Mind Robotics raises a landmark $500M Series A from Accel and a16z to roll out AI-powered dexterous robots in factories, following a $115M seed led by Rivian founder RJ Scaringe.
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PayPay Corp achieved a significant market debut in New York as its shares climbed 14 percent, marking the largest US listing by a Japanese firm in a decade. A Strong Debut on Wall Street The digital payments giant PayPay Corp, which receives substantial backing from SoftBank, saw a robust reception during its first day of trading on Thursday. The company successfully executed an initial public offering valued at approximately 879.8 million US dollars. By the close of the trading session in New York, the American depositary receipts reached a price of 18.16 US dollars. This figure represents a notable increase…
Barcelona’s Delfos Energy raises €3M seed round to expand its AI-driven “virtual engineer” platform for the global energy sector.
Netflix buys Ben Affleck-backed AI startup InterPositive to build creator-led filmmaking tools, as Affleck joins as Senior Advisor amid industry-wide AI concerns.
European Deeptech Week 2026 lands in Paris, uniting startups, investors and researchers to accelerate cutting-edge technologies across Europe.
Refurbed founder Kilian Kaminski explains how his circular-economy marketplace is reshaping electronics consumption across Europe and what it takes to scale sustainably.
Czech fintech Flowpay buys German startup Tapline, aiming to build a pan-European funding platform for tech and SaaS companies.
Xscape Photonics secures $37M to commercialise its 8‑color FalconX laser interconnect, aiming to cut energy use and boost bandwidth in AI data centers.
Developer platform Replit raises $400M to expand its AI-powered, no-code tools that turn natural language ideas into fully working applications.
Direct-to-consumer brand Quince has leveraged $500M from ICONIQ to build a $10.1B “anti-retail” platform by stripping out middlemen and rethinking luxury pricing.