Thursday, June 04, 2026
Ex-DeepMind founders raise $20M as Airspeed targets AI-driven revenue execution
Airspeed, an enterprise AI startup founded by former Google DeepMind researchers, has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by DN Capital,
OQC secures record £260m funding to accelerate global quantum expansion
Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) has raised £260 million ($350m) in an oversubscribed Series C round, marking Europe’s largest private investment in a quantum computing company. The
Google just made frontier AI fit in your laptop: Meet Gemma 4 12B
Recently Google DeepMind quietly dropped one of the most practical AI releases of the year: Gemma 4 12B, a 12-billion-parameter open model that packs serious multimodal
Legaltech startup Wordsmith AI hits major $70m funding round
Edinburgh-based legaltech company Wordsmith AI has secured $70 million (£52 million) in Series B funding, marking one of the largest tech investment rounds in Scotland in
Semble raises £30M series C to scale Europe’s private healthcare platform
Semble has raised £30 million in a Series C funding round led by Revaia, with participation from Partech and returning investors Mercia Ventures and Octopus Ventures.
Study finds humans still surpass advanced AI in real-world understanding
In the race to build artificial intelligence that truly “understands” how the world works, humans are
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Liz Kendall urges Ofcom to act faster on online safety as delays raise concerns
Britain’s technology minister Liz Kendall has called on the country’s communications regulator, Ofcom, to move faster in enforcing new online safety laws designed to protect children and vulnerable users from harm. In
Can a tiny startup fix what’s wrong with AI? Literal Labs thinks so
AI is everywhere now. It helps pick your next movie, catch fraud,
Cracks in the firewall: Are U.S. export controls failing to stop china’s AI advancements?
In a thought-provoking essay released on Wednesday, Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic,
I listened to Steven Bartlett’s DOAC roundtable: Does the UK really need a new attitude toward entrepreneurs?
As a Journalist, I’ve seen countless conversations about global politics and economics,
Warner Bros. Discovery turns down Paramount’s bid and sticks with Netflix plan
Warner Bros. Discovery has rejected a $108.4bn hostile takeover offer from Paramount Skydance, choosing instead to
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Nintendo projects higher sales on strength of Switch 2
Nintendo’s latest earnings update paints a picture of a company firing on all cylinders. The Kyoto-based gaming giant is so confident in the runaway success of its new console that it’s raising
