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1 day ago | tech.eu | Tamara Djurickovic

Humanoid robots are designed to resemble humans in shape and movement, typically featuring a head, torso, arms, and legs. They’re built to operate in human environments, handling tasks from physical manipulation to social interaction. Although humanoid robotics has a long history, expectations were that from 2020 to 2025, the industry would enter a rapid growth phase (with projections of the global market to grow from $2.1 billion in 2020 to $7.9 billion by 2025).

1 day ago | tech.eu | Tamara Djurickovic

Switzerland's tech ecosystem is renowned for its innovation and substantial contributions to sectors like biotech, deep tech, and life sciences. The country has ranked first on the Global Innovation Index for 14 consecutive years, thanks to its strong research infrastructure, skilled workforce, and intellectual capital. Switzerland is quickly becoming a hub for deep tech, with significant investments in areas such as quantum computing, robotics, and biotechnology.

3 days ago | tech.eu | John Reynolds

The co-founders of General Catalyst-backed UK AI startup Portia AI first encountered each other professionally in 2021 at Stripe when Emma Burrows, Stripe’s then-UK CTO, interviewed Mounir Mouawad, for a fintech role at the payment giant. “She was tough,” says Mouawad, squashed up next to his co-founder, in a small annex to their Kings Cross, London office, on an early weekday morning. “I think you were tough in the sense that you had a lot on your mind during that interview. But you did sell me.

3 days ago | tech.eu | John Reynolds

UK BNPL startup Zilch is launching its first physical card, after striking a deal with Visa, which is replacing MasterCard as its card network. The multi-year partnership between Zilch and Visa was announced today (Tuesday) at the Money 20/20 conference in Amsterdam. It is unclear why Zilch is replacing MasterCard with Visa. Zilch says it will shift billions in annual transactions onto Visa’s global infrastructure.

4 days ago | tech.eu | John Reynolds

Monzo today (Monday) revealed that a third of its customers were using it as a primary bank, as profits surged four-fold to £60.5m in the year ending March 2025. The UK challenger bank, famed for its coral-coloured cards, said it added 2.4m customers in the year and now had more than 12m customers in total. The bank, led by CEO TS Anil, said it was now the seventh-largest bank by customer numbers. In its results, Monzo did not divulge any details of its long-rumoured IPO.