UK & Europe

HERE Technologies will demo AI-powered route optimisation and decision-support tools for fleets at IAA Transportation 2026 in Hannover.

The two defence-tech firms are integrating XTEND's XOS operating system into Quantum Systems' MOSAIC UXS software ecosystem to enable multi-domain autonomous missions.

Warsaw-based OY Labs says its OY1-AGI system scored 100% on the ARC-AGI-3 public benchmark, winning all 25 games at a run

Nokia has opened its live hosted 5G core evaluation environment to the full industry after a 30-company pilot launched in June.

Consumer payments were transformed in a decade while business payments were not. Apex B2B founder Bharat Sharma on why, and what modernisation should connect.

The FCA says AI is moving faster than regulation. Qlik field CTO Martin Tombs on shared accountability, the most common deployment mistakes and where to start.

Zubr Capital's Oleg Khusaenov on the EIB's 2026 investment report: European firms have adopted AI, but scale-up capital, not adoption, decides who leads.

Sidetrade's SAFE framework runs autonomous Order-to-Cash agents on owned compute, private data centres, and proprietary models, bypassing hyperscaler token costs.

TTSP HWP and MCA Architects have rebranded as Hyceon, a 270-strong group targeting hyperscalers and colocation operators across Europe.

Tracxn data shows UK data centre infrastructure equity funding surged to $5.7B total, with London-based Nscale accounting for the majority of recent rounds.

Improbable has backed its incubated venture Bolter with $10m to launch an AI-native messaging platform targeting non-technical business operators across Europe.

ASML has begun construction of a second industrial campus in the Brainport region, with phase one targeting at least 3,000 employees by 2029.

Nokia's Cognitive Operations platform unifies mission-critical comms, edge computing and operational AI for mining, public safety and defence customers.

The NASDAQ-listed drone autonomy company is buying a Ukrainian UGV maker with $86m in 2026 contracts, in a cash-and-stock deal worth up

Firefly Aerospace will fly two Alpha rockets from Sweden's Esrange Space Center from 2028, serving Swedish defence and commercial rideshare customers.

The Cambridge-based flexible-semiconductor maker has appointed Dr Paul James, a 25-year industry veteran, to lead manufacturing and operations at its North East

NetApp says its ONTAP storage platform is tested and certified to support VCF 9.1, enabling hybrid-cloud workloads and AI deployment for joint customers.

XTEND has secured a multi-year contract worth up to $15m with a European NATO member's defence ministry, with $4.5m confirmed for year

The NASDAQ-listed US manufacturer will gain its first EU production base for tungsten and molybdenum, with closing expected in Q1 2027.

DPI's second apprentice cohort joins as UK data centre demand intensifies pressure on the sector's skilled workforce pipeline.