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Velatir raises €5m to sell European companies control over their own AI

Velatir, an Odense startup that sells companies a way to see and control the AI their employees are already using, has raised €5m in seed funding six months after closing its pre-seed. Spintop Venture

Danish AI infrastructure startup Velatir secures €5 million six months after its pre-Seed round and official launch

Velatir, an Odense-based AI infrastructure startup, today announced it has secured €5 million in new funding to “triple down” on its European expansion and “compete for the best talent” in the region.

UC Berkeley professor admits to using AI to edit op-ed on students’ math skills

Zvezdelina Stankova says she used AI to ‘help edit’ an article about some of her students being ‘five to eight years’ behind A math professor at the University of California, Berkeley, criticizing a “

Stripe didn’t really buy OpenRouter because of the ‘singularity’

What does a payments giant want with a startup that routes prompts between different AI models? Stripe says it's because of "the singularity" but it's really for a far more real and powerful reason.

Avec’s latest AI feature reads your email so you don’t miss the due date

Avec has added a feature that scans an email for a deadline when you swipe left, then resurfaces the message on the relevant day. The $8.4mn startup has published no detail on where that scanning happ

Five days after buying Cursor for $60bn, SpaceX tried to buy Cognition

SpaceX approached AI coding startup Cognition about an acquisition, Bloomberg reports, and Cognition did not engage. Chief executive Scott Wu replied publicly that his company is “not for sale and we

OpenAI seeks to one-up Anthropic with new customer privacy protections

A competition is developing between OpenAI and Anthropic over who can provide the best privacy protections for enterprise customer data.

Cognition CEO denies report that SpaceX tried to acquire the startup

SpaceX was reportedly in talks to buy AI coding startup Cognition. SpaceX has already acquired Cursor as it races to catch up to rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic in enterprise AI.

OpenAI Scales Back AI Development, but it Could be Too Late

The move is a response to the Hugging Face hacking incident and other cybersecurity concerns about AI models. However, enterprises need to ramp up security protections regardless of the models they us

Google is giving college students a free year of AI Pro, and a raft of study tools

Google is rolling out a wave of study tools across Search and Gemini for the new school year. It is also giving eligible college students a free year of its paid AI plan. The company set out the chang

A British AI-chip startup is raising at $6.5bn after an Anthropic deal

Fractile, a British startup building chips for artificial intelligence, is in advanced talks to raise money at a valuation more than six times what it fetched three months ago, Bloomberg reported. The

AI was supposed to win people over by now — it hasn’t

As AI becomes harder to avoid, consumers are growing more wary of the technology — and Silicon Valley is discovering that widespread adoption doesn’t necessarily lead to acceptance.

Google packs Search and Gemini with new AI study tools

The launch of the new study features marks Google's latest effort to make Gemini the AI assistant that students turn to when learning and studying, as it continues to compete with companies like OpenA

Google Gemini is getting a dedicated student hub

As we're gearing up for back-to-school season, Google is rolling out a new dedicated student hub in Gemini. It's a one-stop repository for collecting research in a study notebook, creating flashcards,

Offering Zero Data Retention for frontier models

OpenAI reaffirms Zero Data Retention for eligible API customers and previews Private Safety Processing for advanced AI safety without compromising data privacy.

5 new ways to level up your learning with Search

Here’s how you can use Google Search tools to study for classes and standardized tests.

Meta launched a Mac app to put its AI to work for businesses

Meta has released a dedicated Mac app for Meta AI, its chatbot. The company is pushing to turn the assistant into a tool for businesses and creators. The app can watch a window on your screen and answ

Researchers say OpenAI revoked their access to limited cyber program

The idea behind OpenAI's Trusted Access for Cyber program is to give trusted defenders better models so they can report bugs and vulnerabilities to companies, with the aim of getting flaws patched fas

Stripe seals its OpenRouter deal for a reported $7.5bn or more

Stripe has agreed to buy OpenRouter, the startup whose software helps companies route their spending across hundreds of AI models. The payments firm confirmed the deal on Wednesday, making official an

Meet the startup helping Wall Street put a price on AI compute

The AI buildout shows no signs of slowing. And with hundreds of billions of dollars a year going into data centers and GPUs, compute has become the single biggest cost for anyone building AI products.

OpenAI hit the brakes. Now what?

With a looming IPO, intense competition from Anthropic, and Chinese and open-weight rivals nipping at its heels, OpenAI has plenty of reasons to move fast. Instead, it hit the brakes. On Tuesday, the

Meta AI is getting a Mac app

Meta AI can create content and make suggestions based on what it “sees” on your screen. | Image: Meta Meta is launching a new Mac app dedicated to its AI chatbot. In an announcement on Wednesday, Me

TerraPower’s nuclear reactor has a secret weapon for powering AI data centers

TerraPower's nuclear power plant possesses a strategic advantage over competitors, especially when chasing after data center deals.

Amazon makes its AI-powered Alexa+ free on Fire TV, no Prime required

Amazon is making its AI-powered Alexa+ assistant free on all compatible Fire TV devices in the U.S., automatically upgrading users whether or not they subscribe to Prime.

Pony.AI Has Plans For 4,000 Robotaxis Outside China

Self-driving taxi service is advancing around the world.

Oakley Capital takes majority stake in Graphwise in one of Bulgaria’s largest software exits

Private equity investor Oakley Capital has reached an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Graphwise, a key player in the enterprise AI data platforms market. The transaction represents one of th

Calendly throws its hat into meeting note-taker circus

Calendly is also releasing a meeting scheduling assistant called Callie.

A year after their last raise, Germany’s Flip raises €22 million to scale its frontline AI platform

Flip, a Stuttgart-based employee experience platform for frontline workers, has raised €22 million (£19 million) in order to fund AI infrastructure and knowledge development for deskless roles. Today’

Nebius looks to raise $4.5BN through bond issue

Nebius, the Amsterdam-based AI infrastructure provider, is looking to raise $4.5bn through convertible notes, it said today, as it looks to finance the sizeable cost of compute and data centre build-o

Unitree Shares Surge in Stock Market Debut

The company is the world’s biggest humanoid robot maker by sales.

The Download: AI’s self-improvement problem, and what’s driving the heat

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI’s recursive self-improvement might not come so quickly afte

AI isn’t close to curing cancer. This startup says it knows what it will take.

It's the data, stupid.

Nvidia’s new financial strategy does not compute

“Compute is an asset class! Compute is an asset class!” I continue to insist as I slowly shrink down and turn into a corncob | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images April - 1805 Napoleon is

Prevalent AI secures $22M growth investment to scale enterprise AI platform

Enterprise AI company Prevalent AI has secured a $22million growth investment from Los Angeles-based Integrity Growth Partners(IGP), marking the first primary capital raised by the company since itsfo

DeepL strikes deal with US legal AI startup Harvey

DeepL has struck a deal with US AI startup Harvey to carry out legal document translation, as it looks to push further into heavily regulated industries. DeepL, valued at $2bn in 2024, said the deal w

Will AI give you the job? Automated hiring tools spark discrimination and secrecy lawsuits

A rise in lawsuits over AI use in employment decisions is raising questions about how companies hire and fire For the last four years, Erin Kistler has applied for thousands of jobs at companies like

Relativity Networks raises $22 million to bring a faster kind of fiber to data centers

Relativity Networks deals in hollow-core fiber, a rarely deployed technology that allows data to be transmitted 30% faster than conventional fiber.

Flip raises $25M to expand AI platform for frontline workers

Employee experience platform Flip hasraised $25 million in new funding to expand its AI-powered technology forfrontline workers. Existing investors Notion Capital and HV Capital increasedtheir stakes

Beyond AI scribes: Aisel raises €1.7M to tackle psychiatry’s capacity crisis

Aisel Health, the Danish HealthTech company building an Operating System (OS) purpose-built for psychiatry and mental health, today announced it has closed a €1.7 million pre-seed round. The round was

Child-monitoring apps might need a reboot

Pam Wisniewski’s digital adolescence showed her the best and the worst of the internet. At 14, she left an abusive home, where she’d been isolated in a fifth-wheel trailer at the end of a seven-­mile

London’s Medly raises €6.9 million to democratise access to personalised education through an AI tutor

Medly AI, a London-based AI-powered learning platform that claims to offer the world’s first AI tutor for exam prep, has raised a €6.89 million ($8 million) Seed round.  The round was led by Felix Cap

Medly AI raises $8M to bring AI-powered tutoring to more students

UK edtech startup Medly AI has raised$8 million in seed funding to expand its AI-powered exam preparation platformin the UK and international markets. The round was led by Felix Capital, withparticipa

Copenhagen’s Aisel Health raises €1.7 million to scale its AI operating system for psychiatric care

Aisel Health, a Copenhagen-based HealthTech company building an operating system (OS) purpose-built for psychiatry and mental health, today announced it has closed a €1.7 million pre-Seed round.  The

Replit expands access to software creation with GPT-5.6 Luna

Replit introduces Free Mode, powered by GPT-5.6 Luna, so anyone can turn ideas into working software without worrying about token costs.

Cursor capitalizes on GitHub frustration, launches rival hosting platform

Cursor, known for its AI Code Editor, is launching a new code-hosting platform to rival developers' long preferred favorite, GitHub.

ChatGPT Ads expands across Europe

ChatGPT Ads is expanding to 31 European markets. Learn how advertisers can reach people as they explore, compare options, and make decisions.

OpenAI announces slowing pace of development after hack by rogue agent

Amid race with Anthropic, firm plans to overhaul research and training and require more safety parameters after hack OpenAI on ⁠Tuesday said it had slowed down the ⁠pace of ⁠its ​AI development while

Robin Williams’ Instagram account brought back to fight ‘AI abuse’

Robin Williams' children are taking over their father's Instagram account after his daughter spoke out against the use of his AI likeness, as reported earlier by The Wrap. In a post on Tuesday, Zak, Z

OpenAI lays out new security changes after its AI hacked Hugging Face

OpenAI is announcing security updates following the July news that its AI broke out of a sandboxed environment and accidentally hacked Hugging Face, including improvements to its research environments

Strengthening democratic oversight in national security

OpenAI launches an initiative to strengthen democratic oversight of AI in national security, supporting government institutions with tools, training, and expertise.

How Enterprises Can Catch Up With the Rapid Pace of AI Advances

To be successful using constantly evolving AI technology, enterprises need a deep understanding of their business processes and flexibility in the models and agents they use.

OpenAI institutes new safeguards after Hugging Face breach

The new safeguards include more detailed monitoring of models during the development process, as well as greater emphasis on alignment and security during the post-training process.

Etched’s valuation doubles to $21B in a month

Jane Street has installed Etched's first shipped AI cluster system, and was so impressed, it led another massive round, the startup says.

OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Teens with stronger safeguards

Teen version is intended for children aged 13 to 17 and includes content protections on self-harm and sexual chats OpenAI is launching a version of ChatGPT designed for teenagers – the first generatio

Nvidia to Back OpenAI Data Center With $105B Financing

The financing and infrastructure role puts the AI vendor at the center of another multibillion-dollar data center project.

OpenAI president urges enterprises to hasten AI security defences

OpenAI president and co-founder Greg Brockman warns that enterprise security teams face a compressed timeline to adopt AI defences. Brockman has published an account of what the company calls the “Ope

10 European startups shaping our robotic future

Europe’s robotics and physical AI ecosystem is expanding beyond traditional industrial automation to include humanoid robots, autonomous defence and security systems, software-defined manufacturing, a

Microsoft Copilot reveals secret input that allowed it to be hacked

Secret parameter allowed hackers to steal passwords when a target clicked on a link.

Firefox’s Smart Window promises a better AI browser

Starting today, AI chats in Firefox's Smart Window AI browsing mode can pull from current web info and show source links in chat responses through a partnership with Exa. Smart Window can also now aut

The Download: how people really use AI, and Flock’s design choices

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. We still don’t know how people are really using AI AI companie