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UK firm Cocoon Carbon lands €13M for cement substitutes amid data centre boom. This funding fuels European startups tackling construction's carbon footprint with AI and new materials.

Health Lean Analytics secures €2. 1M to automate hospital data with AI and IoT....

Parisian fintech Homaio secures €3. 6M to democratize access to emissions allowance markets for retail investors....

Brussels launches "EU Inc. ", a digital-first corporate framework to simplify pan-European business....

Oyster CEO Hadi Moussa to keynote EU-Startups Summit in Malta, sharing insights on scaling tech companies from $10M to $1B ARR. The session will detail common breaking points and solutions for rapid growth.

EU lawmakers question mandatory scanning of private messages for illicit content. Digital rights groups warn this proposal threatens end-to-end encryption and online privacy for millions.

EU launches 2026 calls for smart cable systems and digital gateways under its Connecting Europe Facility. These initiatives accelerate digital infrastructure deployment across the continent.

Zurich's Rivia secures $15M Series A to revolutionize clinical trial data infrastructure with its AI-powered engine. The funding accelerates deployment of new AI agents for proactive decision-making and regulatory compliance.

VerbaFlo secures $7M seed funding for its AI real estate platform automating leasing and resident engagement. The AI communications layer integrates with systems to manage conversations and workflows across multiple channels.

Stockholm's Noru raises €560K for its AI compliance platform, simplifying EU AI Act readiness. The agentic solution automates regulatory workflows, replacing manual checks for over 20 pilot customers.

French AI firm Mistral AI launches hybrid multimodal model and custom training platform. The move aims to accelerate enterprise adoption of its AI technologies across Europe.

DSA risk assessments fail to deliver transparency or accountability for Big Tech, according to ECNL's analysis. Three years of these reports show major gaps, questioning their usefulness for millions of users.

EU lawmakers questioned Big Tech on child safety post-DSA, but YouTube, TikTok, and Meta evaded scrutiny. Experts urged stronger enforcement to protect young users online.

Lausanne-based Rhonexum raises €867. 5k for cryogenic electronics vital to scalable quantum computing....

Swiss startup Rhonexum secures $1M to scale cryogenic electronics for quantum computing. The funding accelerates development of novel components for scalable quantum systems and space technologies.

Barcelona's Health Lean Analytics secures over €2. 1M for its AI-powered hospital operations platform....

Paris-based Mistral AI launches Mistral Forge, empowering enterprises to build custom AI models from scratch. This challenger directly competes with OpenAI and Anthropic by prioritizing data privacy and tailored solutions.

Paris AI startup Mistral claims its new code-proofing agent delivers top-tier performance at a low cost. This advancement challenges dominant US AI models, potentially reshaping the European AI landscape.

Laminar secures $3M seed to debug AI agents, tackling the observability gap for complex, long-running tasks. The funding accelerates product development, enabling AI agents to move from prototypes to production.

EU Council's "Digital Omnibus" drops key GDPR/ePrivacy threats but risks linger. Unresolved AI, terminal equipment rules and AI development provisions could still dilute safeguards.