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European Edition Wednesday, 16 September 2026
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Tech & Startups

Tech & Startups

European technology, startups, AI and innovation.

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OpenAI and Anthropic now out-lobby Nvidia in Washington

The AI industry is buying a bigger seat at the table. OpenAI and Anthropic set records for federal lobbying in the second quarter of 2026, CNBC reported. Together they sp

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A 25-year-old just raised $180M to build a US bank from scratch

Augustus has raised $180 million at a $1 billion valuation. Tiger Global led the round, the company announced on Tuesday. Hummingb

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This AI-piloted fighter jet takes off with no runway. It just cleared a key test.

A fighter jet that needs no runway is a step closer to flight. Shield AI and GE Aerospace say they have completed engine light-off

Everyone is cramming AI into phones. Light’s new flip phone strips it all out.

Halliday made 2025’s worst smart glasses. Its camera-free comeback is aimed at your meetings.

Washington wants to sanction Chinese AI for ‘theft’. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says that’s backwards.

Meta bypasses balance sheet with $12bn BlackRock data deal

Google and Ford are funding a push into the trades, the jobs their AI can’t do

OpenAI model autonomously hacks Hugging Face systems

$28bn off-grid AI data centre planned for Australian outback

UK AI use triples while transformation stalls

Samsung reportedly in talks to back Mistral at €20bn valuation

Samsung eyes €1bn Mistral investment as French AI firm raises €3bn

Origin Energy investigates potential breach of customer data

Bloomsbury among publishers in line for payout from Anthropic’s $1.5bn copyright settlement

Wistron opens $700m Texas plant to mass-produce Nvidia superchips

Anthropic faces first patent suit over Claude architecture

Synthesia adds AI coaching to prove corporate training returns

Anthropic held talks to acquire robotics startup Physical Intelligence

US firm Dimension Capital raises $800m for science-compute crossover

Meta launches pilot for StoryKit AI bedtime story app

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