NVIDIA pledges nearly $10B to European AI

• Flapping AirplanesSan Francisco$1B Early VC

  AI research lab developing data-efficient learning models. Backed by Index Ventures and Lux Capital.

• LegoraStockholms kommun$550M Late VC

  Agentic AI workspace automating legal review and drafting. | Formerly known as Leya. Backed by Atreides Management and Accel.

• WhopNew York$205M Late VC

  Online marketplace enabling creators and entrepreneurs to build, manage and monetise digital products, services and communities. Led by Sequoia Capital.

$79B across 988 rounds in October so far, by headquarters and by sector.

• TerenisTallinn

  Visual intelligence for critical infrastructure security.

  NBNiccolò Bombardieri previously founded KinetixPro and worked at Arthur D Little and PayPal.

• SolarMatrixBerlin

  Profitable solar power for multi-family residential buildings.

  QQJWDVQian Qin, Julian Weisbrod & Dirk Vollmann (福爾曼) founded it. Qin previously founded We Do Solar and Panono. Weisbrod previously founded Electric Blue Trading.

• SynthSocialFareham

  AI-powered social media simulation platform for training.

  MGGBMonika Ghosh & Giulio Benassi founded it. Ghosh worked at Wonderhood Studios and BBC. Benassi worked at Ooooby and Smartzer.

• NVIDIA pledges nearly $10B to European AI, tests factory tools with Siemens

  NVIDIA is committing nearly $10 billion to Europe's AI sector, led by investments in four German startups: Agile Robots, Avelios Medical, Mirelo, and Reflex Aerospace.

• Anthropic's draft S-1 reveals $16.3B revenue, $80.7B loss and up to $750B compute bill

  Anthropic's draft IPO prospectus shows $16.3 billion in first-half 2026 revenue against an $80.7 billion net loss, according to a Wall Street Journal review of the document.

• Meta lifts 2026 AI spending to $145B, adds nonvoting stock class

  Meta raised its 2026 capital-expenditure outlook to between $135 billion and $145 billion and announced a new class of nonvoting Class C stock, deepening its bet on artificial intelligence.