TNW Moves Its Flagship Conference to London

The Next Web (TNW) is making a bold move: its flagship conference is relocating to London, placing TNW’s main annual event at the centre of one of the world’s most powerful technology and investme [...]

Google’s new music tool, Lyria 3 is here

Google’s announcement that its Gemini app now writes music for you isn’t just one of those “blowing my mind” product updates. It feels like a symbolic surrender to a long-standing refrain from [...]

French fintech Pennylane raises €175M

Paris-based fintech Pennylane has just pulled off one of Europe’s most noteworthy funding rounds of the year, announcing €175 million in new capital to accelerate its push into artificial intellig [...]

Age Verification Is Reaching a Global Tipping Point. Is TikTok’s Strategy a Good Compromise?

TikTok’s new age-detection tech seems like a better solution than automatically banning youth accounts. But experts say it still requires social platforms to surveil users more closely. [...]

How Flippa Is Removing the Language Barrier from Global Deal-Making

For decades, access to high-quality deal flow and sophisticated M&A infrastructure has been largely designed for well-connected investors and industry giants. Small businesses and independent foun [...]

Encord raises €50M to build the data layer for physical AI

London-based data infrastructure startup Encord has closed a €50 million ($60 million) Series C funding round, led by Wellington Management, with participation from existing backers including Y Comb [...]

Synthesia’s valuation jumps to $4B after $200M raise

London-based AI video startup Synthesia has raised $200 million in a Series E round, nearly doubling its valuation to around $4 billion and cementing its position as one of Europe’s most valuable AI [...]

Rainbow Weather raises $5.5M to refine real-time weather forecasting

Warsaw, Poland 26 January 2026 – Rainbow Weather has raised $5.5 million in seed funding to push weather forecasting further into the short-term, high-precision territory it believes the industry st [...]

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 [...]