Refute raises €5.7M to scale AI disinformation defense across Europe

Refute, an AI startup co‑founded by Romanian CTO Vlad Galu to detect online manipulation and disinformation, closed a seed round of over €5.7 million. The funding, led by Amadeus Capital Partners with several UK investors and the UK government’s NSSIF fund, will expand its engineering team and deployments across European markets.([romaniajournal.ro](https://www.romaniajournal.ro/business/romanian-co-founded-ai-startup-secures-over-e5-7m-in-funding/))