Paribu, Türkiye’s leading digital asset platform, acquired the largest digital asset platform of MENA. Türkiye’s leading digital asset platform Paribu announced that it acquired CoinMENA, the largest local crypto exchange in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), for USD 240 million. The deal represents Türkiye’s largest fintech transaction to date and the […]
Sixteen startups graduated from the 13th cohort of the Workup Entrepreneurship Program Sixteen startups graduated from the 13th cohort of the Workup Entrepreneurship Program, an initiative supported by Türkiye İş Bankası and running since 2017, the bank announced. More than 75 Workup alumni have raised […]
This week’s stories are about tech, AI and sustainabilityi coming from Europe and the USA Europe’s slow AI buildout may become a strategic strength Europe’s cautious pace in deploying artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure—often viewed as a disadvantage compared with the U.S. and China—could ultimately give […]
This week’s stories are about tech, startup and AI, coming from Taiwan and the USA IRS turns to AI agents after deep staff cuts The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is rolling out artificial intelligence (AI) tools across several divisions as it struggles with a sharply […]
This week’s stories are about Apple, TSMC and sustainability research of EY 1-Apple Intelligence comes to EU in April 2025 The past week was full of Apple announcements, including new Mac mini, M4 Max and M4 Pro chips. One of those announcements was about Apple […]
This week’s stories come from the USA, covering big tech, sustainability and startup 1-Big Tech turns to nuclear to power its energy-intensive AI ambitions Tech giants are increasingly turning to nuclear power to meet the high energy demands of data centers that support the development […]
Following access ban, Roblox negotiates with the government Roblox, a video game platform, announced to open an office in Turkey in line with local laws if access is restored to the platform, accordin to the story at Reuters. Ankara blocked Roblox about concerns that some […]
Chip, GenAI and greenwashing are this week’s stories 1-TSMC plans more chip factories in Europe As you know TSMC’s first European plant in Germany is set to begin operations in 2027. In August, TSMC started building a €10 billion semiconductor factory in Dresden, Germany, with […]
Used smartphones, Cosmopolitan at ChatGPT and AI warning are this week’s top 3 stories 1-Cosmopolitan joins ChatGPT Cosmopolitan Magazine, as a brand of Hearst, joins ChatGPT. Having founded in 1887, Hearst owns several media brands, including 175 websites, and 200 global magazine editions and Cosmopolitan […]
The new board aims to expand to international markets Fuat Tosyalı has been appointed as the new chairman of Turkey’s EV manufacturer, Togg. Tosyalı, who also leads the Turkish conglomerate Tosyalı Holding. Tosyalı takes over from Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, who had held the position since 2018, […]
Domestic quantum computing shouldn’t be overlooked in the days protectionism Developing domestic quantum computing technology is crucial for Türkiye and should not be overlooked, especially as protectionist barriers rise globally, said Abdurrahman Keklik, head of Istanbul-based tech company ComPro. During Teknofest, Türkiye’s leading tech event […]
EU exported €5 billion of high-tech to Turkey, led with aerospace category The EU’s high-tech imports reached €478 billion ($527.1 billion), marking a slight 1% decrease from 2022, according to data released by Eurostat. China and the US together made up more than half of […]
This week’s stories come from Europe and the USA, two on startups one on AI 1–Atomico raised the largest fund for European startups Atomico, one of Europe’s leading VC firms, raised $1.24 billion to back startups in Europe This has been the largest its largest […]
This week’s stories come from Europe, two of them on sustainability and one on startups 1-Europe owns global 30 VC cities among 104 ones PitchBook, a financial data company, announced top global venture capital (VC) cities. The list covers 104 cities, with 30 of them […]
