Swiss fabless semiconductor company Kandou AI raised $225 million in H1 2026 to boost production of its AI connectivity chips and broaden its market reach.
French vocal AI startup Reecall has caught the eye of venture capital firm Founders Future and BlaBlaCar partner Francis Nappez, suggesting upcoming funding or partnership opportunities.
Spanish startup Aloja secured €1.2 million from Archipelago Next, Lanai Ventures and Decelera Ventures to speed up the development and market rollout of its artificial‑intelligence‑driven revenue‑management and dynamic‑pricing platform for tourism businesses.
Icelandic startup 50skills raised $6 million to scale its AI operating system that automates HR and people workflows, with the round co‑led by Frumtak Ventures, Swiss Post Ventures, Avant and DRD Investments. The funds will be used to grow sales, marketing and community teams and further develop its AI agents.
Swedish AI startup Klang raised 15 million SEK to launch its smart transcription service worldwide and grow its team.
Swedish music licensing platform Epidemic Sound announced the appointment of Erik Wahlberg as its new permanent CEO. The leadership change comes after a difficult year and a swift acquisition earlier in the summer, with Wahlberg tasked with driving the company’s AI strategy.
Septeo is expanding its legal‑tech offering by introducing Septeo Legal, a solution that combines its existing practice‑management software, Lexbase content and artificial‑intelligence functions to become the environment where lawyers prepare their work, shifting focus from cabinet management to legal research, analysis and drafting.
Spanish healthtech startup Tucuvi Care, which provides certified conversational AI for clinical patient follow‑up, received a €5 million investment from Axis (ICO’s VC arm) via Fond‑ICO Crecimiento. The capital will be used to boost growth and expand the company abroad.
Hungarian startup DiffuseDrive, which creates synthetic training data for physical AI systems, announced a $3.5 million seed round in 2025. The funding will help the company scale its generative AI technology for robotics and other physical AI applications across sectors such as defence, aerospace, mining and autonomous vehicles.
After a seminar with Walley, Byggmax customers can now carry out whole building projects using the company’s AI agents, which the Head of Product & Tech at Walley calls “pioneers”.