Swedish AI coding startup Lovable has doubled its annual recurring revenue to $200 million in just four months. CEO Anton Osika credits staying in Europe rather than moving to Silicon Valley as key to their explosive growth.
Crypto exchange Kraken has secured $800 million in new funding to expand into traditional financial products. The company plans global expansion and has already made strategic acquisitions including Small Exchange for $100 million. Citadel Securities invested $200 million in the round, signaling ins
JPMorgan Chase is fighting a judge’s order to pay $142 million in legal fees for Frank founder Charlie Javice and CMO Olivier Amar. The executives were convicted of defrauding the bank by inflating Frank’s customer count during the $175 million acquisition. The bank claims the legal bills include lu
The IPO market has slowed dramatically since 2021’s peak, but reports of its death are premature. Public markets still offer unparalleled liquidity and access to capital that private markets can’t match. The real question isn’t whether to go public, but when and how.
When ChatGPT launched, Odyssey Gohain saw her marketing career path disappearing. After being laid off in 2023, she started her own business. Now she’s part of a growing Gen Z solopreneur movement trading stability for autonomy.
Y Combinator’s latest batch reveals a clear shift toward B2B software and practical infrastructure. These founders are building the foundational tools for the AI era with relentless execution focus. The cohort represents a turning point in how startups approach real-world problems.
A new data-driven report reveals where European AI innovation is thriving across 10 industrial sectors. The analysis comes as Europe commits €20 billion to AI infrastructure and pursues its “third way” between US and Chinese approaches.
SoftBank is making one of the biggest AI bets in history. The Japanese conglomerate sold its Nvidia position to pour billions into OpenAI following its corporate restructuring that removes investor return caps.
According to CRN’s Stellar Startups for 2025, the application development market is experiencing massive growth driven by digital transformation and AI projects. Two promising DevOps startups founded since 2019 are positioned to capitalize on this $306.7 billion market growing at 20.7% annually.
Swedish startup Spiich Labs just secured €600k in pre-seed funding to tackle the massive administrative burden facing B2B sales teams. Their AI assistant promises to eliminate over 8 hours of weekly admin work through conversational commands. The funding round was led by Ampli Ventures with backing
