Europe
Jul 6, 2026
Station F Doubles Down on AI With a Revamped Program
Paris-based startup hub Station F is launching a new edition of its selective F/ai acceleration program, positioning itself as a premier launchpad for Europe's most promising AI startups. Founded by French billionaire Xavier Niel in 2017, the campus is increasingly betting on artificial intelligence as its core focus.
accelerators
AI startups
Europe
Jul 1, 2026
Ex-Speedinvest's Rick Hao Closes $50M Solo GP Fund
Former Speedinvest partner Rick Hao has closed a $50 million solo GP fund targeting deeptech startups across Europe and the UK. The fund focuses on early-stage companies in areas including advanced materials, semiconductors, and defense technologies.
Venture Capital
Deeptech
Europe
Jun 25, 2026
IBM's 100-Billion-Transistor Chip and Europe's Grid Woes
IBM has unveiled a prototype chip packing 100 billion transistors into a fingernail-sized area — twice the density of its 2021 record — potentially extending Moore's Law by a decade. Meanwhile, Europe's record heat wave is straining power grids in ways that reveal a deeper structural challenge for climate-era energy planning.
AI chips
Anthropic
climate