Industries

• Anduril Industries kondigde een Series H-financieringsronde aan van 5 miljard dollar, waarmee de waardering verdubbelde naar 61 miljard dollar, slechts één jaar na de vorige miljardenfinanciering. • De financiering in deze late fase werd gezamenlijk geleid door Thrive Capital en Andreessen Horowitz, wat getuigt van het sterke vertrouwen van investeerders in het bedrijf voor defensie en autonome systemen. • De enorme stijging van de waardering weerspiegelt de groeiende vraag naar geavanceerde defensietechnologie en autonome systemen in het huidige geopolitieke klimaat.

• Het in Nederland gevestigde computer vision-startup eyeo heeft €40 miljoen aan Series A-financiering veiliggesteld onder leiding van Innovation Industries, waarmee de totale financiering op €55 miljoen komt. • De ronde omvatte bestaande investeerders imec.xpand, Invest-NL Deep Tech Fund, QBIC fund, High-Tech Gründerfonds en Brabant Development Agency. • De middelen zullen eyeo's eerste volledige interne chip-ontwerpteam ondersteunen voor nanofotonische chips die licht splitsen in plaats van filteren, waardoor 70% van het licht dat door huidige beeldsensoren wordt verworpen, wordt teruggewonnen.

French musician’s comments are in stark contrast to fears expressed by artists such as Elton John and Dua LipaJean-Michel Jarre has attacked the conservatism of the music and film industries over AI and urged them to embrace the technology instead of being fearful and “very anti-AI”.Jarre, one of the pioneers of electronic music in the 1970s, said while the existing creative industries were “freaking out” over the technology, artists would use AI “to create the cinema of tomorrow, the hip-hop of tomorrow, the techno of tomorrow, the rock’n’roll of tomorrow”. Continue reading...

From steel to screen, podcasts to defence, Sheffield’s economy is diversifying amid a wave of new investmentIt has seen its fair share of Hollywood parties – albeit with a twist. Instead of champagne and caviar it is usually Guinness and scampi fries. Red carpet? There aren’t even cushions on the seats.The tiny Sheffield pub, Fagan’s, has raised more than a few toasts in the last year as Adolescence, the Netflix hit made by two of its owners, scooped multiple awards at the Emmys and Golden Globes and became one of the world’s most-watched dramas. Continue reading...

• On March 15, 2026, the US Army awarded Anduril Industries a contract valued up to $20 billion to integrate commercial technologies into a unified, AI-driven operational system through March 2036. • The agreement centers on Anduril's Lattice platform to fuse sensors, autonomous platforms, and counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) tools for faster threat detection and streamlined military operations. • The $20 billion procurement deal represents a major shift in how the Army integrates commercial technology and aims to improve interagency interoperability amid ongoing regional conflicts.