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Anthropic is in early talks to raise at least $30bn at a pre-money valuation above $900bn, weeks after similar discussions surfaced.

The CJEU has ruled that Italy's AGCOM may require Meta to compensate publishers for news snippets, handing European publishers a major procedural win.

Europe's external cloud dependency exposes more than its AI sovereignty. It also affects its data sovereignty and creates political exposure.

TikTok asked the Court of Justice on Tuesday to strike down its DMA gatekeeper designation, the first such challenge to reach the EU's top court.

Milan- and Chicago-based Webidoo raised $25m from Azimut Libera Impresa to scale agentic AI for SMBs and fund US acquisitions.

Tomoro, the Edinburgh-based AI firm created in alliance with OpenAI, becomes the founding acquisition of a $14 billion subsidiary embedding engineers inside enterprises. Accenture fell 3%.

SAP embedded n8n inside Joule Studio to connect its 200 AI agents to non-SAP systems. The Berlin-based workflow automation startup is now Germany's most valuable AI company.

JPMorgan filed for its second tokenized money market fund on Ethereum, joining BlackRock in a race to build blockchain-native finance under the Genius Act framework.

Google killed ChromeOS and launched Googlebook, a premium Android laptop where Gemini is the interface. Magic Pointer turns the cursor into an AI agent. Devices ship this autumn.

SAP launched the Autonomous Enterprise at Sapphire 2026, embedding 200+ AI agents across finance, supply chain, and HR while partnering with Anthropic. Its stock is down 41%.