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TikTok is deploying its "Electoral Center" to combat misinformation during Portugal's presidential elections, following its use in legislative and local elections. The platform aims to provide reliable information and resources to voters.

Cerrion, a Zurich-based AI startup, deploys agentic AI to monitor factory lines, preventing safety issues and downtime in real-time. The technology helps factories resolve issues 50% faster, and has secured $23 million in funding since its 2021 founding.

Qargo, the AI-driven transport management system, secured $33 million in Series B funding to expand across European logistics hubs. The cloud-based platform automates tasks and has helped customers reduce administrative time by up to 75%, processing over £1....

Berlin-based Zentio secured €1. 4 million in pre-seed funding, spearheaded by HTGF, to fuel its AI-native production planning platform....

Spanish tech company Internxt launched Internxt AI, a secure and anonymous alternative to ChatGPT, prioritizing user privacy. The European AI tool, hosted on EU servers, ensures compliance with GDPR and the upcoming AI Act.

Belgian AI startup Trendtracker secured $7 million in Series A funding to scale its AI-powered strategic intelligence platform. The platform, used by Siemens and P&G, helps organizations monitor trends and make forward-looking strategies, aiming to predict the future for businesses.

Ghent-based AI-driven strategic intelligence platform Trendtracker secured €5. 9 million in Series A funding to expand globally, focusing on the US and Middle East....

Barclays joins four other major banks in investing in United Fintech, a firm focused on acquiring and scaling fintech companies. The investment, with undisclosed financial details, will fund further acquisitions, strengthening the fintech group's industry-wide adoption.

Berlin-based B2B payment solutions provider Mondu secured a €100M debt facility and partnered with J. P....

Cambridge University's quantum spinout, Nu Quantum, secured a record-breaking $60 million Series A round to scale quantum computers. The funding will fuel future product development and international expansion, including Europe and the US, for the UK-based company.

London-based Matta, an industrial AI spin-out, secured $14M in seed funding to develop "sentient factory" technology. Matta's AI uses computer vision to automate quality control, detect anomalies, and recommend actions in real-time across various industries.

Brussels is claiming credit for Apple and Google's revamped tools to ease user migration between iOS and Android. The European Commission sees this as a win for the Digital Markets Act and its data portability demands.

U2V, a spin-off from Earlybird-X, launches a €60 million fund to back DeepTech startups from European tech universities. The fund will invest in pre-Seed and Seed-stage AI, IndustrialTech, and CleanTech startups, targeting up to 25 investments across Europe.

Berlin-based FION Energy secured €1. 4 million in pre-seed funding to expand its AI-optimized battery systems for industrial clients....

Deutsche Telekom and OpenAI have partnered to develop AI products tailored for the European market. This multi-year agreement focuses on creating solutions specifically for the continent's needs.

Brussels launched an antitrust probe into Google's AI search tools, scrutinizing potential breaches of competition rules. The investigation focuses on whether Google's AI summaries favor its own products and services.

Parisian cybersecurity firm Evertrust secured €10 million in Series A funding to expand across Europe. The digital trust software vendor, specializing in Public Key Infrastructure and Certificate Lifecycle Management, aims to scale its platform within the growing digital certificate market.

Mistral AI rolled out Devstral 2, its new AI model focused on coding, as it aims to compete with larger AI labs. This launch follows the recent introduction of the coding assistant, Le Chat.

Mozilla is rolling out on-device web translations for iOS Firefox users, starting with German, French, Japanese, Spanish, and Portuguese. This new feature translates pages directly on the device, ensuring user privacy and offline access.

European tech funding cooled in November 2025, with total investments dropping to €4. 6 billion across 271 deals....