Why Europe is lagging behind in the spacetech race
News broke last month that the European Space Agency (ESA) had engaged SpaceX to launch four of Europe’s Galileo satellites into orbit in 2024. The decision to turn to Elon…
Why the future of food is ‘invisible innovation’
When you hear “the future of food,” what comes to mind? Star Trek-like food synthesisers, pills to replace your lunch, lab-grown meat, and insects for protein? Yes, the future of…
Meta begrudgingly launches €9.99 ad-free subscription for Facebook and Instagram
The effects of the EU’s regulatory crusade on Big Tech are beginning to make themselves known to consumers. Yesterday, Meta launched ad-free subscription services for Facebook and Instagram within the…
How this Berlin startup deploys AI to make preventative healthcare accessible
There are plenty of conversations around how AI can progress healthcare. And indeed, it has numerous applications in the form of diagnostics and accelerated drug discovery. However, wouldn’t it be…
German-French consortium to build EU’s first exascale supercomputer
Today, France’s Eviden (part of cybersecurity, cloud, and high-performance computing group Atos) and German modular supercomputing company ParTec, announced they had won a contract to provide the very first exascale…
VC Atomico raises €1B in glimmer of hope for European tech startups
It is no secret that European tech funding has seen an alarming decline throughout the past 24 months. Thankfully, there are still some bright spots. London-based venture capital firm Atomico…
These are the key technologies the EU wants to safeguard from China
In the latest round of geopolitical tech chess, the European Commission today published a list of critical technologies to keep safe from geopolitical rivals, in an effort to bolster the…
Poland wants EU to stop sleeping on digital IDs
The European Commission has been too focused on tackling Big Tech and not enough on improving digital services for citizens. That is according to Poland’s minister of digital affairs, Janusz…
French antitrust authorities raid Nvidia’s local offices
Bolstered by the demand for advanced chips for generative AI, Nvidia has had a terrific run of it of late. However, employees at its offices in France were in for…
European Central Bank assembles ‘infinity team’ to identify GenAI applications
European Union bureaucracy might not conjure the most exciting of connotations. However, being part of the “infinity team” surely puts a superhero-esque spin on your average Frankfurt grey high-rise working…
EIF invests €40M in female-founded climate tech growth fund
The European Investment Fund (EIF) announced today it would invest €40mn with Blume Equity. Based out of London, the VC was founded by three women in 2020, and invests into…
Europe’s homes are wasting too much energy – these startups have a plan
Single-glazing. Old electric-powered heat emitters. Walls with hardly any insulation. Damp throughout the ground floor. Welcome to Europe. While these problems vary in prevalence from country to country, even nations…