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Steve Young urges caution to avert an AI disaster of 'DotCom bust' proportions
Cambridge technology guru Steve Young has issued a heartfelt warning to AI giants not to overplay their hand and risk repeating the disastrous DotCom crash.
AstraZeneca to create around 3,600 Charlottesville jobs with enhanced $4.5bn investment
AstraZeneca's tariff-trampling investment spree in the United States has kicked off in spectacular fashion for the Cambridge headquartered life science company and an under-siege American economy. The company is investing $4.5 billion in a new manufacturing facility in Virginia which is expected to create around 3,600 jobs.
Approaching Halloween but cut-price sale is no trick for Treatt
Directors of Suffolk-based natural extracts specialist Treatt Plc have agreed a £173.8 million sale to fellow UK company Natara Global after macro headwinds knocked the stuffing out of global markets.
Ignota Labs bids to revive Kronos' failed clinical assets
Cambridge-based AI drug turnaround company Ignota Labs has made an audacious bid to revive failed assets from US company Kronos which was once valued at 3.5 billion dollars.
Owlstone Medical chief's heartbreak leads to new hope in US-driven cancer programme
Cambridge-based breath biopsy trailblazer Owlstone Medical is partnering three influential US organisations in a multimillion dollar campaign to detect and eliminate cancer before the disease takes hold.
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Cyclana Bio raises £5m to boost women's health
Cyclana Bio, a Cambridge biotech pioneering tissue-level approaches to women’s health, has closed a £5 million pre-seed funding round, co-led by NfX and Eka VC, and including Cocoa VC, Wilbe, and angel investors.
Bicester Motion plans to convert historic hangar to office and events space
Bicester Motion, a 444-acre future mobility estate in Oxfordshire, has unveiled plans to conserve and revitalise Hangar 113 - a Type C RAF hangar from the interwar period. Designs have been submitted to Cherwell District Council that will secure the future of the Grade II listed structure for generations to come.
Cambridge-US alliance boosts single cell research
A transatlantic alliance between SPT Labtech in the Cambridge Cluster and Nasdaq-quoted California company 10x Genomics promises major progress in single cell research.
Cambridge life sciences fundraisings pass $700m as Q3 maintains strong momentum
Cambridge-based life sciences companies raised $173.9 million across four equity transactions over $1 million in Q3 2025, according to data compiled from Beauhurst and other public sources.
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Cyclana Bio raises £5m to boost women's health
Cyclana Bio, a Cambridge biotech pioneering tissue-level approaches to women’s health, has closed a £5 million pre-seed funding round, co-led by NfX and Eka VC, and including Cocoa VC, Wilbe, and angel investors.
Cambridge life sciences fundraisings pass $700m as Q3 maintains strong momentum
Cambridge-based life sciences companies raised $173.9 million across four equity transactions over $1 million in Q3 2025, according to data compiled from Beauhurst and other public sources.
Mission Therapeutics raises $13.3m for Parkinson’s trials
Mission Therapeutics in Cambridge has raised $13.3 million to progress clinical development of its lead candidate MTX325 through a Phase Ib proof-of-mechanism study in patients with Parkinson’s disease.
UK university spinouts win record investment, Parkwalk and Beauhurst reveal
Investment in UK spinouts reached unprecedented levels in 2024, with a record £3.35 billion raised – up 44.3 per cent on the previous year. The boom is highlighted in a new report published today by Parkwalk Advisors, the UK’s most active investor in university spinouts, and analytics firm Beauhurst. It shows that equity investment in spinouts has significantly recovered from the dip seen in 2023.
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Arm and Meta power next era of AI for billions worldwide
Cambridge headquartered superchip architect Arm has joined forces with Californian US giant Meta to enable richer, more accessible AI experiences for billions of people worldwide across the entire ambit of compute.
Cognidox launches aggressive growth strategy after acquisition by US company
Cambridge tech company Cognidox has launched ambitious expansion plans after being snapped up for an undisclosed sum by US business Recur Software. The strategy includes hiring fresh tech stars from its local base.
Cambridge-US alliance boosts single cell research
A transatlantic alliance between SPT Labtech in the Cambridge Cluster and Nasdaq-quoted California company 10x Genomics promises major progress in single cell research.
Marshall and Dowty to make Hercules even stronger!
Cambridge's Marshall Aerospace and Dowty, a GE Aerospace company, have concluded a new agreement aiming to provide more effective and streamlined support for global operators of the Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules.
Levidian bridges the Gulf with historic graphene order
Cambridge-based advanced materials and climate tech company Levidian has revealed its first order for a tonne of graphene in the Middle East. It will be supplied through its strategic partner Kanoo Energy, part of Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo Group, to a large-scale industrial client.
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