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Revolut launches its new AI assistant AIR to UK customers


Revolut, the British virtual bank platform, has just launched its new AI financial assistant named AIR (AI by Revolut) to its more than 13 million customers in the UK.  The new AI assistant allows customers to manage their finances through in-app chat, their spending insights, investment tracking, subscription monitoring, and card management. It also provides […]



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Eight, the Portuguese dating app,is raising a €3M seed round


The app goes live each night between 8 and 9pm, connecting verified users through 30-second video intros and instant live calls. It is currently available in Portugal and the UK. CEO Afonso Simão previously founded Miofar, a fitness brand he grew to over $1.2M in revenue. Eight, a Portuguese video-first dating app, is raising a […]



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Maeconomy raises €1.5M to give building materials a digital identity


The Dutch startup is tackling one of construction’s most stubborn problems: the fact that most building materials lack traceability, making them impossible to reuse when a structure is demolished or renovated. Maeconomy, a Dutch startup, has raised €1.5 million to build a platform that turns building materials into auditable, monetisable circular assets. The Netherlands has […]



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Serve First secures €5.7M to scale its AI-driven customer experience platform beyond the UK


The Milton Keynes startup, which tripled annual recurring revenue in the 12 months to July 2025, is using the new round to hire a Chief Revenue Officer and continue product development. Serve First, a British AI-driven customer experience platform, has raised €5.7 million (£5 million) in new funding, according to EU Startups. The round will […]



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Databricks co-founder Matei Zaharia wins ACM Prize and declares AGI is already here


In short: Matei Zaharia, the Berkeley computer science professor and Databricks co-founder who created Apache Spark, has won the 2026 ACM Prize in Computing for his foundational contributions to distributed data systems and AI infrastructure. The $250,000 prize, funded by an Infosys endowment, is one of computer science’s most prestigious mid-career honours. Zaharia is donating the […]



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