AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoStartup & Defense: Lithuania’s startup scene is turning into a NATO-adjacent growth engine, with founders building drone guidance and other tools aimed at countering GPS jamming and hybrid threats from Russia and Belarus. High-Street Survival: Bristol’s Vacant Commercial Property Grant helped bring 180 empty shops back into use, but the scheme ends in November—raising pressure on local SMEs to find new funding for fit-outs. AI for Work (and Safety): Italian robotics startup Generative Bionics unveiled Gene.01 “sensing skin” for humanoids that can detect people before contact, a move aimed at reducing workplace collision risk. Cyber & Trust Risks: A study finds AI chatbots can build exploitable trust faster than humans in romance scams, with nearly half of users complying with an AI’s app request. AI Infrastructure Push (EU): The European Commission is backing up to seven “AI gigafactories” with €11.5B public funding to boost homegrown compute capacity. SME Finance/Tech: Sygnum’s model is spreading regulated crypto access via bank integrations, aiming to reduce friction for customers by keeping trading inside familiar banking apps.
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