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Before entrepreneur and investor Mike Lynch died along with six others after the yacht they were on capsized in a storm last week, the party was celebrating Lynch’s victory in…
GrubMarket, the $3.6 billion food delivery and supply chain startup backed by Tiger Global, BlackRock and nearly 100 other investors, has snapped up another food delivery startup on its consolidation…
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The top AI deals in Europe this year
Cumulatively, there have been more than 1,700 funding rounds for AI startups in Europe so far in 2024.
On the back of strong customer traction — more than 200 large enterprise customers — the startup has closed a Series B of $47 million.
Bodies of Autonomy founder Mike Lynch and his daughter recovered from sunken Bayesian yacht
Grim news coming in from Sicily, Italy. Mike Lynch, the U.K. investor and founder of IT company Autonomy, has been identified as one of two bodies recovered from the Bayesian,…
Story raises $80M at $2.25B valuation to build a blockchain for the business of content IP in the age of AI
AI giants like Anthropic, OpenAI and Stability AI have faced a lot of heat over how they’ve scraped data and rode rough-shod over others’ intellectual property when training and operating…
Mike Lynch, recently acquitted in HP-Autonomy fraud case, is missing after yacht capsized off Sicily (updated)
Update 2: His body has now been identified. Story here. Update: Authorities have yet to access the inside of the sunken yacht, and Mike Lynch is still classified as missing.…
AMD is acquiring ZT Systems, which provides compute design and infrastructure for AI, cloud and general purpose computing, for $4.9 billion.
TipRanks, an AI-based stock tip evaluator created after its founder got burned by bad advice, sells for $200M to Prytek
Prytek had already been a big investor in TipRanks since 2017, most recently leading a $77 million round in the company in 2021.
Kiteworks, which builds tools to secure email communications and file sharing, has raised $456 million from Insight Partners and Sixth Street Growth.
BT, the U.K.’s former incumbent telecoms carrier, is picking up a major new investor today as telecoms companies look for stronger footing in the rapidly shifting technology and communications market.…
SoundHound, an AI company that makes voice interface tech used by car companies, restaurants and tech firms, is doubling down on enterprise services by playing consolidator in a crowded market.…
Cybersecurity remains a white-hot space for investors. In the latest example of that demand, EQT has bought a majority stake in Acronis, a security company that specializes in data protection,…
Sources with knowledge of the deal said it was an all-stock transaction that valued Good Eggs slightly above its previous valuation of $22 million.
Quantum computing may still largely be in the theoretical domain, but the money that it’s attracting is very real.
A startup developing AI market research based on location data, and backed by a who’s who, has quietly raised, TechCrunch has learned.
Women’s health tech, which leverages innovations in AI, smartphones and connected wearables to give women more insights into reproductive and menstrual health, continues to gain momentum with users, and investors…
Sennder is acquiring the European ground transportation assets of logistics giant C.H. Robinson.
The startup is not disclosing its valuation, but sources close to the company say the figure is just under $400 million post-money.
Identity management is one of the most common fulcrums around which security breaches have pivoted in the last several years. One of the main reasons it has become the gift…
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is in advanced talks to acquire Wiz for $23 billion, a person close to the company told TechCrunch. The deal discussions were previously reported by The…
Rohlik rolls up $170M to expand in European grocery delivery and sell its tech to others
The salad days of fresh grocery delivery startups are over, but those that have stayed the course, and built businesses that are seeing gains, are still here and hungry for…
These days, when you hear about students and generative AI, chances are that you’re getting a taste of the debate over the adoption of tools like ChatGPT. Are they a…
Sometimes the most successful startup ideas come from people building tools to solve their own needs. Such was the case with Dafydd Stuttard, a security expert who goes by Daf. …
Securing cloud services remains a challenge for enterprises. That’s why several companies have been working on security solutions that specifically address that need. In the latest example of that, Odaseva…
CData builds connectors that enterprises can use to stitch together data from different sources – and locations, not just in the cloud – more easily.
The Swiss startup has closed out its Series D at $116 million, which it will use to double down on working with companies operating in Asia and the U.S.
TechWolf has built an AI engine that ingests data from internal workflows to learn about the people doing that work.
Paris has quickly established itself as a major European center for AI startups, and now another big deal is in the works.
Semperis, a specialist in Active Directory security now worth more than $1B, raises $125M
Active Directory, the Microsoft directory service for connecting users with network resources, is used by more than 90% of all Fortune 1000 companies and many more besides. So it’s no…