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Agrani Labs CEO Dheemanth Nagaraj has urged the Indian government to act as the first customer for domestic deeptech firms.
Reporting: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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French venture firm AdBio has opened its first office in Montréal, backed by a €120-million Fund III that includes capital from Québec’s Fonds de solidarité FTQ.
Reporting: sifted.eu
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Atomic Machines, a Bay Area startup founded by a former Amazon Prime and Uber executive, has emerged from six years in stealth with $250 million raised.
Reporting: msn.com
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The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs has ordered a 24-hour suspension of mobile internet services in New Delhi, Inc42 reported.
Reporting: inc42.com
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Hopper has reduced its workforce shortly after Dakota Smith, co-founder and CEO of its enterprise division, departed the company. BetaKit reported the cuts on Thursday.
Reporting: betakit.com
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Rein Security Inc. has closed a $25 million Series A round led by Glilot Capital, with participation from Sienna Venture Capital, Corner Ventures, Atlacle.
Reporting: forkast.news
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Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal has described the US-India trade agreement as “plateaued” rather than stalled.
Reporting: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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Sifted reports that Mistral and other open-weight AI model providers are increasingly vulnerable to what industry observers call “abliteration”—the forced deprecation of their models by regulators or cloud platforms.
Reporting: sifted.eu
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Amazon will stop requiring nondisclosure agreements when negotiating data center deals with local governments.
Reporting: techcrunch.com
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LumenUs has launched a platform that automates the paperwork required after a loved one’s death.
Reporting: techcrunch.com
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A panel at Edmonton Startup Week has positioned AgTech as a potential driver of the next wave of tech investment, BetaKit reports.
Reporting: betakit.com
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SiliconANGLE reports that McKinsey & Co. has introduced a knowledge graph intended to connect enterprise data with the relationships AI applications might need for decision-making.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Endeavor Catalyst has closed a new venture capital fund targeting founders outside established startup hubs.
Reporting: msn.com
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A Calgary-based philanthropist has donated $30 million to establish the Bissett Autonomous Aviation Park at SAIT.
Reporting: betakit.com
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Instinct, a U.S.-based AI assistant startup, has closed a $1 billion funding round.
Reporting: news.crunchbase.com
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will host a panel on securing the first 1,000 customers, featuring Gamma CEO Grant Lee, Engine partner Elia Wallen, and GV investor Crystal Huang.
Reporting: techcrunch.com
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Identity and access management startup OTPless has appointed Geetanshu Singla, formerly of BharatPe, as its new chief technology officer.
Reporting: inc42.com
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Seismora Inc. has built a control plane designed to route AI workloads across devices, edge nodes and cloud environments.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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TypeSafe, the creator of the Jev artificial intelligence model, has raised $870 million at a $7.5 billion valuation.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Peak XV Partners has sold shares of coworking operator Awfis in a ₹30 crore open-market transaction, Inc42 reported.
Reporting: inc42.com
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