BRKZ Raises $31M as Aramco’s Wa’ed, 500 Global Back a Data Moat
Riyadh's BRKZ secured $31 million on September 14, 2026 — $13 million in Series B equity co-led by Aramco's Wa'ed…
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Z Squared Buys Paradox Data for $5M in Preferred Stock, Adds $1 Site Lease
Z Squared closed its acquisition of Paradox Data for $5 million paid entirely in preferred stock and structured a nominal…
Mistral Raises €3B at €21B Valuation, Led by Samsung, Not a US Hyperscaler
Mistral AI closed a €3 billion Series D on September 9, 2026 at a post-money valuation above €21 billion, led…
Custodea Raises €350K Seed, Says EU Hosting Solves SME Data Control
The Brussels-area startup closed a €350,000 seed round from investors in its own network to build a unified data layer…
Chift Raises €10.5M Series A Led by BlackFin for EU Financial Data Plumbing
Brussels-based Chift raised a €10.5 million Series A led by BlackFin Capital Partners, reported September 14, 2026, to scale its…
Nvidia’s $12.9B Hugging Face Buy Shows the AI Infrastructure IPO Is Going Extinct
Nvidia's acquisition of the open-source model hub for $12.9 billion — after rejecting the startup's own $500 million offer just…
sci2sci Raises €1.2M Pre-Seed to Force AI Systems to Show Their Work
Berlin startup sci2sci raised €1.2 million in pre-seed funding co-led by Heliad and IBB Ventures, announced September 8, 2026, to…
Mistral Raises €3B at €21B+ Valuation, Led by Samsung, Not a European Fund
Mistral's Series D, reported by Tech.eu on September 8, 2026, values the French AI company above €21 billion three years…
Mistral’s €3bn Series D: Samsung Leads, Valuation Nearly Doubles to €21bn
Mistral confirmed on September 8, 2026 that it raised €3bn in a Samsung Electronics-led Series D at a post-money valuation…
CDW Pays $525M for Databricks Shop Lovelytics, Chasing AI’s Data Gap
CDW agreed to acquire Databricks-backed data and AI consultancy Lovelytics for approximately $525 million, a deal expected to close in…