AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoPayments Sovereignty: Europe’s push to cut reliance on Visa and Mastercard is colliding with bank fears over a digital euro, slowing plans for a home-grown payments system and pushing banks toward a separate euro-pegged crypto consortium. Startup & Funding Pulse: EOS-X Space raised $140M, Mistral acquired Emmi AI, and Factorial bought YepCode—another busy week for AI and deeptech dealmaking. Spain Business Angle: Stoneshield Capital agreed to buy a 15% stake in Exolum from OMERS, backing the Spanish energy logistics firm’s airport fuel and storage growth. Regulation Watch: A new push in Ireland would force single-use plastics producers to pay cleanup costs, while in the US, a California gubernatorial candidate argues regulation and wildfire policy drive costs. Local Tech Spotlight: Spotify is rolling out an ElevenLabs-powered AI audiobook publishing tool for authors, starting with English beta invites.
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