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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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China’s car exports beat last year’s record with four months to go

China exported more than 6.2 million passenger cars in the first eight months of this year, beating its full-year total for 2025 with four months to spare, while domestic

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AI agents are learning to spend money. Who will handle the payments?

AI is already changing how people find and buy things online, comparing prices, narrowing down options, doing in seconds what used

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The UAE plans to invest €40bn in Germany, including 1GW of data centres

The United Arab Emirates plans to invest €40bn ($46.4bn) in Germany, including in new data centres with a combined capacity of abo

Tencent-backed chipmaker Enflame nearly triples in its Shanghai debut

Chinese robot startup JoyIn says OpenAI copied its ideas and its website

Trump dismisses AI extinction fears as lab staff urge a slowdown

Burnham won’t pause UK data centres as a report says jobs are overstated

Loft Orbital and Marlan Space plan $1bn AI satellite fleet with Mistral

HelmGuard raises $7.3m to replace compliance paperwork with AI agents

Seed Capital closes a €130M fifth fund and expands from Denmark into the Nordics

OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Financial Services with data from S&P, LSEG, Moody’s and PitchBook

California has banned personalised feeds for under-16s, going further than Australia or the DSA

Anthropic details how Claude was misused for surveillance and weapons

Baseten buys Blaxel, a startup that builds sandboxes for AI agents

Motive pulls its IPO filing after raising $1.3bn from General Catalyst

Spain gives WeRide and Uber its first permit for Level 4 self-driving cars

Proxima Fusion bets €140M on a critical fusion ingredient dominated by Asian suppliers

Visa, Mastercard and Ant International team up on ID checks for AI agents

Andrew Tulloch, Meta’s star AI recruit, is leaving after less than a year

The Boring Company raises $3B in round led by UAE

Grindr to pay £26m to settle claims it allegedly shared users' HIV status

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