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Re:London became the rest of the startup capital by sp1982 on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @05:07PM (#46802231)
Yup, London has consistently showing up in geographic hotspots in my job postings data. I think it could be also be due to success of companies like DeepMind.

https://jobswithgpt.com/blog/global_software-engineering_job...

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Re:London became the rest of the startup capital by philipwhiuk on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @05:08PM (#46802245)
Another British company swallowed by the US :(
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Re:London became the rest of the startup capital by brokencode on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @05:21PM (#46802421)
At least Elon Musk didn’t end up getting it, which he tried before Google swooped in.
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Re:London became the rest of the startup capital by sjhuda on Thursday January 29, 2026 @05:26AM (#46808191)
Yeah, lots of examples of that happening. Runna was the latest one I can remember. I won't be suprised at all if ElevenLabs is bought out by a big US player soon.
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