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Outpost aims to do what Deel did for international employees, but with global trade

Commerce

AI

Outpost aims to do what Deel did for international employees, but with global trade

Mike Butcher

Mar 11, 2026

Pathfounders partners with World Summit AI to launch the 'Pathfounders Stage'

Pathfounders partners with World Summit AI to launch the 'Pathfounders Stage'

Mar 11, 2026

UK-based Isembard secures $50m to retrofit aerospace and defence component factories for the AI-era

UK

AI

Defence

Resilience

Sovereignty

UK-based Isembard secures $50m to retrofit aerospace and defence component factories for the AI-era

Mike Butcher

Mar 11, 2026

Paris-based Qevlar AI raises $30M as AI-native startups hit cybersecurity

Europe

AI

Cybersecurity

Paris-based Qevlar AI raises $30M as AI-native startups hit cybersecurity

Mike Butcher

Mar 10, 2026

Validio raises $30m Series A to to fix the data quality problem slowing enterprise AI

Data

AI

Validio raises $30m Series A to to fix the data quality problem slowing enterprise AI

Amelia Isaacs

Mar 5, 2026

Exclusive: Europe’s answer to GitHub raises $4.5m to rebuild social coding

Europe

AI

Coding

Exclusive: Europe’s answer to GitHub raises $4.5m to rebuild social coding

Amelia Isaacs

Mar 2, 2026

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