Pathfounders @Pathfounders
Pathfounders, with @mikebutcher, produces news, opinion, and events, about the tech startup and venture ecosystem in Europe and Silicon Valley. pathfounders.com London, England Joined October 2010-
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*Anthropic export ban ignites debate amongst European founders and investors* The European tech ecosystem is talking about nothing else this weekend. By @mikebutcher pathfounders.com/p/anthropic-ex… P.S. Pathfounders is launching a event on Sovereign AI luma.com/pathfo-lu84
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[DEVELOPING]: The US's export control order on Anthropic pours petrol on AI sovereignty debate pathfounders.com/p/developing-t… *P.S.* Pathfounders is launching a event on Sovereign AI luma.com/pathfo-lu84
UK-based Apoha has emerged from stealth with $36M teach AI how matter behaves. Watch or listen to our exclusive interview with the founders: YouTube: youtu.be/pQGYYqJYMeI Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7lz1kM…
Creator Fund has closed a $56 million European fund to back PhD founders before they have a pitch deck, let alone a company. Founder & CEO Jamie Macfarlane went for a walk with Pathfounders' Editor Mike Butcher.
Josh Vernon of AI startup Gigaton plans to catapult energy-intensive industries with fully autonomous production plants.
BREAKING: UK-based Creator Fund closes $56M to woo Europe’s PhDs out of the lab and into startups By @mikebutcher pathfounders.com/p/creator-fund…
Breaking: Ex-DeepMind duo raise $20M to build AI agents for revenue teams By @mikebutcher pathfounders.com/p/ex-deepmind-…
BREAKING: Gigaton raises $26M round led by Plural to automate heavy industrial plants By @mikebutcher.bsky.social pathfounders.com/p/gigaton-rais…
Bot Or Not? Investors hunt for real AI startups in a sea of hype Pathfounders Event report, in partnership with Your Story PR pathfounders.com/p/bot-or-not-i…
Runway AI puts $200M investment into London HQ for Europe, joining Anthropic and OpenAI by @mikebutcher pathfounders.com/p/runway-ai-20…
Revolut, Mistral, Wayve and hundreds of startup founders launch campaign celebrating European tech by @AmeliaKIsaacs pathfounders.com/p/startup-foun…
Autonomous AI coding startup Cognition raises $1bn at $26bn post-money valuation By @AmeliaKIsaacs pathfounders.com/p/autonomous-a…
Paris-based Lucis raises $20M Series A to go up against Thriva and other preventive health startups pathfounders.com/p/lucis-raises…
Fresha, a London-based beauty and wellness marketplace, raises $80M growth round at $1B+ valuation pathfounders.com/p/fresha-a-lon…
Pathfounders Newsletter: The drinks are on EQT; Join our May 26 event in London pathfounders.com/p/pathfounders… pathfounders.com/p/pathfounders…
Hunter Biden puts his art on the blockchain via UK startup Verisart pathfounders.com/p/hunter-biden…
Geopolitical turmoil and AI helped CircuitHub raise $28M to speed up electronics manufacturing. But guess which European VC did the *entire* round? pathfounders.com/p/geopolitical…
Podcast: Europe’s AI race is moving into physics and industry Guillaume Decugis, GP of Serena Data Ventures, speaks exclusively to the Pathfounders Podcast about Mistral's acquisition of Emmi AI pathfounders.com/p/europe-s-ai-…
*Podcast: Mouro Capital hits €400 million first close for its third fund, says fintech is about to change* YouTube: youtu.be/TV7jYYG0k5E?si…
SCOOP: Mistral acquires Austria’s Emmi AI, pushing into AI for manufacturing pathfounders.com/p/scoop-mistra… P.S. JOIN OUR NEXT LONDON EVENT Picking Winners Amid AI Fever luma.com/unasbtx0
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