Uber picks Munich for its next robotaxi push, with Autobrains and Nvidia
Uber picks Munich for its next robotaxi push, with Autobrains and Nvidia

The ride-hailing company is betting that Germany’s automotive heartland, and a less sensor-heavy approach to autonomy, can finally make robotaxis scale in Europe. Munich is about to become a test of a particular theory: that the cheapest way to put a d…

Anthropic is finally giving the EU access to Mythos, ending weeks of standoff over the world’s most powerful cybersecurity AI
Anthropic is finally giving the EU access to Mythos, ending weeks of standoff over the world’s most powerful cybersecurity AI

Anthropic has agreed to give the European Union’s cybersecurity agency, ENISA, access to Claude Mythos, the AI model that has autonomously discovered more than 10,000 high- and critical-severity zero-day vulnerabilities across every major operating sys…

Salesforce is acquiring Contentful to give Agentforce a content layer that can assemble experiences on the fly
Salesforce is acquiring Contentful to give Agentforce a content layer that can assemble experiences on the fly

Salesforce has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Contentful, the API-first headless content management platform used by more than 4,800 enterprises to deliver digital experiences across web, mobile, and emerging channels. The deal, announced on …

Two days to go: TNW’s Amsterdam gathering on what it takes to win in AI-native SaaS
Two days to go: TNW’s Amsterdam gathering on what it takes to win in AI-native SaaS

If you have been meaning to register for the TNW, Oneflow & Flexas Gathering Amsterdam and have not got round to it, this is the moment. The event takes place on Wednesday 3 June at De Weesper on Weesperstraat, and the guest list is nearly full. Ti…

Revolut, Mistral and Wayve founders back Balderton’s ‘Built in Europe’ push
Revolut, Mistral and Wayve founders back Balderton’s ‘Built in Europe’ push

European tech has a confidence problem that has little to do with its results. The companies are there, the exits are there, and yet the dominant story has long been one of catching up to Silicon Valley. Balderton Capital wants to change the register. …

SoftBank is investing €75 billion to build 5 gigawatts of AI data centres in France. It’s Son’s biggest European bet.
SoftBank is investing €75 billion to build 5 gigawatts of AI data centres in France. It’s Son’s biggest European bet.

SoftBank plans to invest as much as €75 billion ($87 billion) to build 5 gigawatts of AI data centre capacity in France. It is the Japanese conglomerate’s biggest AI infrastructure commitment in Europe. CEO Masayoshi Son and President Emmanuel Macron a…

Ferrari’s CEO says the Luce deserves “respect.” Its former chairman says it deserves a different logo.
Ferrari’s CEO says the Luce deserves “respect.” Its former chairman says it deserves a different logo.

Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna used a round table in Modena on Thursday to defend the €550,000 ($640,000) price tag for the Luce, the company’s first fully electric vehicle. The car was unveiled on Monday. By Tuesday, Ferrari’s Milan-listed stock had fall…

A Danish pension fund has blacklisted SpaceX, calling it grossly overvalued with catastrophic governance
A Danish pension fund has blacklisted SpaceX, calling it grossly overvalued with catastrophic governance

Denmark’s AkademikerPension, which manages roughly $25 billion for academic professionals, has said it will not participate in SpaceX’s initial public offering or buy shares in any secondary-market transaction, according to Bloomberg. Chief investment …

Bank of Italy says it is talking to the world’s big AI firms
Bank of Italy says it is talking to the world’s big AI firms

Governor Fabio Panetta used the central bank’s annual assembly to pitch AI as a fix for Italy’s chronic productivity problem, and to say the bank is already engaging the firms building it. Central bankers do not usually go out of their way to say which…

Norway’s $2.3tn fund backs a human-rights review at Palantir
Norway’s $2.3tn fund backs a human-rights review at Palantir

The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund does not often pick a fight with a company it owns. When it does, the size of the holder makes the gesture hard to ignore. Norges Bank Investment Management, which runs Norway’s $2.3 trillion oil fund, will vot…