SkyCell, based in Switzerland, has closed $116M in a Series D round for its technological solution that improves the pharmaceutical supply chain for air travel. Founded in 2013, the startup manufactures temperature-controlled containers, using proprietary col
While Stability AI’s latest image-generating model, Stable Diffusion 3, may have been a success, things behind the scenes at the company have been slightly more turbulent. However, with today’s funding announcement, it seems the immediate fin
It is notoriously difficult for startups in life sciences and biotechnology to get investments for lab facilities and equipment to be able spin out from universities. To that effect, Superlab Suisse operates facilities wher
Amid tense relations between big tech and the EU, Meta has announced its second AI startup accelerator in Europe. The accelerator targets startups that want to integrate open-source foundation models (such as Llama and Mistral 7B) into their products. To deli
Swiss startup Neustark has raised $69mn to take its carbon capture technology global. BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, and Singaporean investment firm Temasek led the funding round. Neustark captures was
Business leaders continue to panic around a perceived lack of AI skills. According to Salesforce data, only one-in-10 global workers have so-called “in-demand AI skills.” This concern is reflected among senior management, with Deloitte find
Move over Clojure, there’s a new kid on the block; Zig has emerged as the best-paying programming language for developers in 2024. That’s according to the latest Stack Overflow survey. The poll, which included 89,184 software developers across 185 countries, fo
France and China blasted a new satellite into space on Saturday, in an increasingly rare example of cooperation between a Western power and the world’s second largest economy. The Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) launched atop a Long
It’s been a tough few days for Apple in the EU. On Friday, the company announced it would delay the roll-out of its much anticipated AI suite due to regulatory issues. Today, the European Commission warned the tech giant that its App Store is in violation of
Swedish green cement startup Cemvision has inked a deal with energy giant Vattenfall, as industrial companies look to cut their emissions from one of the world’s most polluting materials. Cemvision has devised a greener way to make cement.