London-based Zaro, which helps customers build custom AI agents, has raised a $5.1m round led by Cherry Ventures and with backing from angels including Hugging Face founder Thomas Wolf and Github founder Thomas Dohmke.
Harness-1, a 20-billion parameter open-source search agent, was unveiled by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, UC Berkeley, and Chroma. It outperforms GPT-5.4 and other open-source search agents in recalling relevant information.
Prudencia.ai aims to reach 1.5 million ARR in 11 months without raising capital
Reading FC launches AI Centre of Excellence with Stelia AI, NVIDIA and Lenovo
London-based AI startup PhysicsX has raised $300m in a funding round led by Temasek, more than doubling the company’s valuation to $2.4bn in less than a year.
Albert Heijn expands AI applications for customers and employees, including social shopping, recipe suggestions, and AI agents
Creator Fund, a UK-based pre-seed venture capital firm, has closed its first European fund at $56 million to back scientific founders in deep tech sectors
Cosine, a British AI company, has secured industry backing for its Lumen Sovereign model, Britain’s first sovereign frontier AI model.
Ubtech, a Chinese humanoid robot producer, chooses Italy as its entry point into Europe. The company plans to launch a significant pilot project in Italy, collaborating with Italian automakers, universities, healthcare institutions, and telecom operators.
Gitex, a global network of events dedicated to technology and artificial intelligence, has announced its entry into the Mediterranean region with the launch of Gitex AI Mediterranean/Italy, a new event that will take place in Rome on April 21-22, 2027.