Research programmes, startups, public digital infrastructure and the people building it.
The early-stage investor has secured commitments for its latest fund targeting pre-seed and seed companies across Central and Eastern Europe, with backing from founders who previously exited through its portfolio.
The Finnish Meteorological Institute has released its Aila AI weather model on an open platform, trained on Europe's LUMI supercomputer and designed to improve forecasts across Northern Europe through machine learning.
The European Commission outlined its strategy for deploying open source technologies in government administration at a September webinar, addressing challenges from vendor lock-in to procurement reform.
The telecom operator has won a contract to construct TESTA-EIRIS, a private communications backbone connecting public administrations across all EU member states.
Swedish researchers can now apply for computing time on LUMI through NAISS, with applications due in October 2026 for a 12-month allocation period beginning in January 2027.
The European Digital Identity Wallet represents far more than a regulatory checkbox—it is foundational infrastructure that can reshape how Europeans prove their identity online, but only if governments and businesses work together to make it genuinely useful.
The EU has identified its digital dependencies but focuses mainly on what to regulate rather than what to build. Experts argue that adopting a Digital Public Infrastructure approach could give Europe genuine control over its foundational digital systems.
French energy giant Schneider Electric is acquiring Bulgarian IoT maker Shelly Group for €1.2 billion, while Prague's CDN77 brings in CVC Capital Partners and Romanian fintech platform FintechOS closes a €26.5 million funding round.