EU awards €1M and 8 million supercomputing hours to 4 AI startups

The EU’s supercomputer alliance yesterday announced the winners of its AI startup competition. Four companies will split €1mn — and precious uptime on world-class high-performance computer systems to train their…

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Supercritical launches world’s first live pricing and availability for biochar carbon removal

Carbon removal platform Supercritical today announced the launch of its live pricing and availability function for global biochar projects in support of the transparency of the budding carbon removal market. …

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Swiss SkyCell bags $116M to optimise pharma transport with smart cold chain containers

SkyCell, based in Switzerland, has closed $116M in a Series D round for its technological solution that improves the pharmaceutical supply chain for air travel. Founded in 2013, the startup…

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Neustark secures $69M to lock carbon in concrete for 100,000 years

Swiss startup Neustark has raised $69mn to take its carbon capture technology global. Decarbonization Partners, a partnership between the world’s largest asset manager BlackRock and Singaporean investment firm Temasek, led…

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UK cybersecurity startup PQShield raises $37M for post-quantum cryptography

Leading post-quantum cryptography (PQC) startup PQShield today announced a Series B raise of $37mn. This comes as organisations and businesses hasten to get “quantum-ready,” ahead of the first PQC standards…

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