Pathfounders, with @mikebutcher, produces news, opinion, and events, about the tech startup and venture ecosystem in Europe and Silicon Valley.
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*Anthropic export ban ignites debate amongst European founders and investors*
The European tech ecosystem is talking about nothing else this weekend.
By @mikebutcher
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P.S. Pathfounders is launching a event on Sovereign AI
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[DEVELOPING]: The US's export control order on Anthropic pours petrol on AI sovereignty debate
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*P.S.* Pathfounders is launching a event on Sovereign AI luma.com/pathfo-lu84
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Jun 10
UK-based Apoha has emerged from stealth with $36M teach AI how matter behaves. Watch or listen to our exclusive interview with the founders:
YouTube: youtu.be/pQGYYqJYMeI
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7lz…
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Creator Fund has closed a $56 million European fund to back PhD founders before they have a pitch deck, let alone a company. Founder & CEO Jamie Macfarlane went for a walk with Pathfounders' Editor Mike Butcher.
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Josh Vernon of AI startup Gigaton plans to catapult energy-intensive industries with fully autonomous production plants.
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BREAKING: UK-based Creator Fund closes $56M to woo Europe’s PhDs out of the lab and into startups
By @MikeButcher
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Breaking: Ex-DeepMind duo raise $20M to build AI agents for revenue teams
By @MikeButcher
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BREAKING: Gigaton raises $26M round led by Plural to automate heavy industrial plants
By @mikebutcher.bsky.social
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Bot Or Not? Investors hunt for real AI startups in a sea of hype
Pathfounders Event report, in partnership with Your Story PR pathfounders.com/p/bot-or-no…
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Runway AI puts $200M investment into London HQ for Europe, joining Anthropic and OpenAI
by @mikebutcher
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Revolut, Mistral, Wayve and hundreds of startup founders launch campaign celebrating European tech
by @AmeliaKIsaacs
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May 28
Autonomous AI coding startup Cognition raises $1bn at $26bn post-money valuation
By @AmeliaKIsaacs
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May 26
Paris-based Lucis raises $20M Series A to go up against Thriva and other preventive health startups
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May 23
Fresha, a London-based beauty and wellness marketplace, raises $80M growth round at $1B valuation pathfounders.com/p/fresha-a-…
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May 22
Pathfounders Newsletter:
The drinks are on EQT; Join our May 26 event in London
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May 21
Hunter Biden puts his art on the blockchain via UK startup Verisart
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May 20
Geopolitical turmoil and AI helped CircuitHub raise $28M to speed up electronics manufacturing. But guess which European VC did the *entire* round?
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May 19
Podcast: Europe’s AI race is moving into physics and industry
Guillaume Decugis, GP of Serena Data Ventures, speaks exclusively to the Pathfounders Podcast about Mistral's acquisition of Emmi AI
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May 19
*Podcast: Mouro Capital hits €400 million first close for its third fund, says fintech is about to change*
YouTube:
youtu.be/TV7jYYG0k5E?si=V2eE…
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May 19
SCOOP: Mistral acquires Austria’s Emmi AI, pushing into AI for manufacturing
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P.S. JOIN OUR NEXT LONDON EVENT
Picking Winners Amid AI Fever
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