Innovation
AI, deep tech and the new ideas reshaping how European companies compete.
Contentsquare rebuilds its platform to track AI agents, not just humans
The Paris-founded unicorn has redesigned its experience analytics tool to monitor chatbots and AI agents alongside human visitors, as it bets that brands will soon need to optimise for both.
Qonto turns its SME transaction data into a free monthly barometer
Qonto has launched Qonto Insights, a free monthly data platform built from anonymised transaction activity across its 750,000 SME customers in four markets, covering cash buffers, late payments, AI spend and cross-border trade.
Einride to build its next autonomous truck system on Nvidia's Hyperion platform
The Stockholm freight company will adapt Nvidia's DRIVE Hyperion compute and safety architecture for heavy-duty trucks as it targets 1,500 to 2,000 vehicles by 2028.
Zopa rolls out AI agent that can move money, not just chat about it
Zopa's new Ask tool lets Biscuit customers pay bills, split receipts and set savings goals through plain language, as the profitable UK digital bank bets AI can do more than answer questions.
Checkout.com starts direct card acquiring in the US via its own Georgia charter
The London-founded payments firm has switched on its Merchant Acquirer Limited Purpose Bank charter, letting it connect to US card networks without relying solely on sponsor banks.
Framer 3.0 puts AI agents on the design canvas, adds branching and a creator market
Amsterdam's Framer rolled out its biggest release yet, with AI agents that build inside the canvas, git-style branching for live sites, and a merged community marketplace.
Celonis buys MIT spin-out Ikigai Labs to give its AI agents a memory of how work happens
The Munich-born process mining giant is acquiring the Boston decision-intelligence startup and turning MIT into a shareholder, as it bets a new context model will let AI agents actually run business operations, not just describe them.
Monzo picks Spain as its second EU market, with 50 staff in Madrid and Barcelona and an ex-N26 country head
Three weeks after going live in Ireland, Monzo is preparing a Spanish launch. It has more than 50 people across two offices and has hired Francisco Sierra, formerly of N26 and Western Union, to run the country.
Pleo rolls out five AI agents to automate finance admin, beta in July
The Copenhagen fintech is launching Policy, AP, Treasury and Accounting agents plus an MCP server, betting automation can restore growth after a valuation markdown and job cuts.