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The Scene
The Scene on Europa Now: European startups, product studios and the cities where the continent's tech culture actually happens.
Startups
Norwegian retail AI startup Jenz secures €540K to scale operations across Europe
Fresh from a hackathon victory, Jenz has landed pre-seed funding to expand its data-integration platform for retailers beyond Scandinavia into the UK market.
Startups
Seoul's AI Data Centre Darling Elice Crashes 32% in Worst Korean IPO Debut
Despite massive retail demand, shares in the South Korean AI infrastructure firm plummeted on their first trading day, marking the worst debut for a Korean IPO of $100m or more.
Startups
DeepMind's Graepel builds reasoning-first AI lab in London, rejecting the scaling paradigm
Thore Graepel, architect of AlphaGo, has founded Metis Reasoning to challenge the assumption that larger language models solve reasoning problems. The startup argues for AI systems that maintain transparent, auditable records of their logic instead.
Studios
Arduino's UNO Q Bundle Lets Makers Build Custom Linux Controllers
Arduino has launched a new kit pairing its dual-brain UNO Q single-board computer with modular input components, enabling users to replace traditional keyboards and mice with custom-built physical interfaces for Linux workflows.
Studios
From 8-bit simplicity to AI acceleration: how Arduino's two decades span five million times the computing power
Arduino's Chief Product Officer compares an early UNO board from the 2000s with the new VENTUNO Q, revealing how the company's philosophy of accessibility has survived a staggering leap in computational capability.
Startups
Copenhagen's Plinto Lands €2.9M to Automate Financial Verification with AI Agents
The Danish startup has secured pre-seed funding to deploy AI agents that catch invoice errors and duplicate payments before they drain company accounts.
Startups
Finnish quantum startup Coherence Quantum lands €2.78M to solve the wiring problem in scaled systems
Coherence Quantum, spun out from Aalto University research, has closed a seed round to commercialise cryogenic control technology that could help quantum computers grow without drowning in complexity.
Startups
Blackwall doubles down on traffic management with $100M Series C, hitting $2.2B valuation
The Estonian web security platform has raised fresh capital weeks after joining the country's unicorn club, as it expands its infrastructure for managing bots, DDoS attacks and AI-generated traffic.