Daily News — May 5, 2026
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Smartness closes a €47M Series B to scale its AI hospitality platform across Europe, QuantWare raises $178M to manufacture industrial-grade quantum processors, Moritz secures $9M to build an AI-native law firm. Three signals on vertical AI, quantum hardware, and professional services reimagined by AI.
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Startups mentioned
Smartness
Italian startup from Trentino that built an end-to-end AI platform for hotels, B&Bs, apartments, and vacation rentals. Closed a €47M Series B led by United Ventures and CDP Venture Capital for European expansion, with total raised exceeding €60M.
QuantWare
Dutch startup from Delft manufacturing modular quantum processors based on VIO open architecture. Raised $178M (€152M) in a Series B to build KiloFab, the world's first industrial-scale fab for quantum processor production — the largest private round ever for a dedicated quantum processor company.
Moritz
Norwegian startup backed by Y Combinator building a new law firm model: rather than selling tools to traditional law firms, it operates directly as an AI-enabled law firm combining AI and expert lawyers. Has already supported over 100 companies on contracts totaling more than $2B in aggregate value. Raised $9M pre-seed from YC, 20VC, and Urban Innovation Fund.