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Analysis and news on the innovation ecosystem: startups, artificial intelligence, venture capital and technology.
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Horizon Europe Bridging Actions 2027: €20M for project results
The Horizon Europe Bridging Actions 2027 call puts €20 million into valorising research results: proposals are due by 16 February 2027.
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EU Innovation Fund backs 20 startups in €3.4B net-zero awards
The European Commission selects 77 net-zero projects for 3.4 billion euros from the Innovation Fund: 20 involve startups, about 26% of the total.
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Latin America Startup Funding Up 26% as Global Fintech Deals Hit 2018 Low
Venture funding for Latin America startups reached $1.3 billion in the third quarter of 2026, a 26% year-over-year increase.
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Enzo Ventures II, the new fund and its numbers
Enzo Ventures II: the 20 million euro Spanish fund targets pre-Seed startups from Southern European founders, with cheques of 250,000 to 600,000 euros.
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Calibr8 Systems and UTCC Win Honors at 2026 ACES Awards
Calibr8 Systems founder David Lim and UTCC, with three titles, were honored at the 2026 ACES Awards ceremony in Kuala Lumpur.
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Horizon Europe 2027 Cluster 4 calls: €496M for industry and AI
The European Commission has opened the Horizon Europe 2027 calls of Cluster 4: five invitations with budgets up to €224.7 million, deadline 2 February 2027.
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Scaleway adds AMD supercomputer and Nvidia GPUs in Nordics
Scaleway will open a Copenhagen GPU Zone with thousands of Nvidia GPUs for AI training and inference, alongside an AMD supercomputer in Sweden.
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From Sasovo to Milan, data centers are targets and battlegrounds
In 2026 data centers became military targets, from Amazon in the Gulf to Yandex in Russia, while Italy speeds up their permits by decree.
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US inflation at 3.7% sparks Asian sell-off in AI and chip stocks
US inflation at 3.7% in September sent the Kospi down 7.9% along with Asia's chip giants, with Samsung at -11.4% and SK Hynix at -12%.
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Meta's Muse AI agent accelerates the race for autonomous software
Meta launched its Muse AI agent on September 8. The app has since passed 6.6 million downloads, speeding up the race against OpenAI and Instinct.
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OPPO to bring Manus agentic AI to Find X10 with Agent Mode
OPPO and Manus will bring agentic AI to the Find X10 series with ColorOS 17, via AI Mind Pilot's new Agent Mode, debuting at launch.
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From pickleball to AI: capital chases returns in unpriced markets
According to europeanbusinessmagazine.com, SoftBank was still seeking up to 100 billion dollars from Gulf funds to finance its bet on artificial intelligence.
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How De Beers and TVB Turn Documented Customer Trust Into Value
De Beers scans 5 million diamonds and invests 70 million dollars in Botswana, while TVB wins 28 awards: customer trust gets documented.
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European technological sovereignty still runs on American chips
European technological sovereignty is still more of a goal than a fact: the Mistral and Aleph Alpha models still depend on American chips.
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Asia Builds Its Digital Future From Okinawa to Hong Kong
Asia rebuilds its digital foundations: Wi-Fi 7 in 24 schools in Okinawa, formative AI at NUS, Hong Kong the world's freest economy again.