Embracing pivots: insights from a nanotech startup founder
Any startup is looking to solve a problem. Sometimes, it is not the one you first envisioned when you set up the company, as Mari-Ann Meigo Fonseca, co-founder of Tallin-based…
Iceland’s sonic simulator Treble wants to build ‘a better sounding world’
Iceland has a proud tradition in acoustics. The island has given birth to some of the most mesmerising soundscapes from artists over the past decades. Björk, Sigur Ròs, Ólafur Arnalds…
The Dutch are having none of Clearview AI harvesting your photos
GDPR fines keep amassing for Clearview AI — a US-based startup known for its thorough (and potentially perilous) facial recognition services. Following similar measures by data protection authorities in France,…
2 very common mistakes founders make that can kill your startup
It takes a special kind of person to decide to found a startup. The long hours require energy, devotion, and continuous motivation. In the beginning, you need to be a…
Swedish startup bets big on zinc-ion batteries with world’s first megaplant
Swedish startup Enerpoly has opened the world’s first zinc-ion battery megafactory. Its vision is to scale a better alternative to lithium-ion for storing renewable energy over longer periods of time.…
Samsung completes €86M takeover of French AI ultrasound startup Sonio
Samsung Medison, a medical equipment unit of Samsung Electronics, has completed its acquisition of French AI-powered ultrasound startup Sonio in a deal worth 126.5bn Won (€86mn). Founded in 2020, Sonio…
Uber backs Wayve as it targets level 4 autonomous vehicles
Uber has made an investment in Wayve, as the ride-hailing giant positions itself to profit from the moment when (or if?) autonomous vehicles finally go mainstream. The undisclosed investment is…
Sweden’s been stealthily using hydrogen to forge green steel. Now it’s ready to industrialise
Deep in Sweden’s icy north sits a small factory where the country’s largest industrial players have been steadily validating a new technology that could clean up one of the dirtiest…
Over a third of the UK’s fastest-growing companies have a founder born abroad
Here’s a timely reminder of the benefits that immigrants bring to startups: 39% of Britain’s 100 fastest-growing companies have a foreign-born founder. That’s according to new research the Entrepreneurs Network,…
When everyone is in the wrong: Telegram’s Durov must remain in France and post a €5M bail
This just in: French prosecutors have charged Telegram’s Russian-born founder Pavel Durov with a wide range of crimes and banned him from leaving the country. He’s now placed under a…
Opinion: AI’s ability to replace jobs shouldn’t be flaunted
AI is here to stay, for better or for worse. In the business world, the exponential use of artificial intelligence has sparked both hopes of unprecedented productivity — and fears…
New Barbie dumbphone could cleave tweens from their screens
Exactly 65 years since the first Barbie doll was released, the Barbie Phone has finally arrived. As you might expect, the flip-phone is pink. Very pink. And it comes with…
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