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Poland's President Karol Nawrocki vetoes legislation meant to enforce the EU's DSA in Poland, arguing it would grant excessive powers to government officials

Nawrocki called EU social media law “Orwellian,” echoing Washington's main line of attack.  —  WARSAW — Poland's nationalist …

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman visited London this week, part of a tour to ~17 cities, including Paris, Warsaw, and Lagos, to discuss AI, balanced regulation, and more

Morgan Meaker / Wired :

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently visited London, part of tour to 17 cities, including Paris, Warsaw, and Lagos, to discuss AI, balanced regulation, and more

On a stop in London, the OpenAI CEO called for balanced regulation and warned of the risks of deepfake disinformation.

Warsaw-based Vue Storefront, which lets front-end developers build composable e-commerce sites, raised a $20M Series A extension led by Felix Capital

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Sources: Warsaw-based Ramp, which offers services used by crypto exchanges, marketplaces, and wallets, raises $30M Series A at a $300M valuation

Ryan Weeks / The Block :

Huuuge raises $445M in its IPO, valuing the developer of mobile casino games at $1.1B and making it the second-biggest studio listed in Warsaw after CD Projekt

In its trading debut, Polish e-commerce giant Allegro jumped 60%+ on Warsaw's stock exchange, the country's largest IPO ever, valuing the company at ~$17.4B

James Shotter / Financial Times :

Polish e-commerce site Allegro raised ~$2.3B in Warsaw's largest ever IPO, valuing the company at $11.2B

- Retailer to be biggest Polish company with $11.2 billion value  — Shares priced at top end of range after deal size increased  —  E-commerce platform Allegro raised about 9.2 billion zloty …

Warsaw-based Uncapped, which offers revenue-based finance to European startups, raises $26M led by Mouro Capital

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Twitter employees explain the platform's more relaxed approach to policing content, while keeping a 1,500-strong enforcement team vs. Facebook's 15,000

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