Tower secures €5.5M to support data engineers in the AI era

Berlin-basedTower has raised €5.5 million across pre-seed and seed funding rounds todevelop its approach to data engineering in the AI era. DIG Ventures led thepre-seed round, while Speedinvest led th…

Anthropic’s Pentagon deal is a cautionary tale for startups chasing federal contracts

The Pentagon has officially designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk after the two failed to agree on how much control the military should have over its AI models, including its use in autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance. As Anthropic’s $…

Lio raises $30M from Andreessen Horowitz and others to automate enterprise procurement

AI procurement startup Lio announced a $30 million Series A in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz.

Investors spill what they aren’t looking for anymore in AI SaaS companies

TechCrunch spoke with VCs to learn what investors aren’t looking for in AI SaaS startups anymore.

SaaS in, SaaS out: Here’s what’s driving the SaaSpocalypse

What’s behind the SaaSpocalypse? It simply seems a new supreme has risen.

The New Era of Shopping raises $1.4M Pre-Seed to help brands win in the age of agentic commerce

The New Era of Shopping today announced the close of a $1.4 million Pre-Seed round to help traditional brands become discoverable, trusted, and purchasable inside AI assistants and agent-driven shoppi…

Plato closes $14.5M round to scale AI tools for distributors

Plato, an AI-based operating system forwholesale distributors, has closed a $14.5 million seed funding round led byAtomico, with participation from existing investors including Cherry Ventures.The dis…

Copla raises €6M Series A to support EU regulatory compliance

Copla, a European regtech company developing real-timecompliance infrastructure for regulated financial services, has raised €6million in a Series A funding round led by Baltic DeepTech & AI VC Ir…

Demoboost closes €2.8M to turn product demos into revenue intelligence

Warsaw-based Demoboost, a platform that enables B2Bsoftware companies to deliver scalable, data-driven product demos, has raised€2.8 million in funding to support further product development andintern…

Bracket closes $7M round to expand treasury intelligence platform

London-based Bracket, an FX, treasury,and cash management platform for mid-market businesses, has raised $7 millionin seed funding. The round was led by Macquarie Group’s Commodities and GlobalMarkets…