Anthropic planned a $7bn takeover of chip startup MatX, then walked away

Anthropic got far enough into a plan to buy the AI chip startup MatX to have a number attached to it, roughly $7bn, before the deal stopped moving. Reuters reported the talks on Thursday, citing peo [...]

Meta is committing additional funding to keep its Oversight Board running through 2028

The social media company will add to the board's irrevocable trust, though the exact amount has not been disclosed [...]

Revolut, Mistral and Wayve founders back Balderton’s ‘Built in Europe’ push

European tech has a confidence problem that has little to do with its results. The companies are there, the exits are there, and yet the dominant story has long been one of catching up to Silicon Vall [...]

France to ban students from keeping smartphones in schools

The last decade or so has seen schools and governments alike working on a substantial question: To what degree should students be allowed access to their phones? France has been among those leading th [...]

The man who took Tesla public just joined JB Straubel’s battery startup. It’s no longer just a battery startup.

  Deepak Ahuja, the chief financial officer who took Tesla public in 2010 and served two terms steering its finances through the most volatile period in automotive history, has joined Redwood Materia [...]

Barcelona’s THEKER raises €73M to deploy AI-native factory robots that learn on the job

THEKER, the Barcelona-based AI robotics company, has raised €73 million ($85 million) in a Series A to scale its generalist factory robots across industrial production environments. The round was le [...]

Rivian spinout Also raises $150m, and the e-bike is just the wedge

Also, the micromobility startup that spun out of Rivian last year, has raised $150 million in a Series D round. The round values it above $1 billion. The company told Fortune the money will go towards [...]

Rubrik pledges more than $500m for the UK and makes London its European base

Rubrik, the US data-security company, said it will invest more than $500m in Britain over the next five years and make London its headquarters for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The commitment, [...]

Putting a number on a founder’s voice

Every few months another agency pitches me a personal-branding framework, and the pitches tend to land in the same place, with stages, arrows, and a trademark symbol above advice that circulated a dec [...]