Weekly News Drop – 24 July 2026

Welcome to our weekly news segment available on both our audio feed and a video version on our YouTube channel.The big news this week is from Cusp AI who announced a $450 million Series B fundraise which values the company at $2.6 billion. The raise has been led by Kleiner Perkins and New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with significant participation from Jeff Bezos’ Bezos Expeditions. Listen back to episode 191 to learn all about Cusp AI.Cambridge companies Quantinuum and Riverlane have joined forces with Rolls-Royce and EPCC (which is the UK National Supercomputing Centre based at The University of Edinburgh), to explore the quantum computing capabilities required in future industrial workflows, such as gas turbine design.If you’re in Manchester or Cambridge - ideally both - The Cambridge x Manchester Partnership is building a showcase of startups and scaleups, and will be selecting six for inclusion at their presence at Cambridge Tech Week. You can find out more via the links on The Cambridge x Manchester Partnership LinkedIn page.Tune in on Tuesday when we’ll be talking to Dr Eleanor Drage, about her thought provoking new book - What If We Got AI Right?Produced by Cambridge TV#CamTechWeek Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.