Photonics mapped: 74 European startups using light to power the AI era

Trajectory raises $45M to make AI model training accessible to nontechnical experts

The one-year-old startup is now valued at $300 million.

Palantir’s US commercial sales top government revenue for the first time

Palantir’s US commercial business brought in more revenue than its US government work for the first time in the third quarter. US commercial revenue rose 148% from a year earlier to $984m, the company said in its earnings release on Monday. Revenue from the US government rose 96% to $953m.

Apple reports Q4 2026 earnings: $114.5 billion in revenue, up 12% [Charts]

Apple just released its earnings report for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2026. The company reported $114.5 billion in revenue, and $30.71 billion in net profit. Here’s the full breakdown. more…

Larridin raises $30M to show companies what their AI spending buys

Larridin, a San Francisco startup that measures what companies get back from AI, has raised $30 million. Pelion Ventures led the Series A round, the company said in a statement on Monday. Andreessen Horowitz and Gradient Ventures, which backed Larridin’s $17 million seed round, invested again.

Tutor Intelligence raises $75M from a16z to put robots to work by the hour

Tutor Intelligence, a robotics startup in Watertown, Massachusetts, has raised a $75 million Series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The round brings its total funding to $117 million, the company said in a statement on Monday.

Meta reportedly weighs $20B bond sale, its first in euros

Meta is sounding out investors for a bond sale worth at least $20bn, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing a person familiar with the matter. It would be the company’s first bond sale in euros. The plan under discussion splits the deal into US dollar bonds in five parts and euro notes in six parts.

Lovable backer Creandum raises $750m for largest-ever fund to back AI boom

What I told a room full of Europe’s fastest-growing companies

Missile startup Hypersonica raises €100m from Lightspeed, General Catalyst as missile defence takes off

Enterprise customers want to see AI’s ROI. Here’s how startups can show it