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Anthropic and OpenAI may be rivals, but their presidents Daniela Amodei and Gregory Brockman have one thing in common: they are both Stripe alumni. With former employees who went on to create dozens of startups, the fintech company has become one of the most prolific “founder factories” — and the money is following. The latest…
While funding may be scarce for some, Europe’s fastest-growing startups still have their pick. The latest beneficiary of that investor appetite is Finom, a five-year-old, Amsterdam-based challenger bank that targets small and medium-size businesses across Europe. The company, which claims to have doubled its revenue in 2024, just closed a €115 million Series C equity…
Dutch payments firm Adyen now has a market cap of over $61 billion, but that didn’t stop its cofounder Arnout Schuijff from stepping down in 2021 to focus on his new startup, Tebi. Now an Amsterdam-based fintech startup with 35 employees, Tebi helps restaurants, bars and other hospitality businesses manage their operations with an all-in-one…
The drive to decarbonize our economies through electrification and clean energy continues to generate momentum around battery technologies, as storage has a key role to play in enabling the green transition. While renewables are clean sources of energy compared to burning fossil fuels, their power output isn’t always consistent. In the case of solar —…
“Rotterdam won’t dismantle bridge for Jeff Bezos’ super-yacht” The shipyard that’s building Jeff Bezos’ massive 417-foot-high super-yacht reportedly has scrapped plans to ask the Dutch city of Rotterdam to dismantle a landmark bridge to make way for the Amazon founder’s seaborne plaything. Oceanco, the company that was commissioned to build Bezos’ $500 million vessel, has…
“#Dutch reporter Sjoerd den Daas grabbed by Chinese guard during Winter Olympics opening ceremony” A Dutch reporter covering the Winter Olympics in Beijing was manhandled by a Chinese authority during a live shot outside the game’s opening ceremonies. Dutch public broadcasting correspondent Sjoerd den Daas tried to finish his report while being grabbed, pushed, and…
“#Dutch regulators find Apple abuses power through app store fees: report” Apple’s requirement that app developers for the iPhone use the tech giant’s payments system is an abuse of market power, the Netherlands’ antitrust regulator has reportedly found. The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets is seeking to force Apple to make changes to its…
“#Museums tighten security after thieves target Nazi memorabilia” Rank miscreants are descending on Dutch war museums in highly organized operations to steal Nazi memorabilia, according to a new report by the Guardian. In recent months, museums in the provinces of North Brabant and Limburg were raided for antiques linked to Adolf Hitler’s Waffen-SS and the…
“#Treating experts like cranks and other commentary” Pandemic journal: Treating Experts Like Cranks This month, three scientists published the Great Barrington Declaration, an anti-lockdown manifesto calling for a more humane response to the novel coronavirus that would isolate and protecREUTERS/Bing Guant the vulnerable while letting everyone else return to normalcy. Yet, The Spectator’s Toby Young sighs,…
“#The big questions of the work-from-home era” AMSTERDAM – As the world convulses in crisis, and tens of millions of us dig in for the long haul of working from home, one question looms large: who pays for the tea and toilet paper? The answer, according to the Dutch, is your bosses. And how much?…