Another eye-watering raise in the AI sector... Poolside AI wants to create a ChatGPT-like tool that can write software code, and has just upped sticks from its US base and moved to France. sifted.eu/articles/pools…

“Some of the business models that were rationally backable in the past now aren't,” says Dan Chaplin, partner at Dawn — which has just raised a $620m flagship fund to back B2B software startups in Europe. It's also raised an $80m follow-on fund. sifted.eu/articles/dawn-…

As a two time victim of bed bugs, I've longed for the day I could get some revenge on the critters for all the lost nights of sleep and sanity they've cost me. Today, it comes in the form of a startup that's out to get them. Trigger warning: icky read. sifted.eu/articles/spott…

“No one does tech for good — especially not in fintech” Freya Pratty sat down with a shoeless Peter Sunde — the man who founded Pirate Bay (and spent 8 months in prison because of it). sifted.eu/articles/peter…

We want to speak to founders who've exited their business and then found life on the other side tough. Is it you? Please get in touch with Kai (confidentially!) He's writing a feature about the exit blues. [email protected] 🙏

SCOOP: Gorillas founder Kağan Sümer raises pre-seed round for secret healthtech startup sifted.eu/articles/goril…

What happened to vertical farming unicorn Infarm? Miriam Partington dig some digging to find out sifted.eu/articles/infar…

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AI-assisted pregnancies: Ovom raises €4.8m for digi-physical fertility clinics... Infertility rates are on the rise globally — Ovom says it can improve people's chance of conception with AI sifted.eu/articles/ovom-…

With Getir's announcement that it was pulling out of ALL of its remaining markets outside of Turkey, the speedy grocery delivery landscape is a wasteland of shattered VC dreams. So what happened to the once high-flying sector? Tim Smith finds out. sifted.eu/articles/groce…

NEWS: Graphcore investor cuts stake valuation by 45% sifted.eu/articles/graph…

What would UK tech policy look like under a Labour government? I picked out the key bits that could impact UK tech folk in the 133-page document. sifted.eu/articles/labou…

UK-based generative AI startup Stability AI has announced it’s raised fresh funds and appointed a new CEO, three months on from the departure of founder Emad Mostaque. sifted.eu/articles/stabi…

It's the last week to apply for your company to rank on Sifted's Benelux startup fastest-growing leaderboard. It's free to apply, and the deadline is July 5 — so be quick! sifted.eu/leaderboards?u…

Lisbon frequently tops leaderboards as the world's best digital nomad destination — but rising prices, a lack of available housing and backlash from locals weary of remote workers are leading many nomads elsewhere. Miriam Partington has the story sifted.eu/articles/digit…

In the aftermath of the UK Labour Party’s landslide election victory on Friday I spoke to dozens of tech folk to get their thoughts on what it means for the country’s startup sector. The mood: broadly optimistic with work to be done. sifted.eu/articles/uk-el…

Digital healthcare startup Kry says that doubling down on its investment into generative AI is set to delay profitability at the company. sifted.eu/articles/digit…

NEWS: Massive raise for UK period-tracking app Flo Health as it picks up $200m in equity from from US growth investor General Atlantic — a backer of companies like Uber and Airbnb. sifted.eu/articles/flo-h…

“We’re suffering on the scaleup bit today,” Britain's new science minister Patrick Vallance tells Sifted Kai Nicol-Schwarz It's a common diagnosis. The question is: can this government make a difference? sifted.eu/articles/patri…