Polish startup Silkland launched its Ultra96 HDMI cable, offering twice the bandwidth of standard Ultra High Speed HDMI cables and enabling uncompressed 4K at 240 Hz, and has opened pre‑orders for the product.
Żabka expands its printing service by installing Zeccer printing kiosks in almost 1,400 stores, allowing customers to print labels, documents and other items instantly without traveling to a specialist point.
European venture capital fund Brighteye Ventures announced the first close of Fund III, securing $72 million to back startups developing solutions for education and the job market.
Polish pipe maker Radpol Pipes was fully acquired by French industrial group Elydan after the THC fund sold its entire stake, marking an exit for the fund and a cross‑border acquisition within the European heating‑infrastructure sector.
Hard2beat raised its fund size to 110.3 million PLN, becoming the largest fund within the PFR Starter programme, with PFR Ventures increasing its stake and additional contributions from private investors and the management team.
Polish startup GPN-Star has unveiled a powerful AI‑driven platform that works like a “genetic ChatGPT” to pinpoint DNA variants influencing organism traits and disease susceptibility. Independent testing by UC Berkeley showed the tool beats existing genomic approaches and can be trained with far lower resource demands than the largest genome‑focused models.
Polish companies Exatel, Energa Operator, Creotech Instruments and Phoenix Systems formed the Polish SatCom Alliance to develop an independent satellite communications infrastructure for Poland.
Polish headphone maker ENDORFY, known for competing with foreign brands, is expanding its product range by introducing wireless headphones aimed at gamers.
The innovation ecosystem in Poland is developing dynamically, not only in major metropolises. The ARIS accelerator has been launched, with the startup Podbeskidzie and the Silesian voivodeship backing local innovations.
ElevenLabs, a Polish‑founded AI voice‑generation startup, secured a $500 million Series D financing led by Sequoia Capital, pushing its valuation to $11 billion. The funding round also saw Poland become an equity investor. The company’s growth is highlighted as a showcase of Central and Eastern Europe’s tech potential.