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CEE Startup & Tech Weekly: Major Exit for Bulgaria
The Recursive's weekly roundup aims to cover key tech developments across Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the growing impact of CEE-born founders on the global stage. Take a look at the latest news in funding, startup milestones, and emerging trend
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AI Everything Abu Dhabi: From AI Enterprises Worth $10 Trillion to the World's First AI-Native Government
Register for AI Everything Abu Dhabi The Recursive is a media partner and will be present on the ground at the event.On 6 and 7 October 2026, more than 350 AI enterprises will fill the ADNEC Centre in Abu Dhabi, carrying a combined market capitalisation o
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Lithuania's Guideless Raises €1M to Cut Software Training Time by Up to 10x
Founder(s): Evaldas Bieliūnas (CEO & Co-founder), Dovydas Remeika (Co-founder) Founding year: 2025 Industry: Enterprise software / SaaS - AI-powered software training, knowledge management & workflow automation Problem: Companies waste huge amounts of tim
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Can EU Inc. Survive Europe's Political Divisions?
A landmark proposal to create a single European company form is caught between its promise of radical simplicity for startups and a parliamentary push for safeguards that critics fear could dilute its very purpose.
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Oakley Capital Acquires a Majority Stake in Graphwise
The AI data platform serves more than 200 international blue-chip clients, while its new majority owner plans to accelerate its global expansion.
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18 Organizations Connecting the CEE and GCC Tech Ecosystems
In late July 2026, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan made a working visit to Belgrade, where one of his stops was the EXPO 2027 Playground, the multimedia centre for the world exposition Serbia hosts next year. It is the same exposition arou
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Lithuanian Litilit Secures €8M Loan to Scale Femtosecond Laser Technology
Founder(s): Nikolajus Gavrilinas (co-founder and CEO) and Kęstutis Regelskis (co-founder and CSO) Founding year: 2015 Industry: Deep tech / photonics Problem: Femtosecond lasers can deliver extremely precise material processing, but traditional systems ha
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CEE Is Building Quantum Hardware. Q2B Copenhagen Is Where It Gets a Seat at the Table
Central and Eastern Europe doesn't usually get mentioned in the same breath as the quantum computing race. Germany, France, and the usual western hubs dominate that conversation. But the hardware tells a different story. In October, IBM will physically in
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Bulgarian DiscreteStack Secures Seed Funding for European AI Infrastructure
Bulgarian AI infrastructure startup DiscreteStack has secured €800K to expand into finance, insurance and the public sector.
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Bulgarian Founder Vince Gaydarzhiev Raises $10M for AI Vehicle Inspection Startup
Sheryl Sandberg is backing Bulgarian entrepreneur Vince Gaydarzhiev's second venture, Self Inspection, as the AI startup looks to expand its vehicle inspection platform into Europe.
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