Tag: access

  • Homaio lands €3.6M to extend access to energy transition assets

    Paris-based Homaio has raised €3.6 million in a funding round led by RAISE Ventures, with participation from Groupe Eren, business angels, and existing investors XAnge and Redstone, bringing its total funding to over €5 million. Founded in 2023, Homaio is an investment platform that provides retail investors with access to emissions allowance markets, which have read more

    Homaio lands €3.6M to extend access to energy transition assets
  • Ukraine launches world-first programme giving startups access to real war data for AI training

    Ukraine is opening partner access to train AI models using real battlefield data — the first initiative of its kind in the world. According to Mykhailo Fedorov, the Minister of Defence of Ukraine, the government has approved a resolution launching a new framework for cooperation between the state, Ukrainian companies, and international partners. For startups, read more

    Ukraine launches world-first programme giving startups access to real war data for AI training
  • SheBuilds goes global as Lovable offers free AI app-building access on International Women’s Day

    On 8th March (International Women’s Day), Lovable is making its platform completely free globally for 24 hours to celebrate SheBuilds, Lovable’s program spotlighting women building software across the world. SheBuilds shows what’s possible when building software is accessible to anyone with an idea. This year, it is becoming a global build day that anyone can read more

    SheBuilds goes global as Lovable offers free AI app-building access on International Women’s Day
  • A Belgian Museum Holds Colonial-Era Records About the Congo—A Minerals Company Wants Access

    A museum devoted to Belgium’s colonial history in Africa has found itself involved in a dispute over access to documents pertaining to rich mineral deposits in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly colonized by the European country. The Congolese government and KoBold Metals, a mining and artificial intelligence company backed by billionaires read more

    A Belgian Museum Holds Colonial-Era Records About the Congo—A Minerals Company Wants Access
  • Lifeaz raises €13M to further its efforts to improve access to life-saving interventions

    Lifeaz, a France-based company focused on improving access to defibrillators for individuals and businesses, has closed a €13 million funding round. The round includes continued participation from existing investor Mutuelles Impact, initiated by La Mutualité Française and managed by XAnge in partnership with Impactivist, as well as new investments from BNP Paribas, GO CAPITAL, and read more

    Lifeaz raises €13M to further its efforts to improve access to life-saving interventions
  • UK Announces £1.5 B. Arts Funding Package to Expand Access Beyond London

    London museums are being urged to extend their reach across the country, as culture secretary Lisa Nandy announced a landmark £1.5 billion funding package for the arts on Wednesday. National institutions, including the British Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, will receive £600 million, but Nandy emphasized that the investment comes with a responsibility to read more

    UK Announces £1.5 B. Arts Funding Package to Expand Access Beyond London
  • Corma raises €3.5M to advance software license and access governance

    Paris-based Corma, a SaaS management solution that helps IT teams better control software usage and sprawl, has raised €3.5 million in seed funding. The round was led by XTX Ventures, with follow-on investments from Tuesday Capital, Kima Ventures, 50 Partners, and Olympe Capital. It also includes participation from business angels such as Thomas Wolf (co-founder read more

    Corma raises €3.5M to advance software license and access governance
  • Windows 11 to add an AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders, warns of security risk

    Microsoft is moving forward with its plans to turn Windows 11 into a full-fledged “AI” operating system amidst Copilot backlash. The first big move in that direction is an experimental feature called “Agent Workspace,” which gives AI agents access to the most-used folders in your directory, such as Desktop, Music, Pictures, and Videos. It will read more

    Windows 11 to add an AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders, warns of security risk