Adaptive AI Robots 🦾, CEOs Using ChatGPT Prompts 🤔, Europe’s Quiet Unicorn Surge 🇪🇺🦄 & more!

Weekly Frontier Brief - Week 37, 2025

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Frontier Flashpoints 🚀

• Will adaptive AI robots replace traditional automation? 🦾

  Barcelona-based startup Theker just raised Spain’s largest-ever seed round (€18M) to build AI-powered robots that learn and adapt in real time, signaling a leap for Europe’s deep tech scene. (Siobhan Parnell, Entrepreneur Europe)

• Can Google Trends Give You Tomorrow’s Headlines Today? 📈

  Spotting emerging topics before they explode offers a competitive edge—data, not guesswork, can define your next big move. (Dmytro Spilka, Entrepreneur Europe)

• Are CEOs rewriting leadership with ChatGPT? 🤔

  Microsoft’s Satya Nadella revealed his top 5 AI prompts, showing how senior execs rely on AI for prep, insights, and time management. (Gus Mallett, Tech.co)

• Is Google Gemini putting kids at risk? 🔍

  A new safety review found Gemini’s youth versions are essentially adult AIs with thin filters, raising major concerns about child mental health and teen safety. (Sarah Perez, TechCrunch)

• Is Europe Quietly Winning the Unicorn Race? 🇪🇺🦄

  Despite a slowdown in mega-rounds, 12 European startups crossed the $1B valuation mark in just the first half of 2025, signaling investor appetite across AI, biotech, defense, and energy. (Anna Heim, TechCrunch)

• Can Hypersonic Spaceplanes Replace Long-Haul Flights? 🤔

  Europe’s ESA-backed Invictus project aims to deliver a Mach 5 aircraft by 2031, promising London–NYC in just one hour and potentially redefining both air and orbital travel. (Michael Verdon, Robb Report)

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Data Deep Dives 📈

• Are AI Titans Skipping Wall Street for Good? 💰

  August’s $100M+ mega-rounds—led by OpenAI’s $8.3B raise and Databricks’ rare Series K—show that late-stage funding is increasingly replacing IPOs as the path to scale. (CB Insights)

• Are Pre-IPO Startups Becoming the New Stock Market? 📈

  PitchBook’s 2025 rankings reveal that the world’s most valuable VC-backed companies are now actively trading on secondary exchanges—blurring the line between private and public markets. (Jordan Rubio, Van Le & James Thorne, PitchBook)

• AI Continues to Dominate Global VC Funding. 🚀

  In 2025, AI-focused startups have captured significantly more venture capital than in previous years, signaling investor confidence in AI as a key driver of future innovation. (dealroom.co)

  

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