Tech Market & VC news — Tuesday 29 September 2026

TechCrunch 23:30 UTC

For the sake of national security, it's a relief to learn that America.gov is not hallucinating to the point that it's penning lengthy poetry.

TechCrunch 22:20 UTC

Before OpenAI launched its new AI agent, Dots, on Tuesday, Elon Musk's xAI had already acquired the domain name "dot.com," which now redirects to the Grok chatbot download page.

TechCrunch 22:18 UTC

Researchers at Northeastern University found vehicles and their companion apps regularly shared detailed data with some of the largest tech companies.

TechCrunch 21:51 UTC

EliseAI raises $350M, doubles valuation in a year.

CB Insights 21:34 UTC

Max Brenner , CEO of WithCoverage , tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. How do you define your market and where does your company fit into that space? Today, the insurance brokerage industry is a…

TechCrunch 21:20 UTC

The company says it won't draw on the new debt facilities this year, as it has already planned at least $25 billion in capital expenditures.

CB Insights 20:26 UTC

Eric Zager , Co-Founder and Head of Global Business Development of Calculum tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. How do you define your market and where does your company fit into that space? Want…

TechCrunch 20:15 UTC

OpenAI is building out the pieces of an alternative to the traditional app store model, turning ChatGPT into a place where software can be discovered and used by people and AI agents alike.

TechCrunch 19:52 UTC

The new round is anticipated to be the company's last before its delayed 2027 public debut.

CB Insights 19:35 UTC

Andrea Houben, Chief of Staff of Jem tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. How do you define your market and where does your company fit into that space? Want to see more research? Start your free…

CB Insights 19:30 UTC

Kardan Beytas , Chief of Staff of bunch tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. How do you define your market and where does your company fit into that space? Want to see more research? Start your…

CB Insights 19:28 UTC

Lucas R. Hearn , the CEO of Kyra Health tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. How do you define your market and where does your company fit into that space? Want to see more research? Start your…

CB Insights 19:23 UTC

Brooke Wilson, COO of Array tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. How do you define your market and where does your company fit into that space? Want to see more research? Start your free trial . If…

TechCrunch 18:48 UTC

Disrupt doesn’t end when you leave Moscone West. 👀 Founder dinners, investor meetups, happy hours, workshops, roundtables and more are taking over San Francisco during Disrupt Week. See what’s happening, find your people, and start…

TechCrunch 18:45 UTC

Some of India's largest banks are holding off on supporting Apple Pay initially.

Crunchbase News 18:42 UTC

Smart ring maker Oura was supposed to price its initial public offering on Tuesday. Instead, the company announced it is postponing the IPO , citing “market uncertainty.” Meanwhile, on Monday, Reuters reported details from AI giant…

TechCrunch 18:35 UTC

OpenAI isn't a public supporter of Nvidia's Open Agent Safety Platform, but it is privately working with Nvidia, TechCrunch has learned.

CB Insights 18:34 UTC

Tomas Macedo Campos , CEO of Spinwheel , tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. How do you define your market and where does your company fit into that space? Spinwheel operates in the financial…

CB Insights 18:13 UTC

Brian Grech , COO of Corgi Labs tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. How do you define your market and where does your company fit into that space? Want to see more research? Start your free trial…

TechCrunch 17:45 UTC

OpenAI's newly announced suite of office features puts it into more direct competition with more traditional software companies.

Fast Company Tech 17:45 UTC

In May, solar generated more electricity than either coal or wind across the United States for the first time in a single month. New figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration show solar produced 47,147 gigawatt-hours , ahead…

TechCrunch 17:27 UTC

Dutch police said the hacker, arrested for being part of the ShinyHunters cybercriminal gang, had plans to organize the murder of two people on his laptop.

TechCrunch 17:20 UTC

Wabi is repositioning its prompt-based app builder as a personal AI agent that can create interfaces on demand, combining chat, apps, and ongoing tasks.

TechCrunch 17:17 UTC

Dots are meant to operate independent of any specific hardware or interface, pursuing user-defined goals continuously in the background with minimal oversight.

TechCrunch 17:15 UTC

OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT plug-ins with dedicated sidebar homes, interactive panels, file viewers, improved discovery, and support for automations.

TechCrunch 17:15 UTC

OpenAI is expanding Codex with reusable cloud development environments, a revamped CLI with voice controls, new code review tools, and a security-focused product for scanning repositories and preparing fixes.

TechCrunch 17:15 UTC

OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Sol delivers significant improvements over GPT-6 Sol across complex professional tasks, including code writing and debugging, document understanding, and executing multistep business workflows.

TechCabal (Africa) 17:01 UTC

Swipe to the left to dodge the car ahead. Swipe to the right to swerve around a heap of tyres blocking the road. Hit the brake as you approach the yellow-lined bus stop. Passengers tumble out, new ones climb in, and you hit the gas to keep…

TechCrunch 16:55 UTC

America.gov is intended to simplify the process of navigating government bureaucracy, but large language models are imperfect and remain prone to hallucinations, which could cause new issues.

CB Insights 15:39 UTC

Guy Ziv , CEO of Sunlight tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. How do you define your market and where does your company fit into that space? Want to see more research? Start your free trial . If…

CB Insights 15:17 UTC

Ignacio Berardi , CEO of Rexi tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. How do you define your market and where does your company fit into that space? Want to see more research? Start your free trial …

TechCrunch 15:12 UTC

Instinct founder said the platform is growing 10% day by day, with transaction volume increasing at a similar rate.

TechCabal (Africa) 15:08 UTC

A Zimbabwean investor can buy into Africa’s biggest-ever initial public offering (IPO), but the journey starts with paperwork, approvals and a bank transfer, not an app. Bard Santner Investors (BSI), a Zimbabwean asset management firm, is…

Fast Company Tech 15:01 UTC

It was eight days after the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and Facebook was facing criticism that a flood of false stories on its platform had helped elect Donald Trump. That morning, Sheryl Sandberg got a policy memo from an unlikely…

TechCrunch 15:00 UTC

Uhura Bionics, part of the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt, wants to replace flat, robotics voice devices with one that carries emotions.

TechCrunch 14:56 UTC

The postponement of the IPO will delay some of the company's plans for its proceeds from the IPO, as well as those of its shareholders.

Fast Company Tech 14:35 UTC

OpenAI said Monday it was delaying the release of a new artificial intelligence model out of security concerns voiced by its researchers , the latest in the company’s effort to decelerate the pace of the technology’s advance. OpenAI’s…

YourStory (India) 14:22 UTC

Freshworks Co-founder and former CEO Girish Mathrubootham has officially stepped into the spotlight of Tamil cinema, joining director Pa Ranjith as a co-producer for the much-anticipated sequel, Sarpatta Parambarai Round 2 . The…

CB Insights 14:22 UTC

Kartikye Mittal , CTO of Dots tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. How do you define your market and where does your company fit into that space? Want to see more research? Start your free trial …

YourStory (India) 14:15 UTC

India is moving towards a possible statutory restriction on minors opening social media accounts, after the Supreme Court questioned how children under 18 can independently enter into agreements with digital platforms. The Centre has…

CB Insights 14:11 UTC

Brooke Vander Linde , VP of Marketing of Assort Health tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. How do you define your market and where does your company fit into that space? Want to see more research?…

CB Insights 14:05 UTC

Maximilian W. Hofer , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Parsewise , tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. How do you define your market and where does your company fit into that space? Want to see…

CB Insights 14:04 UTC

Kwasi Kyei , Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Handspring , tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. How do you define your market and where does your company fit into that space? Want to see more…

TechCrunch 13:53 UTC

Mayer argues that if a photo is worth a thousand words, your camera roll is worth millions. By analyzing all the photos stored on your phone, Dazzle claims to understand your hobbies, interests, food, and style preferences, how you like to…

TechCrunch 13:47 UTC

The tech giant says the agent can help owners run their business and find new customers.

EU-Startups 13:32 UTC

Many startup founders have it backwards when thinking about PR. They imagine you land the biggest publication you can and reap the benefits of instant fame. This process may have worked for a few startups 15 years ago, when venture capital…

YourStory (India) 13:28 UTC

Crypto investing and trading platform CoinSwitch turned profitable on an adjusted EBITDA basis in FY26, delivering a sharp improvement in operating performance as revenue surged 150% year-on-year to Rs 324.19 crore. Adjusted EBITDA…

TechCrunch 13:25 UTC

Apple says the bug was used to attack "specific targeted individuals" running iOS 26, which the majority of Apple customers are still using.

YourStory (India) 13:22 UTC

Most people want growth, but few are willing to take the risks that often come with it. Whether it's starting a business, changing careers, pursuing an unconventional idea, or investing time in a difficult goal, uncertainty can be…

YourStory (India) 13:17 UTC

Consistency is often celebrated as the key to success, yet it remains one of the hardest qualities to develop. Many people start new routines with enthusiasm, only to abandon them when life becomes busy, motivation fades, or progress feels…

TechCabal (Africa) 13:11 UTC

Mobile money shops were once among Kenya’s simplest small businesses, built around customers depositing, withdrawing, and sending cash. Now, the network is shrinking as more Kenyans transact directly from their phones. Data released by…

CB Insights 13:05 UTC

George Cook , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Honeycomb Credit , tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. How do you define your market and where does your company fit into that space? Want to see…

TechCrunch 13:00 UTC

Fireflies said that it won't charge extra for the new dictation feature, which can be used with any desktop app.

YourStory (India) 12:49 UTC

IIM Kozhikode’s business incubator, IIMK LIVE, has teamed up with Walmart Global Tech to launch DEEP LEAP, a new incubation programme designed to nurture promising deeptech ventures across the country. This is Walmart Global Tech’s first…

TechCrunch 12:45 UTC

The company also detailed how some of those breaches had happened, and outlined additional measures it is taking to assess the impact of the events.

Crunchbase News 12:30 UTC

When Cheryl Sew Hoy ’s daughter developed eczema, allergies and food sensitivities, she began reading research on the infant gut microbiome. Her daughter had been born by C-section, while her younger son, born vaginally, had no similar…

TechCrunch 12:30 UTC

The round builds on a $30 million fundraise in February, taking the company's total funding to $140 million.

EU-Startups 12:00 UTC

Reverion , an Eresing-based EnergyTech company that builds reversible fuel cell power plants for decentralised energy supply, today announced the closing of a €154.2 million ($175 million) Series B funding round to scale production of its…

YourStory (India) 11:41 UTC

Bharat Housing Network (BHN), a co-lending platform focused on affordable housing, raised $5 million in green bonds from Symbiotics. The bond forms part of a $75-million green basket bond programme structured by Symbiotics in partnership…

EU-Startups 11:39 UTC

The UK venture capital market has matched the United States on long-term fund performance while its newest generation of funds is outperforming both US and European peers, according to new analysis from the British Business Bank. The…

YourStory (India) 11:28 UTC

Artificial intelligence (AI) has made deep inroads into India’s technology sector, but a significant talent gap persists in emerging skills such as GenAI and cloud, with only about 16% of IT professionals possessing AI skills, according to…

YourStory (India) 11:21 UTC

If the last decade of Indian fintech belonged to payments, the next one could well belong to wealth. UPI made moving money instant and free. Digital lending turned access to credit into an afternoon on a phone. These solved the hardest…

TechCabal (Africa) 11:04 UTC

29 septembre 2026 Hello , Welcome back to Francophone Weekly by TechCabal , your weekly deep dive into the tech ecosystem across French-speaking Africa. For readers who want to understand Francophone Africa beyond headlines—through…

TechCabal (Africa) 11:00 UTC

I first encountered the strategic importance of technology restrictions while working in semiconductor manufacturing at Intel. Export licensing was part of the environment. The underlying logic was straightforward: some technologies were…

Wired Business 10:36 UTC

The company said its latest Astra model would undergo more work to meet safety standards, and issued an apology for the way it handled the hacking of an Australian government website.

Wired Business 10:30 UTC

One of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity.

YourStory (India) 10:18 UTC

The Adani Family Office has backed Nudge, formerly known as BeBetta, in its shift towards rewards-led commerce and consumer intelligence. The investor has backed the company across two consecutive rounds. Jhaveri Credits and Capital…

Stratechery 10:00 UTC

Meta has the chance to own the consumer agentic space; going for enterprise is a big mistake.

TechCrunch 10:00 UTC

Protego Ventures, the first and largest dedicated defense tech VC in Israel, just completed its final $125 million closing, TechCrunch learned exclusively.

TechCabal (Africa) 09:31 UTC

Data localisation is often framed as keeping data in-country and protecting it, but the Central Bank of Nigeria’s new rules are about whether banks and fintechs can access critical data, recover services, and keep processing payments when…

EU-Startups 09:20 UTC

Around 40% of EU grids are already more than 40 years old, while Europe may need more than one million additional workers to support the energy transition. These are the findings from a new report by SET Ventures and Future Energy Ventures…

YourStory (India) 09:15 UTC

From Ola Electric’s board approving Rs 1,000 Cr via a rights issue of partly paid-up shares to bolster its capital structure, to SiMa.ai, a physical AI startup that has raised $150 million in a Series C round, YourStory brings you today’s…

TechCrunch 09:00 UTC

Atomic's agentic supply chain software is now being used by companies like DoorDash and HelloFresh.

Fast Company Tech 09:00 UTC

This article is republished with permission from Laser Wars , a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. On a modern battlefield defined by the ever-expanding “ affordable mass ” of cheap, disposable…

EU-Startups 08:57 UTC

The crypto market in Europe is moving to a new era. For years, startups were able to create exchanges, wallet products, payment tools and token services on the mosaic of national regulations. That era is fading. The deadline for compliance…

Fast Company Tech 08:30 UTC

In the parlance of tech companies, I’m a “heavy user” of AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude . How much do I use these tools? Let’s put it this way: If ChatGPT goes down for a few hours, my productivity grinds to a halt and I end up…

EU-Startups 08:27 UTC

Paris-based Rayon , the browser-based drawing software for interior designers, has raised €10 million in Series A funding. The funding round was led by Partech with participation from existing investors Northzone, Foundamental, and…

YourStory (India) 08:27 UTC

Technology isn’t just being shaped by founders and engineers anymore; policymakers, global institutions, and industry leaders are also a vital part of the conversation. At TechSparks 2026 , YourStory's flagship startup and technology…

YourStory (India) 08:17 UTC

Venture capital firm Peak XV has selected 18 startups for the 12th cohort of Surge, its seed-stage accelerator programme. The cohort spans artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, space technology, consumer internet, healthcare, financial…

EU-Startups 08:08 UTC

The Republic of Korea is already a global leader in semiconductors, batteries and advanced manufacturing. Now, its energy sector is undergoing a major transformation too. The country’s per-capita energy consumption is around 40% above the…

TechCabal (Africa) 07:15 UTC

Across Africa’s tech ecosystem, technical proficiency alone is no longer enough to guarantee career progression or long-term value. Engineers may excel at writing clean code and passing technical assessments, yet they often struggle to…

EU-Startups 06:56 UTC

ANote Music , a Luxembourg-based marketplace for buying, selling and earning music royalties, today announced the closing of a €2 million funding round. The round was led by Seventure Partners alongside ScaleFund, with participation from…

EU-Startups 06:08 UTC

Marble , a Paris-based open-source platform for fraud detection and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, has raised €6.5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Smartfin, a European venture capital and private equity firm that…

YourStory (India) 06:04 UTC

WEH Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm has announced the first close of Fund III with a target corpus Rs 250 crore. Though it did not disclose the quantum of funds raised in the first close. A statement from WEH Ventures said the…

YourStory (India) 06:02 UTC

A train track that can flag a problem before it becomes a failure. A solution to assist people with Parkinson's. A cold-storage that keeps a farmer's harvest from going to waste. A faster way to diagnose diseases before they progress…

TechCabal (Africa) 06:00 UTC

In partnership with Lire en Français اقرأ هذا باللغة العربية Good morning. Yesterday, we launched Class of 2016 , a TechCabal special project on African startups that have lasted a decade or more. Through companies like Yoco, BuuPass…

StartupDaily (AU) 05:49 UTC

Trendspek grabs $6M to turn drones, 3D records and AI into infrastructure’s anti-collapse layer.

TechCrunch 05:13 UTC

In its prospectus, Anthropic just told investors it's losing tens of billions of dollars a year, but also growing like crazy, and — oh yeah — its own AI might pose an existential risk to humanity.

StartupDaily (AU) 05:09 UTC

Paperbark ditched nice-to-have AI and landed Unilever brands by exposing ecommerce revenue leaks.

YourStory (India) 04:57 UTC

Ola Electric is taking steps to strengthen its finances and leadership as competition intensifies in India’s electric two-wheeler market. In a board meeting on September 28, 2026, the Bengaluru-based company approved plans to raise up to…

StartupDaily (AU) 03:42 UTC

Australia kills card surcharges Oct. 1, but fees may sneak into sticker prices as small firms adapt.

YourStory (India) 03:30 UTC

For years, global capability centres, or GCCs, the India-based arms of multinational companies that handle everything from engineering to finance to customer support, were seen mainly as cost centers, extensions of a parent company built…

YourStory (India) 03:00 UTC

A young composer built a backyard studio in 1989 and did everything himself: composing, producing, engineering. By 1992, his first film soundtrack was a nationwide hit. Decades on, he is still refining what film music sounds like. That…

YourStory (India) 02:51 UTC

SiMa.ai, a physical AI startup founded by Krishna Rangasayee, has raised $150 million in a Series C round co-led by Fidelity Management & Research Company and Amplify, with participation from Alter Venture Partners and Dell Technologies…

YourStory (India) 02:00 UTC

Dear Reader, The Supreme Court has sought responses from the Centre and the RBI on a petition challenging the new MDR on UPI payments above Rs 2,000. The court did not grant an interim stay, meaning the 0.4% MDR on eligible merchant…

StartupDaily (AU) 01:42 UTC

Budget tax tweaks could kneecap startups, stripping R&D cash and CGT perks from AI, deep tech and fintech, so the TCA wants a rethink.

TechCrunch 00:30 UTC

Thirteen of the 18 startups in Peak XV’s latest Surge cohort are targeting global markets, while more than half are based in India.