This week on the podcast, we kick off with Britishvolt, because the British gigafactory startup filed for administration. Though individuals may see this coming, its demise is a giant blow to Britain’s hopes to shore up an electrical automobile provide chain.
Additionally, in a dramatic flip, founder and CEO of used automotive market Cazoo, Alex Chesterman, introduced he’ll be stepping down as CEO from April. It’s the newest in a string of massive modifications for the startup — and since itemizing on the New York Inventory Trade (NYSE) in August 2021, Cazoo’s share worth has dropped 97%.
In additional optimistic information, British spinout EnsiliTech simply raised a $1.2m pre-seed spherical to proceed creating a approach of storing vaccines and different natural supplies like antibodies — which often have to be stored in sub-zero situations — at room temperature. Proper now, round half of vaccines are wasted, costing the pharmaceutical trade $35bn a yr.
One other elevate got here from Switzerland’s ClearSpace, which is engaged on know-how for area particles removing (ie. clearing up Elon Musk’s mess). It’s simply raised a €26.7m Collection A to speed up the launch of the world’s first-ever area mission to take away a shifting, non-cooperative object from orbit.
For our first interview, we discuss to Tim Smith, one among Sifted’s senior reporters, who has been chatting to Emad Mostaque, founding father of generative AI startup Stability AI. Its open supply picture generator Steady Diffusion is a direct competitor of DALL-E.
Lastly, we hear from our fintech reporter Amy O’Brien about some digging she’s being doing into Alameda’s European startup portfolio, one of many buying and selling arms of FTX group.
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