Freeda Raises €3.4 Million To Revolutionise Construction Plan Verification With AI

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Paris-based Freeda, a startup using AI to detect hidden errors in construction plans, has raised €3.4 million in funding. The round was led by Frst, with participation from Brick & Mortar Ventures. Freeda has also been selected for Station F’s Future 40, …

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Google Tests A New Version Of AI Mode

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) / seroundtable - Google is testing a new version of AI Mode responses in the wild, directly in the Google Search AI Mode interface. Google even tells the searcher, "You're giving feedback on a new version of Al Mode. Which response do you prefer?"

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Adaptronics Raises €3.15M To Transform Robotic Gripping And Handling

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Adaptronics, a deeptech startup developing electro-adhesive grippers for industrial automation and space robotics, has raised €3.15 million. The round was led by 360 Capital and included participation from Galaxia, the aerospace technology transfer hub ba…

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Kabilio Secures €4M To Enhance Accountant–Client Collaboration With AI

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Barcelona-based Kabilio, an AI-driven platform that automates accounting and tax processes, has raised €4 million in a pre-seed round led by Visionaries Club and Picus Capital. The round also includes €200,000 in public funding from ENISA, making it one o…

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Amazon Accuses Perplexity of Computer Fraud, Demands It Stop AI Agent From Buying On Its Site

msmash / slashdot - Amazon has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Perplexity AI demanding that the AI search startup stop allowing its AI browser agent, Comet, to make purchases online for users. From a report: The e-commerce giant is accusing Perplexity of committing compute…

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Vigilant AI.ai Secures £585K Pre-seed Funding To Launch Compliant “AI Teammates”

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Derby-based Vigilant AI.ai, which develops AI teammates for regulated industries, has raised £585,000 in a pre-seed round led by Haatch. The funding comes from three Haatch-managed sources: Haatch, the East Midlands Combined County Authority, and the Brit…

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Waymo To Expand Robotaxi Service To Las Vegas, San Diego and Detroit Next Year

BeauHD / slashdot - In its largest rollout yet, Waymo said it will launch its driverless robotaxi service to Las Vegas, San Diego, and Detroit in 2026. The Alphabet unit will also debut new Zeekr-built vehicles developed with Geely to complement its existing Jaguar I-PACE fl…

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Palantir CEO Alex Karp slams ‘detractors’ as company delivers record revenue again

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Big data analytics company Palantir Technologies Inc. delivered solid results that surpassed analysts’ expectations and offered bullish guidance for the current quarter, citing artificial intelligence as its most important growth driver. In its third-quar…

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Dutch startup Source.ag raises €15.2 million to scale AI software powering 300 greenhouses across 18 countries

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Source.ag, the Amsterdam-based developer of AI software for Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA), today announced the successful close of its Series B funding round, raising €15.2 million. The investment was led by Astanor, with strategic participatio…

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Octonomy Raises $20M To Scale Agentic AI That Tackles Complex Enterprise Workflows

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Octonomy, a German-founded AI company developing agentic systems for complex enterprise support and service workflows has raised $20 million in a new seed round led by Macquarie Capital Venture Capital, with participation from Capnamic, NRW.Bank, and the …

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Mimic Robotics lands $16M to bring human-level dexterity to industrial robots

Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - With global labour shortages and reshoring efforts on the rise, industries like manufacturing and logistics are increasingly in…

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Swedish legaltech Legora raises $150M Series C

Lucy Adams / tech - Legal technology company Legora has raised $150 million in a Series C funding round, valuing the company at $1.8 billion. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from existi...

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YouTube announces ‘voluntary exit program’ for US staff

Aisha Malik / techcrunch - YouTube CEO Neal Mohan told employees about the program via an internal memo on Wednesday.

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Cursor ships faster agents while security researchers flag the gap

Robert Brown / implicator - Cursor's new AI agents complete coding tasks in 30 seconds—four times faster than rivals. The same day, Forrester found 45% of AI-generated code has security flaws. The velocity gap between agent speed and vulnerability detection is widening fast.

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Grammarly Rebrands to Superhuman and Launches New AI Suite

Laurent Giret / thurrott - Grammarly is rebranding to Superhuman and launching the Superhuman suite, which includes its popular proof-reading tool, Coda, Superhuman Mail, and a new Superhuman Go AI assistant.The post Grammarly Rebrands to Superhuman and Launches New AI Suite appear…

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Berlin’s AnyTax Raises €1M Pre-seed To Launch Embedded Tax Solutions For Financial Platforms

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Berlin-based AnyTax has raised €1 million in pre-seed funding to develop its embedded tax infrastructure for financial platforms, emerging from stealth this week. The funding round attracted investors from the financial, tax, and accounting sectors, inclu…

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High school’s AI security system confuses Doritos bag for a possible firearm

Anthony Ha / techcrunch - A high school student in Baltimore County, Maryland was reportedly handcuffed and searched after an AI security system flagged his bag of chips as a possible firearm.

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Shuttered robot vacuum maker Neato is ending cloud services sooner than planned

engadget - Starting soon, Neato robovac owners will no longer be able to control their devices using the app. Neato Robotics, which shut down in 2023 due to declining sales, has notified customers that "cloud services are being phased out during Q4 2025," according …

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