Dominate AI search in 2026
Dominate AI search in 2026

Discovery has already changed, even if many teams have not fully felt the consequences yet. Buyers no longer open ten tabs, skim through blog posts, and slowly form an opinion over weeks. Instead, they ask a single question to an AI system and receive …

Anthropic launches marketplace for Claude-powered software
Anthropic launches marketplace for Claude-powered software

Despite facing a Pentagon blacklist and a storm of political headwinds, the AI lab is deepening its bet on enterprise. The timing looks deliberate. The product, called Anthropic Marketplace, is straightforward in concept and timed precisely. Enterprise…

Holyvolt buys US battery pioneer Wildcat Discovery for $73M
Holyvolt buys US battery pioneer Wildcat Discovery for $73M

The battery industry has a translation problem. Researchers can identify promising new materials in the lab; the challenge is moving those discoveries through chemistry, engineering, and manufacturing without losing years and hundreds of millions of do…

TaxDown secures €4M financing to expand AI tax platform
TaxDown secures €4M financing to expand AI tax platform

The Madrid tax fintech doubled revenue in 2025 and hit profitability. Now it’s taking on structured debt to scale its AI platform, a sign that its capital strategy is as deliberate as its product. Most tax software companies want to tell you how many u…

Evervault raises €21M to keep payment data encrypted from end to end
Evervault raises €21M to keep payment data encrypted from end to end

The Dublin-and-New York-based startup, backed by Ribbit Capital, Sequoia, and Index Ventures, says it processes more than €4.2bn in transactions monthly and cuts customers’ PCI compliance costs by an average of €86,000. The premise behind Evervault is …

Photoncycle raises €15M Series A to address Europe’s seasonal energy storage gap
Photoncycle raises €15M Series A to address Europe’s seasonal energy storage gap

Norwegian energy storage startup Photoncycle has raised €15 million in Series A funding to commercialise its seasonal energy storage technology across Europe. The round was led by NordicNinja and Voima Ventures, with participation from Lifeline Venture…

Photoncycle raises €15M Series A to address Europe’s seasonal energy storage gap
Photoncycle raises €15M Series A to address Europe’s seasonal energy storage gap

Norwegian energy storage startup Photoncycle has raised €15 million in Series A funding to commercialise its seasonal energy storage technology across Europe. The round was led by NordicNinja and Voima Ventures, with participation from Lifeline Venture…

GHARAGE Ventures launches €40M Fund I to back travel and airport technology startups
GHARAGE Ventures launches €40M Fund I to back travel and airport technology startups

Berlin- and Singapore-based venture platform GHARAGE Ventures has launched Fund I, a €40 million early-stage fund focused on technologies shaping the future of travel infrastructure and airport retail. The fund is anchored by Gebr. Heinemann, the Hambu…

GHARAGE Ventures launches €40M Fund I to back travel and airport technology startups
GHARAGE Ventures launches €40M Fund I to back travel and airport technology startups

Berlin- and Singapore-based venture platform GHARAGE Ventures has launched Fund I, a €40 million early-stage fund focused on technologies shaping the future of travel infrastructure and airport retail. The fund is anchored by Gebr. Heinemann, the Hambu…

MyFitnessPal acquires Cal AI, the viral calorie-tracking app built by teens
MyFitnessPal acquires Cal AI, the viral calorie-tracking app built by teens

MyFitnessPal Inc., the long-established digital nutrition tracking platform, has acquired Cal AI, an AI-driven calorie estimation app that amassed tens of millions of installs and substantial revenue under its young founders. Financial terms, including…