A new wave of 10 US startups is racing to own a $7.8B enterprise software category that companies already budget for—and are ready to pay a premium to get right.

UK startup Shield Space raises £2M to develop AI-powered space domain awareness tech and prepare its first in-orbit mission planned for 2027.

Drone logistics leader Zipline surpasses 2 million autonomous deliveries and secures $600M led by Tiger Global, lifting its valuation to $7.6B as it targets global healthcare and retail.

RiskFront AI raises $3.3M to replace manual fraud checks with AI-driven, real-time risk assessment tools for fintechs, banks and digital platforms.

Berlin-based Cloover has raised $1.2B to finance solar, batteries and heat pumps across Europe. Can its software and funding model ease the continent’s distributed energy crunch?

Language-learning platform Preply secures €127M, nearly triples its valuation, and doubles down on AI-driven tutoring as it accelerates global expansion.

Czech startups are emerging as a quiet powerhouse for European innovation, with AI, deep tech, and green solutions set to redefine the country’s economy by 2026.

Baseten secures $300M from IVP and CapitalG to scale enterprise AI inference infrastructure and challenge fast‑growing rival Together AI.

Berlin-based Cloover lands a €1.04 billion financing commitment to power its vision of becoming the “Shopify of energy” for installers, retailers and households across Europe.

UK startup Asymmetric secures $4.2M to cut cyber investigations from days to hours, using AI-driven graph tech to help security teams outpace attackers.