The Daily Deal
Thursday 15 October 2026
ASML profit beats as AI orders stretch into 2030
- Chart of the day Unicorns with European founders are valued higher in the US than in Europe.
- Just raised Modal $750M, MMI $510M, SignSplit $400M.
- Just founded Ulpianus, Q Chat, Agrogent.
- In the news ASML profit beats as AI demand stretches orders into 2030, and two more stories.
Chart of the day
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Latest valuations of 653 unicorns founded since 1990 where at least half the founders are from Europe, grouped by where the company is based. The top 10% start at $9.6B in the US versus $7.6B in Europe, and the top 1% at $118B (Snowflake) versus $60B (argenx).
Just raised
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ModalNew York$750M Series DThe serverless platform for genAI training. Led by Accel at a $15.
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MMIPisa$510M A developer of novel robotic solutions for unmet medical needs for microsurgery, with a teleoperated robotic platform for suturing in open surgery with wristed microinstruments. Led by Baillie Gifford.
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SignSplitWilmington$400M SeedPlatform for licensing and compensation for human data. Led by W Group.
By country
- US$60B
- South Korea$2.6B
- China$1.1B
- Spain$629M
- India$539M
- UK$447M
By sector
- Enterprise software$54B
- Health$5.2B
- Fintech$5.1B
- Hosting$4.4B
- Food$2.8B
- Robotics$1.7B
$68B across 619 rounds in October so far, by headquarters and by sector.
Just founded
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UlpianusSantiago
AI-powered legal research with verifiable sources.
NBNicolás Barriga
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Q ChatGernsheim
AI website agents that answer citizens' and employees' questions for German municipalities, public institutions and companies.
PSPeter Schuch
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AgrogentBaku
AI-driven agribusiness ecosystem optimizing agricultural value chains.
RPNHRGRafig Pashayev, Nazim Hamidli & Ridvan Garakhani founded it. Pashayev previously founded Enverson. Hamidli worked at Azericard and Customar.
In the news
View all news stories- ASML profit beats as AI demand stretches orders into 2030
ASML reported third-quarter net profit of €4.96 billion, beating consensus estimates of €4.1 billion, as AI-driven demand pushes customer orders toward the end of the decade.
- EU opens probe into AI "loss-of-control" incidents
The European Commission has launched an investigation into recent AI "loss-of-control" incidents, convening a special meeting of its AI Scientific Panel on October 9, 2026.
- OpenAI eyes security firm Trail of Bits in cybersecurity push
OpenAI is in early talks to acquire Trail of Bits, a New York software security firm that finds and fixes vulnerabilities in open-source projects, The Information reported on 13 October 2026.
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