What every U.K. AI startup wants to know these days is, how can I get office space in King’s Cross? The area is so hot that a VC firm allegedly recently won a deal by promising a founder office space in the neighborhood. “We stop at nothing to win deals [for] and to support”
It’s so hard for big businesses to get AI tools working reliably that whole new organizations of forward-deployed engineers or FDEs— specialists who drop into a company to get its AI systems up and running — are springing up to help them. “AI, paradoxically, increases the demand for professional services,” says Efrat Rapoport, a former
Six twentysomethings in East London have built what they say is the anti-San Francisco hacker house. The goal is a “holistic improvement in life,” rather than “12 weeks, Demo Day is coming,” Rowan Aldean, 26, explained. Intrigued, I spent an afternoon visiting the house, meeting its residents, and doing a vibe check. I arrived after
The European response to TBPN is here and ready to go live five days a week, starting June 27. Luke Knight and Ronan Chambers first launched the London-based European Technology Network (ETN) last October, analyzing tech trends and news during a livestream two days a week. The show is currently streaming live on X and
Elon Musk’s tunneling startup The Boring Company is in talks to raise a $4 billion funding round at a $20 billion valuation, according to The Wall Street Journal. The deal has not been finalized and the terms could change, says the WSJ. At $20 billion, the valuation would be a significant increase over The Boring
Dora Palfi comes from a family of teachers. So naturally, “it was instilled in me that education is something that can completely alter the trajectory of your life,” he told TechCrunch. In 2018, she and Beatrice Ionascu launched Imagi, a company that helps provide K-12 students and teachers with the tools to teach and develop
