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Pathfounders, with @mikebutcher, produces news, opinion, and events, about the tech startup and venture ecosystem in Europe and Silicon Valley.

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Comment: Nvidia is love-bombing European startups. But there’s a steely-eyed vision behind it all
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Analysis: Jensen’s Paris, London, Berlin tour is hoovering up useful startups... for Nvidia
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BREAKING: This founder decided humans could be an API... and raised $32M https://t.co/Ubj23BrbsH by @mikebutcher
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BREAKING: UK to call for AI security as White House reverses ban on access to frontier AI models
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*BREAKING: UK looks to ban non-compete clauses after lobbying from tech founders*

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced plans to effectively ban non-compete clauses in the UK, following a campaign by both startup lobbyists and AI startups to remove employment restrictions

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*DIG Ventures raises $120m to back the “engine room” of AI infrastructure*

The European venture firm is investing in the founders building the software AI can’t scale without

By Amelia Isaacs
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Pathfounders Newsletter: All the news this week; plus, "LUSH", the new Pathfounders retreat
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Is Morphotonics the next ASML? Its €40M+ B-round will scale tech for AR glasses and data centres
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Guest Column: Europe’s fragmented capital problems won't be solved by wailing about Hugging Face's exit
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Eileen Burbidge (@eileentso) is one of the best-known figures in UK and European VC. Now she’s starting again with NFG Ventures, her new VC vehicle targeting £20m. She gave an exclusive podcast interview:
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Exclusive: Mistral’s first investor says its latest funding round shows it is “uniquely positioned” and is playing a different game to Anthropic and OpenAI. Read and Watch our exclusive interview: https://t.co/mJZepXjVI2

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Column: AI is killing the Pre-seed playbook: A new generation of investors is moving fast to invest well before the pre-seed round https://t.co/g2ashB0m6c by Nolan Gray

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Opinion: Stop calling Isar Aerospace Europe’s SpaceX: Isar will be Europe's 'space saviour' when it starts getting real about reusable rockets. https://t.co/vYvEo6qmBH by @mikebutcher

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Germany’s Ground A raises €9.1m pre-seed to scale its low-energy counter-drone laser https://t.co/3Hlf62HnBk

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Wayve and Uber launch autonomous cabs in London: Pathfounders attended the Wayve AI and Uber UK launch of their autonomous ride-hailing service in London. The pair have beaten Google’s Waymo Taxis, but the rides will still have a safety driver on board initially.

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OPINION: The EU AI Act isn’t a buzz-kill, it’s a stress test for bad AI
As the EU AI Act rolls out, some critics say it will impact Europe’s competitiveness. Paul Jenkinson argues that it will instead separate the wheat from the chaff.
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Exclusive: Sachin Dev Duggal returns with SeKondBrain and Kemory, in a bid to make AI memory portable
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