thenextweb

2025-01-13

Dutch startup lands €4.75M for unique appoach to photonic chip-making


Eindhoven-based startup Photon IP has raised €4.75mn in seed funding as it looks to scale up its unique method for creating energy-efficient photonic chips.   AI systems, data centres, fibre-optic networks, and even some sensors rely on photonic chips to send and receive information using light. These chips are a big deal because they’re faster and use less energy than typical semiconductors, which transfer data through electricity.  But to make these high-performance, light-speed chips you need special compounds called III- [...]

Rating

Innovation

Pricing

Technology

Usability

We have discovered similar tools to what you are looking for. Check out our suggestions for similar AI tools.

Destination

2025-03-05

Everything Apple announced since its last event

Apple used to treat every public-facing announcement like an event. Even its keynotes — ostensibly for investors and press — were well-orchestrated circuses. If there's any conclusion to be d [...]

Match Score: 110.09

thenextweb

2025-03-04

Dutch hospitality scaleup Mews doubles down on growth with $75M raise

Hospitality scaleup Mews, based at TNW City in Amsterdam, has secured $75mn in its third major cash injection of the last year. The round follows a raise of $100M in credit financing in September and [...]

Match Score: 83.80

Destination

2025-02-13

Avowed review: Elder Scrolls? I don’t know her

Sorry, beefcakes, but this review isn’t for you. All the fighters and rangers out there will still get a sense of how phenomenal Avowed is, the lushness of its environments, the clarity of its comba [...]

Match Score: 82.44

thenextweb

2024-12-17

Dutch tech in 2024: year in review

According to the 2024 Global Startup Ecosystem Report by Startup Genome, the Netherlands ecosystem is now ranked number 13 in the world — placing it ahead of both Paris and Berlin. In 2023, Dutch st [...]

Match Score: 70.49

Destination

2025-03-06

The best MacBook for 2025: Which Apple laptop should you buy?

At its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) last June, Apple announced updates coming to its various operating systems, most of which focus on its own version of AI, dubbed Apple Intelligence. MacBo [...]

Match Score: 62.19

Destination

2025-03-01

Alphabet's Taara chip uses light beams to provide high-speed internet

Alphabet has announced a new development for Taara's technology that could lead to low-cost, high-speed internet connectivity, even in far-flung locations. Taara's general manager, Mahesh Kr [...]

Match Score: 61.02

thenextweb

2024-12-17

Dutch startups raised $3.5B in 2024. Here are the 10 largest funding rounds

It’s been a great year for the Dutch startup ecosystem.  Venture capitalists have, so far, invested $3.5bn into Netherlands-based early-stage companies, according to Dealroom data. That makes 2024 [...]

Match Score: 57.81

thenextweb

2025-01-15

Dutch startup Shift plans to build $250M ‘world wonder’ to inspire climate action

Shift, a social enterprise founded by Dutch tech entrepreneur Don Ritzen, has announced its ambitious plans to construct a massive landmark designed to inspire action on climate change.  Shift aims t [...]

Match Score: 56.85

Destination

2025-02-27

Amazon joins the quantum computing race with a chip designed for error correction

Amazon announced that it has created its own quantum computing chip, joining Microsoft and Google in a push to take this potentially transformative technology from the theoretical to the practical. Oc [...]

Match Score: 56.19