Daniel Ek's investments in AI dronemaker Helsing have unnerved artists. One called Spotify a "violent armageddon portal." ...

Last month it emerged that Spotify boss Daniel Ek had put more money into - and was now Chair of - AI defence tech company ...

A growing number of bands and musicians have begun to pull their music from Spotify. Most of them have done so following the ...

For Gundbert Scherf - the co-founder of Germany's Helsing, Europe's most valuable defence start-up - Russia's invasion of ...

Munich-based defense tech firm Helsing is just over 4 years old, but is already one of the highest-valued startups in Europe.

Helsing and Germany’s Ministry of Defense also declined to comment. In July, while announcing a €450 million funding round, Helsing said it was opening an outpost in Estonia.

Helsing has tapped into investor interest in the continents defense buildup, becoming one of the region’s most valuable ...

For Mann, “Van Helsing’s Dracula” is hopefully just the start. There’s a vibrant circus entertainment community in Los Angeles that‘s hungry for more performances like this, she says.

Funding in H1 2025 has already shot past the whole of 2024 — the previous record year — which saw defence startups raise ...