Mike Butcher

Mike Butcher is Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Pathfounders, and former Editor-at-large of TechCrunch.

Pathfounders Newsletter: We're feeling >10% fine!

Sep 11, 2026

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France’s Arlequin AI raises €28m to build alternative AI architecture for very large data sets

Sep 10, 2026

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France’s Arlequin AI raises €28m to build alternative AI architecture for very large data sets

Exclusive: Mistral’s first investor says it is “uniquely positioned” as a Western counterpart to Chinese AI

Sep 9, 2026

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Exclusive: Mistral’s first investor says it is “uniquely positioned” as a Western counterpart to Chinese AI

Opinion: Stop calling Isar Aerospace Europe’s SpaceX

Sep 8, 2026

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Opinion: Stop calling Isar Aerospace Europe’s SpaceX

Germany’s Ground A raises €9.1m pre-seed to scale its low-energy counter-drone laser

Sep 8, 2026

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Germany’s Ground A raises €9.1m pre-seed to scale its low-energy counter-drone laser

Nvidia has a pre-alpha for AI model routing, but this startup says it’s already launched one

Aug 31, 2026

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Nvidia has a pre-alpha for AI model routing, but this startup says it’s already launched one

Sachin Dev Duggal returns with SeKondBrain and Kemory, in a bid to make AI memory portable

Aug 25, 2026

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Sachin Dev Duggal returns with SeKondBrain and Kemory, in a bid to make AI memory portable

London's Itoflow raises $2.5M Pre-seed to build agents for hedge funds and others

Aug 25, 2026

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London's Itoflow raises $2.5M Pre-seed to build agents for hedge funds and others

Pathfounders Newsletter: August has not been a slow month

Aug 22, 2026

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Special Announcement: We’re launching Pathfounders Network - Get connected, get things done, get informed

Aug 12, 2026

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Special Announcement: We’re launching Pathfounders Network - Get connected, get things done, get informed

Edgify raises a further $9m to run AI-on-the-edge inside retail stores and industrial settings

Aug 9, 2026

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Edgify raises a further $9m to run AI-on-the-edge inside retail stores and industrial settings

Pathfounders Newsletter: Our Sources say Hassabis wants out

Aug 7, 2026

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Index Ventures lands $2bn to go all in on AI

Jul 31, 2026

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Index Ventures lands $2bn to go all in on AI

Agon’s $30m raise shows just how hot Europe’s VCs are for defence these days

Jul 31, 2026

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Agon’s $30m raise shows just how hot Europe’s VCs are for defence these days

This satire on a ‘Sauron Inc’ couldn’t possibly be confused with Palantir

Jul 29, 2026

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This satire on a ‘Sauron Inc’ couldn’t possibly be confused with Palantir

This UK startup has invented a way to make critical minerals — but no one is listening

Jul 29, 2026

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This UK startup has invented a way to make critical minerals — but no one is listening

Pathfounders Newsletter: Join us for the Pathfounders Summer Party & Network Launch

Jul 28, 2026

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Nuclear Turbines raises $20m for innovative compact reactor design

Jul 27, 2026

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Nuclear Turbines raises $20m for innovative compact reactor design

Pathfounders Podcast: That OpenAI / Hugging Face Incident. What now?

Jul 24, 2026

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Pathfounders Podcast: That OpenAI / Hugging Face Incident. What now?

Vertical Aerospace completes public eVTOL transition flight at Farnborough

Jul 23, 2026

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Vertical Aerospace completes public eVTOL transition flight at Farnborough

Poolside releases open-weight coding model Laguna S 2.1, edging ahead of some in the US/China

Jul 22, 2026

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Poolside releases open-weight coding model Laguna S 2.1, edging ahead of some in the US/China

Arrakis raises $30M to put AI agents inside industrial operations

Jul 22, 2026

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Arrakis raises $30M to put AI agents inside industrial operations

Analysis: CuspAI's $450m raise points to physical world AI boom

Jul 20, 2026

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Analysis: CuspAI's $450m raise points to physical world AI boom

France’s Syntetica raises $30m from Lululemon to scale unique nylon recycling process

Jul 16, 2026

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France’s Syntetica raises $30m from Lululemon to scale unique nylon recycling process

Dutch bricklaying robot startup raises $32m from Khosla to expand across Europe/US

Jul 15, 2026

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Dutch bricklaying robot startup raises $32m from Khosla to expand across Europe/US