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Music rights company Orfium has been awarded a major grant from the European Commission to lead a groundbreaking research project addressing one of the most pressing challenges facing the music and br...
Nowadays almost every industry has been upended, both positively and negatively by the mainstream use of AI. Fintech is no different. Read more: How is artificial intelligence revolutionising the fintech space?
France-based fintech Aircap has secured 500,000 in fresh funding from business angels, including founders of leading crowdfunding platforms, as well as Bpifrance.Founded in 2024 by GrΓ©goire Bloch-Esc...
Business Platforms will also extend space at its headquarters in Cork to facilitate the growing team. Read more: Cork pharma consultancy Business Platforms creates 75 new jobs
BΓ©atrice Cossa-Dumurgier, the CEO of the western European HQ, will oversee the ambitious expansion. Read more: Revolut to fill 400 roles amid western European recruitment drive
Dear SaaStr: How Do I Turn Down a Big Multistage VC For Our Seed β But Keep Them Warm for the Series A? If youβre telling a multi-stage VC that youβve signed a term sheet with someone else, the key is to leave the door open for future collaboration while maintaining professionalism and optimism. Do... Continue Reading
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The UKβs first FCA-authorised solar subscription service, Sunsave, has raised 113 million to accelerate its rollout of rooftop solar across England and Wales and save households hundreds of pounds ea...
Starting in the 2025-2026 financial year, the Global Talent Fund will run for five years and attract experts from a range of industries. Read more: 12 UK universities and institutes to recruit leading talent with 54m fund
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Auxxo is celebrating a major milestone with the first closing of the Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund IIat 26 million. The European Investment Fund (EIF) has joined as anchor investor, marking a significa...
Jaipur Robotics has raised 153,000 from Venture Kick to bring intelligent automation to waste-to-energy plants. The company aims to address multi-million-dollar losses from manual waste handling with...
The Challenge has 250 registrations so far, with the call for participants to close on 10 August. Read more: TechIrelandβs national AI contest all set to commence this August
A deep dive into the most complex AI acquisition saga of 2025, featuring deceleration, empty husks, and the deal of the year. Top Take-Aways Harry (20VC): The revenue deceleration story tells you everything about why founders are choosing safety over upside. When you go from $100M ARR to $82M in just 90 days after a... Continue Reading
Each of our versions of reality is changing with AI. This could erode our ability to agree on basic facts or navigate shared challenges.
Lessons from Ron Gabrisco, CRO at Databricks, who joined when the company had less than $1M ARR and helped scale it to become one of the largest pre-IPO companies in the world. Selling to developers and engineers isnβt like selling to any other buyer. Theyβre skeptical of salespeople, they value technical depth over flashy demos,... Continue Reading
Dear SaaStr: What Are the Downsides To Giving a New VC Board Observer Rights? If a VC is going to be buying especially more than 5% of your company, and they arenβt getting a board seat β theyβll likely ask for an observer seat. And yes, many times, it might seem like an annoying ask.... Continue Reading
Andy Byron, the startup executive at the center of an extraordinary social media furor, has resigned as CEO of data operations startup Astronomer.
Days after AI coding startup Windsurf announced that itβs being acquired by Cognition, Windsurf exec Jeff Wang took to X to offer more details about the drama and uncertainty around the deal.
The paradox of AI in 2025: Models are dramatically better, but deployment anxiety remains sky-high. In ICONIQβs latest State of AI reportβ300 AI company executives were surveyed about their biggest deployment challenges. The results reveal a fascinating contradiction that every AI builder needs to understand. The good news: Hallucinations have objectively improved. GPT-4, Claude 3.5,... Continue Reading
Tiffany Luck, a partner at NEA, outlined what she looks for in a pitch, during a presentation at TechCrunchβs All Stage event in Boston.
We took a look at the SaaS leaders that are doing well today, in todayβs world and that have IPOβd in the past few years. Samsara, Toast, Klaviyo, ServiceTitan and Procore. Their Average Growth Rate in Year Before IPO: 63% (excluding prior generation) The Numbers *Top performer from prior generation of SaaS IPOs (2010-2015 era)... Continue Reading
Make a 3D Bust from a single photo, ready for 3D printing Discussion | Link
Dear SaaStr: When Is a Good Time for Founders to Sell Some of Their Stock? What are the rough guidelines for βsecondayβ sales if you arenβt Stripe or Databricks or OpenAI? Secondary sales can be a great toolβwhen done right. I was offered secondary when Adobe Sign / EchoSign was crossing $10m ARR, and I... Continue Reading
Your visual AI design editor Discussion | Link
Google's new Gemini Embedding model now leads the MTEB benchmark. But it is facing fierce competition from closed and open source rivals.
YC alum Greptile raises $30M Series A.
Pig.dev was working on a problem that could have been revolutionary: agent tech for controlling Windows desktops.
Discover OpenAI's red team blueprint: How 110 coordinated attacks and 7 exploit fixes created ChatGPT Agent's revolutionary 95% security defense system.
For novice developers or even those with expertise who want to spin up a new project fast, AnyCoder seems like a great place to start.
Cursor maker Anysphere is snapping up top talent from AI enterprise startups in an effort to compete with Microsoft's GitHub Copilot.
We Analyzed 6,586 CEOs to Find Out How Many Direct Reports They Actually Have The data on CEO span of control, broken down by company size TL;DR: CEO direct reports scale dramatically with company size β from 5 at small companies to 15+ at large enterprises. But the variation within each size category is massive,... Continue Reading
Create, backtest, and execute trades directly in Claude. Discussion | Link
The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York unsealed an indictment against Christine Hunsicker, charging her with wire fraud, securities fraud, money laundering, aggravated identity theft, and lying to financial institutions.
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