News and analysis about European digital sovereignty from the perspective of healthcare systems and medical technology.
Flower Labs, a Cambridge University spinout, launches Endeavor 1.0, a locally deployable AI model it claims matches OpenAI and Anthropic's leading models. The startup positions the open-source-based model as a sovereign alternative for European organisations seeking to reduce reliance on US providers. Flower Labs, founded
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Greater Manchester’s health authority refuses to adopt Palantir’s federated data platform, citing public trust concerns. The UK government faces pressure to cancel a £400 million NHS contract with the US firm amid digital sovereignty debates. The decision follows national scrutiny over Palantir’s role in UK healthcare. (WIRED)
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Tübingen-based Computomics secures €6.3 million in a Series B round led by Convent Capital Agri Food Fund to scale its AI-driven climate-smart crop breeding platform. The funding will accelerate commercial deployment of tools like ×SeedScore® to help European breeders develop heat- and drought-resistant varieties amid
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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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