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Zurich-based Covalo lands a €3.5M seed extension to unify fragmented ingredient data for the personal care industry, linking 1,500 suppliers with 6,000 brands worldwide.
Zurich and London-based NeuroTech startup Connectome raises €1.7M pre-seed to accelerate next-generation brain–computer interface technologies.
OpenAI raises $122B in new funding, lifting its valuation to $852B and cementing its position at the center of the global AI race.
Valar, backed by Palmer Luckey, has secured $450M at a $2B valuation to build compact nuclear reactors designed to deliver reliable, low‑carbon power for energy‑hungry AI data centers.
CoreWeave has raised $8.5B in fresh debt financing from major Wall Street banks to rapidly expand its specialised AI cloud infrastructure and meet surging GPU demand.
Values-driven civic tech startup MOVEMENTS raises €300k pre-seed and opens an extension round after mobilising citizens through large-scale digital campaigns.
Brussels-based Nexus raises €3.7M to integrate autonomous AI agents into core business operations, aiming to automate complex workflows across large enterprises.
Tallinn startup Pickmybrain raises €1.8M pre-seed to develop AI-powered “Digital Brains” that capture and monetize the expertise of celebrities and professionals.
Starcloud raises $170M led by Benchmark and EQT Ventures, becoming a unicorn as it launches NVIDIA H100-powered data centers into orbit.