Why Legora isn't building its own model
Legora has had a busy year. The Swedish legal AI firm raised $550m in March, led by Accel, and has made five acquisitions since January. The...
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Every week, Sifted editor Amy Lewin and deputy editor Eleanor Warnock will be diving into the latest news coming out of Europe's tech and startup sector. From cutting edge technology to huge...
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Are the Nordics really on fire?
There’s a lot of talk at the moment about the momentum in the Nordic tech scene. Companies like legal AI firm Legora and vibe coding startup...
Domyn CEO Uljan Sharka: ‘We're a few quarters away from $1bn ARR’
This week on the podcast, host John Thornhill is joined by Uljan Sharka, the founder and CEO of Italian AI unicorn Domyn. Uljan migrated fro...
European fintech has a culture problem
Sifted's fintech reporter Damisola Sulaiman makes her first Sifted podcast appearance to discuss her recent reporting on the culture at Dani...
VCs are taking on operator roles. Why?
VCs taking on interim roles at their portfolio companies is something that’s happened for a long time — as is VCs making the permanent switc...
Inside Mistral’s monster fundraise and Palantir-like repositioning
Mistral’s latest fundraise has got the ecosystem chattering. The French AI darling is reportedly raising a €3bn Series D round at a valuatio...
Yann LeCun launched a new VC fund — then quit. What happened?
Last Friday, Europe’s tech ecosystem was abuzz with the news AI godfather Yann LeCun was launching an AI VC firm. Then, hours later, he quit...
Liz Kendall: ‘I’d love to stay as UK tech secretary’
Liz Kendall was appointed as the UK's Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology just under a year ago. But will she keep her...
Should the EU block the UK from its €5bn superfund?
The UK is home to the third-highest number of unicorn startups in the world. Does it make sense to lock it out of the EU's new Scaleup Fund?...
Brent Hoberman on UK tech post-Starmer: 'Are we going to tax everyone to high hell?'
While the UK's tech scene booms, political uncertainty looms. In this week's episode of the Sifted podcast, John Thornhill is joined by seri...
What the Anthropic shutdown means for Europe
Late last week, the European tech ecosystem got a glimpse of a future many had worried about. US AI giant Anthropic announced it had been or...
Newton Venture Program CEO Anu Adebajo on Europe’s ‘zombie funds’
This week on the Sifted Podcast, host John Thornhill is joined by Anu Adebajo, former Atomico partner and, as of February this year, CEO of...
‘Built in Europe’: Can Balderton’s new campaign spark Europe’s vibe shift?
It’s been a curious fortnight in European tech. There was a fresh bout of anxiety after US AI giant Anthropic announced its latest funding r...
Carissa Véliz on the dangers of predictive AI
In this episode of the Sifted podcast, host John Thornhill sits down with Carissa Véliz, AI ethicist, philosopher and associate professor at...
EQT has won the EU's €5bn superfund. Now what?
The competition that captivated European VC has concluded. Earlier this week, the EU chose Swedish investment firm EQT to manage its new €5b...
James Wise on why the Sovereign AI Unit criticism is wrong – and the one company he wishes he’d backed
This week on the Sifted Podcast, host John Thornhill is joined by James Wise, partner at Balderton Capital. Since joining the firm in 2012,...
Anthropic vs European AI
On this episode of the Sifted podcast, associate editor Freya Pratty sits down with news editor Martin Coulter, to unpack how Silicon Valley...
Hertility CEO Helen O’Neill on building a foundational model for women’s health
With over 700k women in the UK waiting for gynecological care, why is half the population still so underserved by its health system? Yes, wo...
Wolt CEO and Slush chair Marianne Vikkula on building a superapp, leadership lessons and Slush’s secret sauce
On this episode of the Sifted podcast, host Amy Lewin is joined by Marianne Vikkula, CEO of delivery giant Wolt — one of Europe’s only ‘supe...
Could Europe become a world leader in robotics?
What do hazardous inspections, fighting and cooking crêpes have in common? All three are tasks that robots are now capable (ish) of performi...