Finland and Estonia call for EU-level arrangements to respond to serious AI incidents ahead of a European Council meeting on artificial intelligence. The two countries argue Europe must balance frontier AI competitiveness with responsible governance, including independent model evaluation capacity. (POLITICO) EU needs a system to respond to AI
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Finnish EPP lawmaker Aura Salla warned at the European Pulse Seminar that Europe’s reliance on US technology, such as the Starlink service cutoff in Ukraine, risks battlefield losses. She argued for European development of frontier AI models to secure strategic autonomy and influence in AI governance. (POLITICO) ‘Stop using
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Finnish SpaceTech firm ICEYE, Nokia and Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence signed a Letter of Intent to develop secure, sovereign satellite communications infrastructure for Ukraine. The initiative aims to enhance Ukraine’s defence capabilities by enabling independent control over communications systems. The agreement builds on an earlier ICEYE-Nokia partnership
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Estonian cybersecurity firm CybExer Technologies will lead a ten-company European consortium developing cybersecurity tests for satellite communications under a contract with the European Space Agency. The project, part of ESA’s Low-LEO activities linked to the EU’s IRIS² secure network, assesses vulnerabilities in the full satellite communications
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Helsinki-based AI infrastructure company Verda raised €164.8 million in a Series B round led by Emergence Capital, becoming Europe’s latest unicorn. The funding will scale its full-stack AI cloud, including compute capacity and platform services, with data centres in Finland powered by 100% renewable energy. (EU-
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Twenty-two nations adopted a UN declaration on Monday urging AI to remain under human control and proposing a global supervisory regime. The initiative, led by Finland and Norway, calls for mandatory pre-deployment testing and independent evaluation of frontier AI models. Germany is among the signatories, while France, Italy
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The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking awards a contract to Bull for deploying an AI-optimised supercomputer in Kajaani, Finland. The system will power the LUMI AI Factory, advancing Europe’s digital sovereignty in high-performance computing. (EUROHPC JU) EuroHPC JU Signs Contract to Deploy the LUMI-AI SupercomputerThe EuroHPC Joint Undertaking
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Eight NATO allies launch the HALO satellite constellation initiative to integrate nationally owned military satellites into a networked system. The project, announced at the NATO summit in Ankara, aims to enhance military resilience, communications and missile tracking. Denmark, Canada, Finland, Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and Turkey are involved. (DEFENSE
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The Scaleup Europe Fund, backed by the European Commission and managed by EQT, co-led ICEYE’s €1 billion Series F funding round. The Finnish SpaceTech company, specialising in sovereign radar satellite intelligence, will use the funds to expand its dual-use capabilities across Europe and beyond. The investment marks
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Helsinki-based Aiforia, a deep learning AI company for pathology, secured €20 million in venture debt from the European Investment Bank. The financing, supported under the Commission’s InvestEU programme, will accelerate product development and commercial expansion for AI-powered cancer diagnostics. Aiforia states its CE-IVD marked solutions are
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The European Commission opens bidding for seven AI data centres, four smaller and three larger, with public funding capped at €2 billion per project. Consortia must secure national backing from Germany, Greece, Portugal, Italy or Spain for larger hubs, or Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France and Poland for smaller ones. The
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Though still a niche product, Jolla aims to create a European alternative to device giants
