A Sifted report sponsored by London Business School finds Europe lags the US on workplace AI use because of an organizational gap rather than a technological one. Skills, management, trust and integration costs are cited as the main obstacles.
Disney has offered $20 million for Character.AI's chatbot technology. Character.AI was one of the first chatbot makers linked to a child's suicide, which makes the potential purchase a notable bet for a family-focused brand.
Replit is launching a partner program to help organizations decide where AI-built software and agents can deliver the most value. The company argues that non-engineering teams such as HR, finance and support can now build their own tools.
Jensen Huang says Nvidia will announce $2 billion of European investments within a week, on top of $8 billion over the past year, and named four French startups while in Paris. Nvidia committed more than $40 billion to AI equity in the first four months of this year.
Deliverance AI argues that as autonomous agents take over core enterprise workflows, sovereign AI becomes a business continuity issue. Beyond keeping data inside national borders, regulated firms need control over agent behavior, external dependencies and running costs.
Satlyt has raised $8 million to run AI workloads on satellites. It wants to be the Android of orbital computing, with open software for many operators' satellites, in contrast with SpaceX's closed, all-in-one approach.