Barclays cutting 5,000 jobs has implications for startups pathfounders.com/p/barclays-…

Exclusive: UK's Scram, from Tide founder, bets on DeepSeek to make vibe-coding free pathfounders.com/p/exclusive… by @mikebutcher

New £70m debt fund targets pre-rev startups in London ignored by banks pathfounders.com/p/new-70m-d…

Comment: Nvidia is love-bombing European startups. But there’s a steely-eyed vision behind it all pathfounders.com/p/comment-n…

Analysis: Jensen’s Paris, London, Berlin tour is hoovering up useful startups... for Nvidia pathfounders.com/p/analysis-…

BREAKING: This founder decided humans could be an API... and raised $32M pathfounders.com/p/this-foun… by @mikebutcher *P.S. Look out LinkedIn! Apply today for Pathfounders Network: pathfounders.com/network pathfounders.com/p/this-foun…

BREAKING: UK to call for AI security as White House reverses ban on access to frontier AI models pathfounders.com/p/uk-to-cal…

*BREAKING: UK looks to ban non-compete clauses after lobbying from tech founders* UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced plans to effectively ban non-compete clauses in the UK, following a campaign by both startup lobbyists and AI startups to remove employment restrictions

*DIG Ventures raises $120m to back the “engine room” of AI infrastructure* The European venture firm is investing in the founders building the software AI can’t scale without By Amelia Isaacs @AmeliaKIsaacs pathfounders.com/p/dig-ventu…

Pathfounders Newsletter: All the news this week; plus, "LUSH", the new Pathfounders retreat pathfounders.com/p/pathfound…

We've been putting updates from @Pathfounders onto WhatsApp. This looks like a group, but it's not. Updates appear in your main WA feed: chat.whatsapp.com/EdzuaMRMOu… Or use the normal WA “Channel”; just set it so you get notifications. whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbB…

Is Morphotonics the next ASML? Its €40M+ B-round will scale tech for AR glasses and data centres pathfounders.com/p/is-morpho…

Guest Column: Europe’s fragmented capital problems won't be solved by wailing about Hugging Face's exit pathfounders.com/p/guest-col…

Eileen Burbidge (@eileentso) is one of the best-known figures in UK and European VC. Now she’s starting again with NFG Ventures, her new VC vehicle targeting £20m. She gave an exclusive podcast interview: pathfounders.com/p/burbidge-…

Exclusive: Mistral’s first investor says its latest funding round shows it is “uniquely positioned” and is playing a different game to Anthropic and OpenAI. Read and Watch our exclusive interview: pathfounders.com/p/exclusive…

Column: AI is killing the Pre-seed playbook: A new generation of investors is moving fast to invest well before the pre-seed round pathfounders.com/p/opinion-a… by Nolan Gray

Opinion: Stop calling Isar Aerospace Europe’s SpaceX: Isar will be Europe's 'space saviour' when it starts getting real about reusable rockets. pathfounders.com/p/opinion-s… by @mikebutcher

Germany’s Ground A raises €9.1m pre-seed to scale its low-energy counter-drone laser pathfounders.com/p/germany-s…

Wayve and Uber launch autonomous cabs in London: Pathfounders attended the Wayve AI and Uber UK launch of their autonomous ride-hailing service in London. The pair have beaten Google’s Waymo Taxis, but the rides will still have a safety driver on board initially.