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

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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.

OPINION: The EU AI Act isn’t a buzz-kill, it’s a stress test for bad AI As the EU AI Act rolls out, some critics say it will impact Europe’s competitiveness. Paul Jenkinson argues that it will instead separate the wheat from the chaff. pathfounders.com/p/opinion-t…

Exclusive: Sachin Dev Duggal returns with SeKondBrain and Kemory, in a bid to make AI memory portable pathfounders.com/p/sachin-de…

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Edgify raises a further $9m to run AI-on-the-edge inside retail stores and industrial settings pathfounders.com/p/edgify-ra…

Pathfounders Newsletter: Our Sources say Hassabis wants out pathfounders.com/p/pathfound…

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Index Ventures lands $2bn to go all in on AI pathfounders.com/p/index-ven… by @mikebutcher

Agon’s $30m raise shows just how hot Europe’s VCs are for defence these days pathfounders.com/p/agon-s-30…

EXCLUSIVE: This UK startup has invented a way to make critical minerals — but no one is listening Read: pathfounders.com/p/this-uk-s…