This week in Dutch tech 20/6 – 27/6


The warm weather finally arrived! But before we begin to wind things down for the summer months, let’s catch up once more with the latest developments in Dutch tech.  Of course, in our mind, the best news from the week that passed was our own TNW Conference ta

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Nyobolt charges EV in under 5 mins during first test drive


Claims of the next fastest-charging EV have become so common, they’ve almost completely lost their meaning.  But Nyobolt might just have something to brag about. The UK startup has successfully charged an EV from 10% to 80% in just four minutes and 3

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Lynn Conway finally receives recognition for rocketing chip design into the future


Lynn Conway may hold the record for longest delay between being unfairly fired and receiving an apology for it. In 1968, IBM — a company that now covers its logo in a rainbow flag each June for Pride Month — fired Conway when she expressed her intention to transition

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Samsung backs ‘world’s most powerful’ AI chip for edge devices


Eindhoven-based startup Axelera has raised $68mn as it looks to take its AI chip business global. One of the lead investors is Samsung Catalyst, the venture arm of semiconductor giant Samsung Electronics.   Axelera is developing chips, known a

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Does your service business need AI? Here are 4 rules to help you decide


Artificial intelligence is the big thing right now, with industries from finance to health care to retail scrambling to adopt AI or risk being left behind. But speaking as professors of business, we think some companies might be jumping the gun. Our recent rese

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Data centres in space could be one solution to AI’s big energy problem


As AI boosts demand for more data storage, Europe is considering sending data centres into space — and the plan is not as outlandish as it may first appear.   A 16-month, €2 million study has concluded that space-based data centres are technically, econ

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Silo and Mistral join forces in yet another European AI team-up


If you follow European AI news, you may have read that Finland’s Silo AI and Germany’s Aleph Alpha recently established a partnership to deliver “sovereign AI.” It would seem whoever is responsible for partnerships at Silo is keeping busy, as th

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Can AI cure the corruption and biases that plague boxing?


Boxing is a whimsically old-fashioned sport. Feuds are settled in fights, traditions are revered, and ageing faces run the show. Fifty years since their heydays promoting Muhammad Ali, the 92-year-olds Don King and Bob Arum remain leading powerbrokers. They wor

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Silicon Valley’s AI-controlled hot rock batteries are coming to Europe


A Silicon Valley startup is developing a hot rock battery that could be the next big thing in energy storage — and it’s coming to Europe. The giant brick toaster is the brainchild of San Francisco-based Rondo Energy. The startup believes it could

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Europe is pouring public funds into quantum tech startups, report says


A report published today by McKinsey on the state of the global quantum tech sector has found that Europe is spending more and more in public funding on technologies such as quantum computers, quantum sensors, and quantum co

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