Lululemon backs nylon-recycling startup Syntetica in $30M Series A TechCrunch By: Anna Heim 16 July 2026 at 00:00 Syntetica, a French startup that has developed a novel approach to recycling nylon, has already obtained big-name partners and investors.
Backed by $60M in funding, Oak steps out of stealth to fix the identity mess that AI agents are making worse TechCrunch By: Anna Heim 15 July 2026 at 07:00 Co-founded by serial entrepreneur Shai Morag, Israeli identity management startup Oak is emerging out of stealth with $60 million in seed funding.ย
With EU backing, QuantumDiamonds aims to speed up chip manufacturing TechCrunch By: Anna Heim 8 July 2026 at 16:29 Like its U.S. counterpart, the European Chips Act aims to foster the semiconductor industry โ in part thanks to state subsidies. One of the beneficiaries is QuantumDiamonds, a German startup that applies a novel approach to inspecting chips.
Hot French startup ZML releases free product to speed inference across lots of AI chips TechCrunch By: Anna Heim 8 July 2026 at 04:00 ZML, a hot French AI startup endorsed by Turing Award winner Yann LeCun, has now released ZML/LLMD, software that could make running AI less costly.