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TechCrunch’s Founder Summit 2026 closes its side event application window tonight at midnight PT, the latest in a series of moves to turn its conferences into sprawling.
Reporting: techcrunch.com
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Swedish fintech Trustly has secured over $40 million in equity commitments from two key shareholders, a move aimed at supporting its growth strategy.
Reporting: tech.eu
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Biotia has raised $9 million to commercialize a diagnostic test that detects pathogens in urine samples flagged as negative by standard culture methods.
Reporting: alleywatch.com
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A San Francisco startup called Flourish has emerged from stealth with a wheeled semi-humanoid robot designed for home use.
Reporting: msn.com
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Extend Robotics has raised £2.6 million to sell factory work instead of machines.
Reporting: ventureburn.com
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Amazon has extended its ultra-fast delivery service, Amazon Now, to over 120 Indian cities, including smaller hubs like Amritsar, Mangalore, and Karwar.
Reporting: yourstory.com
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UK open banking infrastructure startup Yapily is stepping back from the fray as competitors rush to merge.
Reporting: tech.eu
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White-collar hiring in AI and machine learning roles rose 20% in September, compared to just 2% growth overall, according to a report published by YourStory.
Reporting: yourstory.com
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Last week, a national leader placed a phone call to an Indian pilot who safely landed a commercial aircraft after a mid-air technical failure.
Reporting: yourstory.com
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India’s startup ecosystem raised $2.2 billion in the third quarter of 2026.
Reporting: msn.com
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The conversation about enterprise AI is quietly pivoting from GPUs and model performance to the data sitting in corporate storage.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Hyderabad now hosts one of India’s largest deeptech startup clusters, yet its share of venture funding remains disproportionately small.
Reporting: msn.com
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CoreWeave is reportedly emphasizing that the way GPUs are wired and powered could significantly affect AI inference latency.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Europe’s AI startups are running out of runway to prove they can sell what they’ve built.
Reporting: news.crunchbase.com
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Venture capital is diving into marine startups at an unprecedented scale.
Reporting: news.crunchbase.com
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Antonia Dean, a partner at Black Operator Ventures, argues that founders should be far more selective about who sits on their cap table.
Reporting: news.crunchbase.com
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NetApp and Cisco are repositioning FlexPod, their long-running converged infrastructure joint venture, as a turnkey platform for enterprise AI workloads.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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The notice alleges underpayment of taxes, though the specifics of the alleged discrepancy remain unclear. ideaForge, which went public in recent years.
Reporting: inc42.com
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Alberta’s small towns are caught between the promise of data center jobs and tax revenue and the backlash from residents worried about power grids, water use, and industrial sprawl.
Reporting: betakit.com
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Simple Energy raised $180 million this week, contributing to a $220 million total across Asian startups.
Reporting: techloy.com
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