Mistral raises €3bn at a €21bn valuation in Europe’s largest tech equity round
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Ineffable Intelligence names six cofounders, Fortune reports
David Silver has named six new Ineffable Intelligence cofounders, four of them from Google DeepMind, at a company that is ten months old and has no product. Three worked on AlphaStar with him. Fortune reported the hires, which the six confirmed by quietly updating LinkedIn.
INVESTORS AND FUNDING
Stoke Space raises $1bn for a rocket that has never flown
Stoke Space has closed the first tranche of a billion-dollar Series E, co-led by Point72 Ventures and Spark Capital, taking its total to $2.3bn. It is building a fully reusable rocket, which nobody has yet flown to orbit. Its own first orbital launch is targeted for early 2027.
MARKETING AND SEO
Lenovo opens a phone line to Eva Longoria for entrepreneurs
Lenovo has opened a phone line in seven countries where entrepreneurs can leave Eva Longoria a voice note with a business question. A selection get answered live on Instagram on 16 September. It is a marketing campaign, and the problem it points at is real.
GOVERNMENT AND POLICY
Palantir gets £21m from Britain’s grid operator, no competition
Britain's publicly owned energy system operator has renewed Palantir without competition, for £21.2m. Its legal justification describes proprietary architecture, migration risk and retraining costs. All of that is lawful, and all of it is a description of how hard leaving will be.
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