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How a scalable intelligence layer turns enterprise data into production A
Enterprises are discovering that a scalable intelligence layer built on knowledge graphs delivers the institutional context that turns generic AI models into reliable production systems. As companies push AI from pilots into production, a new software layer is emerging to link structured, unstructured and connected data into the neural pathways of a business. Startups are [...] The post How a scalable intelligence layer turns enterprise data into production A appeared first on SiliconANGLE.
The Sweet Science: Why The AI Era Belongs To Middleweights
The biggest long-term gains from AI will not flow to heavyweight incumbents or many AI-native startups but to scrappy middle-market technology companies, the middleweights, argues Brad Bernstein, managing partner at FTV Capital. In this guest column he shares the five traits the best middleweight technology companies share.
Schneider Electric's VC Arm: The AI Buildout Is Creating A New Industrial Investment Cycle
Crunchbase News recently spoke with SE Ventures managing partner Amit Chaturvedy about how the company is backing startups building the technologies that underpin the AI economy - everything from data center infrastructure and grid resilience to robotics and industrial AI.
Dell Technologies Capital: How To Build A Deep-Tech Startup For A Market That Isn't Ready Yet And Why AI Won't Kill SaaS
In this interview with Crunchbase News, Daniel Docter, managing director at Dell Technologies Capital, discusses how AI is reshaping SaaS and why he doesn't believe the business model is headed for extinction, why he thinks distribution may ultimately separate the winners from the losers among AI startups, and more.
Scaling startups create Europe's most successful founders, Antler finds
Research published today by global early-stage VC firm Antler reveals that the single most important decision a founder can make is which company they work at before building their own, and specifical...
Learn the airline innovation model that actually scales startups
Corporate accelerators have become commonplace, but relatively few consistently turn startup pilots into long-term commercial partnerships. Aviation presents an even tougher test, where safety, regul...
The hackathon that became Europe's defence startup ecosystem
Here in Europe, a new generation of defence startups is emerging far outside the traditional military-industrial complex. Across weekend hackathons, engineers, software developers, drone builders, res...
I Sold My AI Startup Before Revenue: Here's What Investors Missed - And Founders Shouldn't
The greatest long-term value in AI will come from companies solving deep technical challenges at the model and infrastructure level rather than application-layer products built on existing AI platforms, writes angel investor Alexander Kardos-Nyheim. In this guest commentary he shares processes and questions he uses to determine the investability of an AI startup.
Scaling for sovereignty: How EU policy is reshaping Europe's deeptech playbook
Tech.eu reports that Europe's deeptech startups are being asked to do more than build successful businesses as EU policy focuses on strategic autonomy, supply-chain security, and the green transition. Backed by initiatives such as the European Innovation Council, a new generation of companies is emerging at the intersection of innovation and geopolitics. The article profiles examples including CorPower Ocean, EnduroSat, Kraftblock, and Modvion across wave energy, satellites, thermal storage, and wind turbine towers.
Diana Hu Is YC's Newest Managing Partner
Y Combinator has promoted Diana Hu to Managing Partner, one of the most senior roles at the startup accelerator. Hu spent four years as a group partner focused on AI, robotics, and hard tech, advising nearly 230 startups now worth a combined $7 billion. She reached the role as an engineer first, after co-founding an augmented reality company that Niantic acquired in 2018.
How Bigger ACVs Are Bringing Direct Sales Back To Vertical AI
In a guest essay, Defy general partner Medha Agarwal argues that larger deal sizes are bringing direct sales back to vertical AI startups. Because vertical AI products replace labor rather than software, their annual contract values have jumped to 6- and 7-figure deals, paid partly out of headcount budgets rather than only software budgets. That economics shift makes high-touch direct sales viable further down market, and Agarwal highlights two channels driving distribution: private equity networks and industry conferences.
How the UK Is Turning Sovereign AI Ambition Into Action With NVIDIA Technologies
A year after the UK declared at London Tech Week that it would be an AI maker, not an AI taker, NVIDIA and its partners showcased progress in sovereign AI across the nation's infrastructure, startups, and enterprises. UK technology leaders are building on sovereign deployments spanning healthcare, life sciences, coding, agentic AI, and inference. The article highlights new cloud capacity, the Isambard-AI supercomputer, and Sovereign AI Fund recipients.
Announcing the newest cohort of the Google for Startups Accelerator: Middle East, North Africa & Turkey
Google announced the newest cohort of its Google for Startups Accelerator for the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkiye (MENA-T). The 15 selected AI-first companies begin a three-month program on June 1. The cohort follows a sixth group that concluded in November 2025, in which 14 startups from 8 countries received more than 230 hours of mentorship. The 2026 program adds resources to help founders navigate geopolitical uncertainty in the region.
CME Group and Silicon Data to launch AI compute futures market
CME Group and Silicon Data plan to launch a compute futures market that lets investors bet on and hedge the price of renting cloud-based computing power for AI workloads. Silicon Data, a startup that provides market intelligence for AI compute infrastructure, will supply the price indexes, including a benchmark for graphics processing units. The launch arrives as GPU demand surges and memory chip prices climb.