🧑💻 Give employes autonomy: Founder mode is cool, but what if you gave your employees the license to innovate as they see fit? That's how Polish startup Ominimo has not only retained talent in the mundane field of insurance, but also grown fast into a profitable company. Read More
🌳 Climate still matters: At least in Europe. VC firm Revent has closed a $109 million Fund II to invest in "planetary and societal health" startups. And it's got backing from LPs like Otto Group, Goldbeck, the European Investment Fund, and a handful of European tech founders. Read More
💰 There's always money for B2B SaaS: U.K. VC firm Dig Ventures has launched its second (and first institutional) fund closing out at $100 million to invest in B2B SaaS, AI, and cloud infrastructure startups. The firm is focused on pre-seed and seed-stage startups in Europe, but is also considering companies in Israel and the U.S. Read More
👾 XAI has made two flavors of its flagship Grok 3 model available via API: Grok 3 and Grok 3 Mini with "reasoning" capabilities. The models aren't cheap when compared to the competition. It's actually costlier than Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro, which achieved higher scores than Grok 3 across popular AI benchmarks. Read More
🚗 Wayve, take the wheel: Self-driving tech startup Wayve is partnering with Nissan, which will use Wayve's autonomous driving software to beef up its advanced driver assistance systems, starting in 2027. Read More
👋 Another one bites the dust: Banking-as-a-Service startup Solid (formerly called Wise) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The fintech raised $81 million since its inception in 2018, and it now joins the ranks of other bankrupt startups, like Synapse. Read More
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