2026-07-02
Alva Industries raises €16M to scale its ultra-compact electric motors
Alva Industries has raised €16 million to scale production of its ultra-compact electric motors, the Trondheim based deep-tech company announced on 2 July. The round is led by Nysnø Climate Investments, Sandwater and Emerald Technology Ventures, the latter investing on behalf of the Nabtesco Technology Ventures fund. Existing backers Statkraft Ventures and EnvisionTech also took part. […]< [...]
2026-07-02
UNICEF says children are adopting AI three times faster than adults
A 10-country analysis finds 20 million children already using AI tools, with governance struggling to keep pace with a generation growing up inside what UNICEF calls “a global experiment.” An estimated 20 million children across ten countries have already used artificial intelligence, and they are picking it up more than three times faster than the […]<br /> This story continues at The [...]
2026-07-02
Nvidia offers AI startups compute now, payment later
Instead of just selling chips, Nvidia is offering AI clouds a revenue-sharing and credit-support model built to get GPUs into the hands of companies that could not otherwise afford them. Nvidia is changing how it gets paid. The company announced on Wednesday a new arrangement in which AI cloud providers can access large volumes of its […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-02
Novo Nordisk’s owner backs an Italian fund to grow drug startups beyond Denmark
Novo Holdings, the investment company that controls Novo Nordisk and holds the wealth of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, is backing a fund aimed at Italian drug startups, according to Bloomberg. The move extends a pattern that has seen the Danish investor push capital into life sciences hubs well outside Copenhagen, including European deep-tech vehicles backed alongside the […]<br /> This s [...]
2026-07-02
Nvidia is bankrolling AI startups to loosen Big Tech's grip on its chip business
Nvidia is increasingly acting like a central bank for AI startups, actively shaping the compute market.<br /> The article Nvidia is bankrolling AI startups to loosen Big Tech's grip on its chip business appeared first on The Decoder. [...]
2026-07-02
AI agents can now complete 16 percent of freelance jobs at pro quality, up from 2.5 percent eight months ago
The Remote Labor Index measures how often AI agents complete paid freelance projects at professional quality. In eight months, the top automation rate has more than quadrupled.<br /> The article AI agents can now complete 16 percent of freelance jobs at pro quality, up from 2.5 percent eight months ago appeared first on The Decoder. [...]