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85% of NATO defence tech funding went to the US. AVP and Earlybird just raised €500M to change that — TFN

Since 2019, the US has captured round 85% of NATO defence-tech enterprise funding — Europe accounted for simply 6.2% in 2025 regardless of defence budgets surging throughout the continent. AVP and Earlybird have began E2D, a €500M development fund that plans to speculate about €25M every in round 20 European defence and dual-use tech firms.... Read More

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June 18, 2026

A Google Veteran Who Founded Character.AI Is Jumping to OpenAI

Noam Shazeer, a co-lead at Gemini and the founding father of Character.AI is leaving Google to join OpenAI within the newest AI expertise warfare transfer. In an X publish on Wednesday, Shazeer introduced his departure and stated he appears ahead to working with the “distinctive staff” on the ChatGPT maker. “It was a troublesome determination... Read More

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June 17, 2026

Why this founder is choosing the “worst-dressed city” for his fashion startup — TFN

On a cool October night throughout San Francisco Tech Week, a line of individuals gathered outdoors the wrought-iron gates of a Pacific Heights mansion. Two burning braziers flanked a purple carpet main up the steps as much as the home—a former artwork college constructing whose revivalist structure felt worlds aside from the workplaces and company... Read More

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June 17, 2026

Bose Is Becoming a Media Company and Launching a Record Label

Bose desires an even bigger chunk of the music enterprise. The audio-equipment maker has created Bose Studios, an in-house content material studio designed to assist it shift from campaign-driven advertising and marketing, the corporate completely advised CMO Insider. One key differentiator is the launch of a brand new report label, Bose Data. Bose CMO Jim... Read More

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