Enterprise
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Ore Energy moves iron-air storage towards market
Ore Energy has raised $43 million to move its 100-hour iron-air battery technology towards European commercial manufacturing.
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Sweden gives FuriosaAI its European proving ground
A Stockholm data-centre project will deploy thousands of FuriosaAI accelerators as Europe searches for more efficient inference capacity.
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Volta turns Norway into an AI utility
Volta’s first European project combines Norwegian power, institutional capital, and a $10 billion AI infrastructure agreement.
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Palantir’s US boom meets European resistance
Palantir’s rapid US growth contrasts with European procurement resistance.
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Smith+Nephew moves surgical robotics into clinics
Smith+Nephew is moving new robotic systems into clinical procedures.
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OLIX raises $312m for an inference gamble
OLIX is funding a specialist architecture for cheaper AI inference.
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ArcelorMittal moves industrial AI onto Azure
ArcelorMittal is consolidating industrial data and AI on Microsoft Azure.
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Visa pushes fraud detection before payment
Visa’s BioCatch acquisition moves fraud detection further upstream.
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Rabobank’s €2bn AI bet starts with plumbing
Rabobank will spend €2bn rebuilding the systems beneath its AI plans.
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France’s AI capacity race gains a telecoms backbone
Orange’s French plan turns AI capacity into infrastructure work now.











