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20. January 2026 / 20. January 2026 by Flora of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
Ukraine has postponed further orders of Helsing’s HX‑2 strike drones after frontline trials revealed performance gaps.
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6. January 2026 / 6. January 2026 by Flora of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
In a recent interview, Black Forest Labs co‑founder Robin Rombach declared, “We are now the largest competitor to Google in AI images.”
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9. December 2025 / 15. December 2025 by Flora of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
Black Forest Labs, a Freiburg‑based AI start‑up, closed a $300 million financing round. The round values the company at roughly $4 billion, making it Germany’s most valuable AI firm. Funding is led by Salesforce Ventures and AMP, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst and other top investors.
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23. October 2025 / 1. December 2025 by Flora of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has established the Munich Advanced Technology Center for High-Tech Chips (MACHT-AI) with funding from the Bavarian state government.
21. October 2025 / 27. October 2025 by Flora of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
A Paderborn start-up, One Ware, promises AI models in seconds instead of months, requiring only a few small chips instead of entire data centers.
17. October 2025 / 1. December 2025 by Flora of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
Central and Eastern Europe remain underserved by data centres despite favourable conditions.
15. October 2025 / 14. October 2025 by Flora of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
Switzerland is launching its first large language model, Apertus, built on public infrastructure. The model is fully open, multilingual, and trained on the Alps supercomputer.
13. October 2025 / 1. December 2025 by Flora of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
Aleph Alpha, a German AI startup, has shifted its focus from large language models (LLMs) to an AI operating system and consulting services.
12. October 2025 / 11. October 2025 by Flora of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
ASML, the Dutch chip-gear maker, has made a significant investment of $1.5 billion in French artificial intelligence firm Mistral AI.
11. October 2025 / 11. October 2025 by Flora of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
Berlin-based AI startup n8n has become the latest European tech unicorn, with a valuation of $2.3 billion. The company's platform is designed to help businesses automate workflows using AI.
30. May 2025 / 22. December 2025 by Flora of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
A high-profile consortium with Telekom, SAP, Schwarz Group, Ionos, and Siemens plans to spend billions of euros on AI-Gigafactories in the EU.
18. April 2025 / 2. December 2025 by Georg Kalus | Leave a Comment
Teuken is a new European AI model trained on 24 official EU languages, removing language bias.
