for an unnamed client
Skanska has signed a $1.2bn contract to build four data centres in the southeastern United States, the largest single data centre order the Swedish construction group has announced. The client is an existing customer, and Skanska is not saying who it is. The four buildings will total around 75,000 square metres, or roughly 808,000 square […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-08-20
Meta, Google, TikTok, and LinkedIn now face an Australian news law whether they carry news or not
Australia’s parliament passed the News Bargaining Incentive on Thursday, closing a five-year argument that began when Meta worked out it could avoid paying for news by simply not carrying any. The new law removes that option. Platforms with a significant search or social media service in Australia and more than A$250mn (about $178mn) in local […]<br /> This story continues at The Next We [...]
2026-08-20
China now has its own AI circular financing scheme
Unitree Robotics rose 460 percent in its Shanghai IPO, hitting a valuation of around $50 billion. But an FT report shows much of the demand for its robots comes from state-backed training centers that buy the machines and sell the resulting data back to the manufacturers, a circular business model that echoes the Nvidia criticism in the US.<br /> The article China now has its own AI circular [...]
