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Aloja secures $1.4M to refine tours and activities pricing
Aloja, a startup focused on pricing tools for tours and activities, has raised $1.4 million.
Reporting: phocuswire.com
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Amazon India plans $3B investment in quick commerce by 2030
Amazon India reportedly intends to allocate $3 billion to its quick commerce unit, Amazon Now, over the next six years.
Reporting: inc42.com
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India’s TravelTech startups expand beyond bookings into AI and fintech
India’s TravelTech sector has moved past basic flight and hotel bookings.
Reporting: analyticsinsight.net
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PicoJool secures $27.5M for AI data center optical connectivity
Optical connectivity startup PicoJool has closed a $27.5 million Series A round.
Reporting: unite.ai
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AI safety group ties more cyberattacks to rogue AI agents
A nonprofit AI safety organization has traced three additional hacking campaigns to artificial intelligence agents.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Redefine Surgery closes oversubscribed pre-seed, partners with Catalyst OrthoScience
A medical tech startup focused on AI for surgery has secured pre-seed funding, exceeding its target. The round pushes its total raised capital to $10 million.
Reporting: finance.yahoo.com
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TPG sells FirstCry stake in ₹202 crore bulk deal
Private equity firm TPG has exited its investment in omnichannel kids' products retailer FirstCry through a ₹202 crore bulk deal.
Reporting: inc42.com
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PrismML ports small AI models to Qualcomm smart glasses
PrismML has adapted its lightweight language models to run on smart glasses powered by Qualcomm chips.
Reporting: techcrunch.com
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Neo4j argues for knowledge graphs as shared AI context
Enterprise AI agents risk operating with fragmented understanding as each develops its own interpretation of business data and processes.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Thinkific cuts 30% of staff as it shifts focus to enterprise clients
Thinkific has laid off nearly a third of its workforce, affecting 96 employees.
Reporting: betakit.com
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Okta uses AI agent to cut employee support hours, tests customer tools
Okta’s Dex AI agent has reduced internal support workloads, exceeding its 2023 target of saving 250,000 employee hours.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 offers 50% off second pass for attendees
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is running a promotion: purchase one full-price pass and receive 50% off a second ticket of the same type.
Reporting: techcrunch.com
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