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Manu Chandra wins ET Startup Awards 2026 Midas Touch honour
Manu Chandra, partner at early-stage venture firm Sauce, has been named the best investor at The Economic Times Startup Awards 2026.
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Beyond Appliances raises ₹110 crore for kitchen R&D, manufacturing
Kitchen appliance startup Beyond Appliances has raised ₹110 crore in a round led by Fireside Ventures and a prominent global investor.
Reporting: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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Physical AI startups form body to standardize data collection
A group of physical-AI startups is forming an industry body to set standards for collecting data from farms, factories, and hotels, according to recent reporting.
Reporting: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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Reflection AI open-sources 501B-parameter Beam model
Reflection AI has reportedly introduced Beam, an open-source large language model said to contain 501 billion parameters—potentially the largest such model made public.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Edmonton mayor hints at startup support during city’s Startup Week
Edmonton’s annual Startup Week opened with nearly 80 events across the city this week.
Reporting: betakit.com
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Washington climate startups tap philanthropic funding as AI pulls VC cash
Reports suggest that six early-stage climate tech startups in Washington state may have secured funding from a philanthropic effort.
Reporting: msn.com
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QpiAI secures India’s first fixed-rate quantum hardware debt at 13.85%
Indian quantum computing startup QpiAI has closed Rs 50 crore ($5.3 million) in venture debt from InnoVen Capital.
Reporting: msn.com
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EU eyes journalism funding in 2028-2032 budget talks
The EU has flagged journalism funding as a new priority in negotiations over its next long-term budget.
Reporting: europeanjournalists.org
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NetApp launches Novus to unclog enterprise AI data pipelines
NetApp has unveiled Novus, a new architecture designed to eliminate metadata bottlenecks in enterprise AI data infrastructure.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Schneider Electric to acquire PTC for $23.7B in all-cash deal
Schneider Electric will acquire PTC, the maker of the Creo engineering design suite, for $23.7 billion in cash.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Google limits Gemini 4 Argon access to security teams
Google has started rolling out Gemini 4 Argon, its newest and most advanced AI model, only to cybersecurity teams—including its own.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Ghost raises $11M seed for $3,499 local AI computer
Reports indicate that a startup called Ghost has secured an $11 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) for a device described as a $3,499 personal AI computer.
Reporting: cryptobriefing.com
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NetApp frames sovereign storage as European AI backbone
NetApp is positioning sovereign storage as a core requirement for European enterprises building AI infrastructure, cyber resilience, and modernization projects.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Dell & CoreWeave partner to scale AI infrastructure reliability
Dell Technologies has partnered with AI cloud provider CoreWeave to improve the reliability of large-scale AI infrastructure.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Quantum-AI intersection framed as distinct from AI hype at ALL IN
At ALL IN, a gathering of quantum computing leaders, speakers argued the technology will develop—and be sold—on a fundamentally different timeline and model than AI.
Reporting: betakit.com
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Munich AI drone startups drive Europe’s $10.5B defense tech surge
European defense tech startups are projected to raise a record $10.5 billion in venture capital in 2026.
Reporting: msn.com
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QpiAI secures India’s first fixed-rate quantum hardware debt
Indian quantum computing startup QpiAI has closed Rs 50 crore ($5.3 million) in venture debt from InnoVen Capital via non-convertible debentures at a fixed 13.85% rate.
Reporting: msn.com
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Shionogi buys rare disease startup IntraBio for $2B
Shionogi has acquired Texas-based rare disease startup IntraBio for $2 billion.
Reporting: biopharmadive.com
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Etched fields $40B+ funding offers months after last raise
AI chip startup Etched has received new funding offers valuing the company at more than $40 billion, just months after its previous raise.
Reporting: techcrunch.com
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India’s AI funding boom funneled into just four startups
Nearly all of India’s disclosed AI funding in the third quarter of 2026 went to just four startups: Yotta, Emergent, Sarvam, and Freehand.
Reporting: analyticsindiamag.com
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