Daily News – May 19, 2026
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Lexroom raises $50M to build verifiable legal AI for European civil law markets, bunch closes €30.1M to modernise private markets infrastructure, while Mistral AI acquires Emmi AI to strengthen its industrial AI and physical simulation capabilities.
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Startups mentioned
Lexroom
Legal-tech platform for contract management, legal document automation, and law firm operations.
bunch
Berlin startup founded in 2020 that modernises the operational infrastructure of private markets: fund management, capital calls, LP reporting and accounting on a single platform.
Emmi AI
Austrian startup founded in 2022 developing AI models for industrial physics simulation — airflow, heat transfer, material stress — acquired by Mistral AI in May 2026.
Mistral AI
French AI company developing open-source large language models and enterprise AI solutions challenging big tech incumbents.