Defense Tech Funding Hits $40.8B: Stark + Reflection AI

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Tuesday 6 October 2026


Defense startups attract a record forty billion dollars as AI and drones rewrite modern warfare

Singapore's DayOne Data Centers files for a Nasdaq IPO to fund global AI infrastructure build-out

OpenAI starts testing visual ads inside ChatGPT image generation, opening a new revenue chapter

Nvidia-backed Reflection AI readies an open-weight model to challenge Chinese rivals DeepSeek and Qwen

Vectorpea brings a full free vector illustration studio right into your browser, no install needed

Chronotrains maps how far you can travel across Europe by train in just a few hours