Autonomous driving software company Wayve Technologies Ltd. has filed to sell shares on the London Stock Exchange’s new Private Securities Market, the first major company to test the novel system.
A Wayve autonomous taxi in London. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
Autonomous driving software company Wayve Technologies Ltd. has filed to sell shares on the London Stock Exchange’s new Private Securities Market, the first major company to test the novel system.
A Wayve autonomous taxi in London. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
Newcleo Ltd., a European startup building novel nuclear reactors that run on recycled waste, has the potential to disrupt clean energy. As with all new technology, the path is not easy.
Trading platform Nasdaq Private Market alleged that its Vancouver-based competitor Hiive has stolen trade secrets and infringed on its intellectual property in a lawsuit.
The Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in New York.
French startup Mistral AI is in talks to raise around €3 billion ($3.5 billion) at a valuation of roughly €20 billion, according to people familiar with the discussions, providing Europe’s artificial intelligence champion with a cash injection as it competes in a costly computing race against competitors in the US and China.
Cambridge Aerospace, a British defense technology startup developing interceptor systems to protect against drones and cruise missiles, is in discussions to raise approximately $300 million at a valuation of around $3.5 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
A Cambridge Aerospace 'Skyhammer' interceptor missile.
Human resources software startup Factorial has raised $150 million in funding at a valuation of $2.5 billion, making it one of the most highly valued startups in Spain.
Factorial CEOs Bernat Farrero and Jordi Romero. Source: PRNewswire/Team Lewis Barcelona
German industrial robotics startup Agile Robots is in discussions to raise about $800 million in new funding from backers including SoftBank Group Corp., as investors seek out companies deploying artificial intelligence in real-world settings.
Anthropic PBC updated its warning about secondary markets for its shares, cutting the number of unauthorized platforms by half, after the notice caused panic among investors and a sharp rebuttal from one of the companies named.
The Anthropic logo on a smartphone arranged in Forest Hills, New York, US, on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. Anthropic PBC has said its new artificial intelligence tool, Claude Mythos Preview, is too powerful to release to the general public.
Dwelly, a UK startup that acquires real estate property managers and introduces artificial intelligence to their business, is in discussions to raise around $200 million in equity and debt financing, according to people familiar with the matter.
A passenger train on a viaduct passing residential housing in Brighton, UK.
In the moments after Anthropic expanded a ban on popular ways to buy its shares, investor chatrooms around the world lit up. “Are we screwed?” one person wrote in a WhatsApp chat for family offices with several hundred members. Similar questions reverberated more publicly across X, Reddit and Chinese-language social media, as investors worried whether their shares in the artificial intelligence developer — one of the most coveted private companies — had suddenly become worthless.Days later, ther
Anthropic PBC identified a number of secondary marketplaces as unauthorized sellers of the company’s shares, telling investors that buying the stock won’t work.
The Anthropic logo on a laptop arranged in Forest Hills, New York, US, on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. Anthropic PBC has said its new artificial intelligence tool, Claude Mythos Preview, is too powerful to release to the general public. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg
SAP SE is investing in workflow automation platform n8n, doubling the startup’s valuation to $5.2 billion, as the German software giant builds out its artificial intelligence offering.
Niklas Östberg, the chief executive officer of German food delivery company Delivery Hero SE, will step down after an activist investor that’s called for him to leave raised its stake in the company.
Delivery Hero CEO Niklas Östberg Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
Iceye, the Finnish satellite startup tapping into increased defense spending in Europe, is in talks to raise €250 million ($293 million) in a round that may nearly double its previous valuation, according to people familiar with the matter.
A model a a Gen4 satellite on the table during an interview with Magdalena Bartos, chief financial officer of Iceye Oy, at the company's headquarters in Espoo, Finland, on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. "It’s reasonable to expect that we will be able to deliver similar growth rates as in the previous years" through 2026 and 2027, Chief Financial Officer Magdalena Bartos said in an interview.
Sereact, a German robotics software company, has raised $110 million in fresh funding to develop its artificial intelligence model that makes robots smarter and more adaptable to different tasks.
An Apollo humanoid robot prototype, made by Apptronik Inc., interacts with an attendee during a media day at the Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus in Berlin, Germany on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Mercedes-Benz showcased its AI technologies and humanoid robots it plans to use to accelerate the transformation of its production network, according to a company press release.
The value of the US government stake in Intel Corp. has increased fourfold to hit a value of about $36 billion after the chipmaker’s financial outlook showed a resurgence in sales.
Intel Corp. headquarters in Santa Clara, California.