Tech Market & VC news — Thursday 15 October 2026

TechCrunch 23:44 UTC

The company generated over $30 million in revenue in two years and was acquired by MyFitnessPal for an undisclosed amount of money in March.

TechCrunch 23:33 UTC

Intero Biosystems beat out 199 other Startup Battlefield companies to take home the $100,000 grand prize at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.

StartupDaily (AU) 23:01 UTC

Track the power reshuffle: Aurora, NZIAT, Main Sequence, Powerhouse and Oli install new leaders.

CB Insights 22:30 UTC

Meet Ervin Hoskins. He wrote op-eds about the Iran war. A small Florida newspaper ran one. Small problem. Ervin isn’t real. Last week, OpenAI said he was one of seven fake journalists run out of Iran, with ChatGPT polishing the copy. AI is…

Wired Business 21:18 UTC

This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we dive into an unexpected Muse feature, shadowy spending from the largest pro-AI super PAC, and men’s tendency to lie about how much they know about AI.

Wired Business 21:00 UTC

Powerful AI models continue to cause chaos, but their targets aren’t widely seeking justice. Instead, they’re being encouraged to adopt those same tools.

TechCrunch 20:38 UTC

Panay said that it's possible to recover and learn from all sorts of failures, even catastrophic ones, when building products.

TechCrunch 20:04 UTC

Meta and Apple have teamed up for the launch of the social media giant's newest model, Muse Spark Open, which will run locally on Apple silicon.

TechCrunch 19:55 UTC

Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Amazon devices chief Panos Panay described a future where ambient AI devices work in the background, anticipating users' needs instead of waiting for commands.

TechCrunch 19:29 UTC

The executives argued that advertising isn’t the only path to monetization, and that there are alternative models that are feasible when it comes to monetization.

TechCrunch 19:14 UTC

METR will publish its own assessments of Anthropic’s risks, incidents, and practices, and the frontier AI model maker has given up the right to block them.

TechCrunch 18:56 UTC

Bluesky is bringing “social vibe coding” to its experimental Attie platform, allowing users to create interactive experiences like games, quizzes, and websites that can tap into the social network's audience.

Fast Company Tech 18:42 UTC

Personal AI agents are having a moment. Meta recently launched a personal agent it named Muse and saw an estimated 2.8 million installs in its first 12 days , outpacing ChatGPT’s own mobile debut. Meanwhile, Instinct, a startup developing…

TechCrunch 18:00 UTC

Savings of up to $200 end October 16 for TechCrunch Founder Summit. These savings for Founder and Investor Passes vanish after Friday. Join 1,000 founders and investors on November 4 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station. Bring your toughest…

TechCrunch 17:34 UTC

Volvo is leveling up its automated driving system through an expansion of its nearly decade-long partnership with Nvidia that will extend beyond its battery electric vehicles.

TechCabal (Africa) 17:23 UTC

Moniepoint UK Limited, the UK subsidiary of fintech unicorn Moniepoint Inc., made $36,284 in revenue in 2025, according to annual reports filed with UK regulators .<a…

Fast Company Tech 17:00 UTC

The state of Florida won a key court decision Wednesday that allows it to enforce a ban on social media accounts for kids under 14 and other restrictions. The law was one of the most restrictive in the U.S. on social media use by children…

TechCabal (Africa) 16:50 UTC

Five months after fabricated academic references forced South Africa to withdraw its draft national artificial intelligence (AI) policy, one of the two officials suspended over the scandal has resigned. Disciplinary proceedings against the…

TechCrunch 16:45 UTC

SK Hynix’s Solidigm is reportedly seeking U.S. approval to send more chipmaking equipment to China as it weighs building a new NAND chip factory in America.

YourStory (India) 16:39 UTC

Being a woman often means carrying emotions that the world does not always see. It means learning to be strong when life feels overwhelming, making difficult choices for the people you love, and finding your identity in a world that…

YourStory (India) 16:29 UTC

As 2026 is about to come to a close, it is a good time to pick up books that challenge familiar ideas, uncover overlooked stories and offer a deeper understanding of the world around us. Nonfiction can do more than share facts; it can…

YourStory (India) 16:14 UTC

Every year, TechSparks, YourStory’s flagship startup-tech summit, brings together entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and aspiring founders under one roof to exchange ideas and spark the next wave of innovation. The 17th edition…

Fast Company Tech 16:00 UTC

Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company ‘s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. I’m Mark Sullivan, a senior writer at Fast Company , covering emerging tech, AI, and tech policy. Sign up to receive this…

EU-Startups 15:18 UTC

Munich-based Elevatry , an AI ​​platform for strategic procurement, has closed a €3 million pre-Seed financing round in order to enhance its platform, expand its team, and support market entry in Europe before expanding to North America…

TechCrunch 15:02 UTC

We'll likely learn more about how this will work at the company's upcoming "AI & Autonomy Day" event in December.

TechCabal (Africa) 14:55 UTC

Kaspersky has spent over a decade building its African business. Its next phase is about winning a bigger role in the systems that keep the continent’s economy running. Kaspersky, the Russian-founded global security company, said Africa is…

TechCrunch 14:47 UTC

The funding comes as Ramp's annualized revenue crosses $2B, and its customer count reaches 85,000.

TechCrunch 14:29 UTC

The new shopping tool is available in the U.S. across Google Search and the Gemini app.

EU-Startups 14:16 UTC

Europe is an attractive place to live because of its high quality of life, job opportunities, and stability. However, attracting people to live here for the lifestyle is different from attracting talent and companies to move here and…

TechCrunch 14:00 UTC

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TechCabal (Africa) 13:45 UTC

What if frontier AI doesn’t need a multi-billion-dollar data centre to be smart? Every time an AI model generates code or reasons through a prompt, an immense amount of electricity is burned behind the scenes. As workloads grow more…

Fast Company Tech 13:45 UTC

German authorities opened an investigation into possible sexual harassment after a robot controlled by two young men touched the buttocks of a 16-year-old girl and made thrusting movements toward her, police said. Police in the western…

YourStory (India) 13:17 UTC

Educating 247 million primary and secondary students presents a monumental challenge, but as Sushma Boppana, Chief Executive Officer of Sri Chaitanya Group of Institutions, and Santhosh Viswanathan, Vice President and Managing Director for…

YourStory (India) 13:07 UTC

Jio Platforms plans to raise revenue per customer mainly by selling more services rather than lifting tariffs, though it keeps the option of higher prices, Managing Director Akash Ambani said on Thursday, days before the Reliance…

YourStory (India) 12:47 UTC

Roughly 90% of Indians have never used food delivery, according to Rohit Kapoor, CEO of Swiggy's Food Marketplace business. For Swiggy, bringing these consumers into the market represents a bigger growth opportunity than getting existing…

EU-Startups 12:19 UTC

“ Dear Europe, why are you killing EU Inc? ” That’s how many in the European startup community were greeted when they read this morning’s brief by the highly supported EU–INC initiative. Backed by some of Europe’s most prominent startup…

YourStory (India) 12:10 UTC

On 25 September, inside the UN Conference Centre in Bangkok, the youngest speaker in the room walked up holding a cane. Aaradhya Jain was there as a youth speaker at the Second World Summit on Sustainable Health and Well-Being. The cane in…

TechCrunch 12:00 UTC

Amazon-owned Bee has launched its first new AI devices since its acquisition, including an updated wearable and a credit-card-sized recorder that attaches to smartphones. The devices can summarize conversations, create to-do lists, and…

YourStory (India) 11:17 UTC

India possesses the talent to build any technology in the world, according to Professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Institute Professor at IIT Madras and Chairman of IIIT Hyderabad and the ITEL Foundation. He stressed that the nation must now back…

Crunchbase News 11:00 UTC

By Eric Francia How would you handle a junior employee questioning the way you’ve always done something? Might you roll your eyes and dismiss their comments as naivety? Or would you indulge their curiosity? As AI has made knowledge…

Crunchbase News 11:00 UTC

It’s an insecure world out there, and investors are responding by scaling up their cybersecurity spending. For the third quarter of 2026, global cybersecurity- and privacy-focused startups pulled in a total of $6.8 billion, per Crunchbase…

Crunchbase News 11:00 UTC

While helping another founder build an app that collected information about class-action settlements, Zim Hang came to learn how challenging it can be for consumers to seek compensation from companies they believe wronged them. He also…

TechCabal (Africa) 11:00 UTC

Kenya is proposing approval requirements for significant investments in payment companies, potentially lengthening fundraising for startups as the central bank strengthens its oversight of the industry. The draft National Payment System…

Fast Company Tech 11:00 UTC

On September 2, 40 minutes before Target Field opened its gates for a Minnesota Twins game against a division rival, the Detroit Tigers, a man opened fire nine blocks away in downtown Minneapolis, resulting in three deaths and six…

EU-Startups 10:57 UTC

Milan’s Panakès Partners has raised 8.5 million euros from Lombardia Venture STEP, the venture capital fund of funds promoted by the Lombardy Region in order to invest in companies that are active in life sciences, MedTech and BioTech…

TechCabal (Africa) 10:48 UTC

Table of contents Price and availability Can you buy either phone in Africa? Performance and gaming Detailed specs Which phone should you buy? Frequently asked questions Comparing the OnePlus 16 vs RedMagic 12 Pro+ comes down to one…

CB Insights 10:42 UTC

Aaron Colcord , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Voyager AI , 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…

EU-Startups 10:37 UTC

NVIDIA has had a busy week on this side of the pond. From announcing new investments in British and French startups to launching collaborations in Sweden, supporting AI research and bringing developers together in Barcelona, Paris and…

TechCabal (Africa) 10:36 UTC

In the first nine months of 2026, African startups raised $2.49 billion across 315 disclosed deals, representing 7.8% year-on-year growth from the $2.30 billion raised across 403 disclosed deals in the same period in 2025. While overall…

EU-Startups 10:17 UTC

As artificial intelligence reshapes how companies build, test and operate software, it is also transforming the cybersecurity landscape, leaving many organisations struggling to keep pace with emerging threats. Recent research from AI…

Fast Company Tech 10:12 UTC

AI -powered smart glasses promise to keep your phone in your pocket, but their usefulness depends on how much work they can take off your day. Meta ties its glasses to its own AI services, while Google is courting eyewear makers with…

Stratechery 10:00 UTC

Listen to this post: Good morning, This week’s Stratechery Interview ended up not being an Interview, but rather a conversation with Hollywood super-agent Ari Emanuel . Emanuel is the Executive Chairman of WME Group , Executive Chair and…

TechCrunch 10:00 UTC

The digital rights unit found evidence that dozens of devices at media organization Al Jazeera were hacked after being shown malicious online ads.

EU-Startups 09:46 UTC

Key points: How the .lumen glasses actually work: 3D environment perception, human-centred path planning, and in-house mapping and semantic surface understanding. The guide dog comparison – where the glasses match its benefits today, where…

CB Insights 09:42 UTC

Eli Farhood, CEO of Katsh Digital ID , 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 09:36 UTC

Merlin Kafka , CEO of Rex AI , 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 …

EU-Startups 09:17 UTC

Holo , a Vilnius-based AI platform that plans and runs marketing for small businesses, has raised €5 million in a Seed round to develop its marketing autopilot, reach more small businesses, and expand its Vilnius team. The round was led by…

CB Insights 09:14 UTC

Sonia Priscilla Garcia , Chief Revenue Officer of Amae 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…

Wired Business 09:00 UTC

Contracts tied to elections in Ethiopia and Romania saw massive trading volumes after the outcomes were decided. “It’s obviously some form of volume manipulation,” one expert says.

Fast Company Tech 09:00 UTC

The first four years of the generative AI revolution have tended to see power flow in one direction. Big Tech firms unleashed their tools on the planet and expected users to like it or lump it. Unhappy with the amount of data collected…

YourStory (India) 08:02 UTC

Most founders spend their early days worrying about whether anyone will notice their product. Revant Himatsingka worries about the opposite. Every morning, he wakes up hoping that nothing has gone wrong with what he has put on the shelf…

CB Insights 07:45 UTC

Victor Outters , CEO of HyprView , 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 07:31 UTC

Sivan Sadan, CEO of PinkStar , 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 …

CB Insights 07:27 UTC

Kasper Tikjøb , CTO of AskMedi , 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…

StartupDaily (AU) 07:24 UTC

ASIC drops Richard White share-trade probe with no action.

TechCabal (Africa) 07:13 UTC

In partnership with Lire en Français اقرأ هذا باللغة العربية Howdy. YouTube Music is introducing labels for AI-generated songs. Next time a singer delivers the most devastating heartbreak verse you’ve heard all year, you can finally check…

CB Insights 07:11 UTC

André de Wet , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Flood , 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…

CB Insights 07:04 UTC

Oscar Levy , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of River Markets , 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…

EU-Startups 07:02 UTC

Solvera , an Oslo-based company building an AI-native engineering firm for the construction industry, today announced a €5.62 million ($6.3 million) pre-Seed round. The round was led by Seedcamp, with participation from Construct Venture…

CB Insights 06:53 UTC

Ankur Jhavery , Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Bachatt , 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…

CB Insights 06:38 UTC

Benedikt Schneider , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Floy , 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…

CB Insights 06:33 UTC

Daniel Staker , Head of Growth of Crew , 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 06:28 UTC

Wesley Billett, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Happy Pay , 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…

CB Insights 06:21 UTC

Sia Ghazvinian , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Abivo , 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…

CB Insights 06:01 UTC

Ziko Atamuloev , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Finmarine , 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…

StartupDaily (AU) 05:51 UTC

ASIC is tightening the leash on digital asset platforms before April’s licence regime lands—submit feedback by Nov 27.

CB Insights 05:45 UTC

Alastair Sherriffs, Chief Marketing Officer of Tribe , 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 05:39 UTC

Reza Sardeha , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Anyone.com , 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…

YourStory (India) 05:37 UTC

India cannot afford to replicate the 75-year evolutionary timelines of Western institutions like the US National Science Foundation or DARPA, according to Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, Chief Executive Officer of the Anusandhan National Research…

CB Insights 05:33 UTC

Ali Zaman, Chief Marketing Officer of Translucent , 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?…

YourStory (India) 05:33 UTC

Indian startup founders are increasingly aspiring to build companies worth $50 billion or even $100 billion, a shift that is prompting venture capital firms such as Peak XV Partners to take bigger risks, according to its Managing Director…

EU-Startups 05:32 UTC

Dougs , a Lyon-based technology company delivering regulated accounting and financial management services to small businesses, has raised €50 million in funding. The funding came from Expedition Growth Capital, a growth equity firm with…

CB Insights 05:28 UTC

Rachael Qualls , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Venture360 , 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…

CB Insights 05:13 UTC

Prateek Sodhi , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Finofo , 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…

CB Insights 05:08 UTC

Ami Daniel , Chief Executive Officer of Windward , 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 05:04 UTC

Sunil Kumar Gupta , Chief Executive Officer of QNu 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…

CB Insights 04:58 UTC

Elad Amar , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pyrrhus Aeronautics , 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 04:52 UTC

Abood Hannoon , Chief Executive Officer of Odyssey , 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 04:48 UTC

Antonio Nakad , Co-Founder and CMO of NG.CASH , 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…

YourStory (India) 04:47 UTC

India has developed its own satellite navigation system, NavIC, but much of the hardware required to receive its signals is still imported.  MumbaiSemi  , an IIT Bombay (IIT-B) spinout, aims to address this gap with an indigenous…

EU-Startups 04:43 UTC

Nauta , a London-based pan-European VC investing in B2B software and DeepTech startups from pre-Seed to Series A, today announced the first close of its sixth fund at €60 million. The British Business Bank, the UK’s economic development…

TechCrunch 04:30 UTC

Figma is also releasing its code layers feature in open beta.

StartupDaily (AU) 04:01 UTC

UNSW just out-hustled VCs with $1.6M for 16 pre-seed startups.

YourStory (India) 02:20 UTC

Dear Reader, TechSparks 2026 continued to enthral and inspire. Day 2 of YourStory’s flagship tech-startup summit saw key conversations around deeptech, venture capital, and technology in governance. Krishna Byre Gowda, Minister for Greater…

YourStory (India) 02:00 UTC

Namaskara Bengaluru! We’ve reached the final day of the 17th edition of TechSparks , and ‘The New Tech Order’ has saved some of its biggest conversations for last. On October 15 , the day opens with a conversation on the trust economy…

TechCrunch 01:01 UTC

The founders detailed how their startup is developing AI that can design chips, learn from each iteration, and improve subsequent designs, all with the goal of automating and accelerating the chip design process.

TechCrunch 00:49 UTC

At TechCrunch Disrupt, Flock CEO Garrett Langley defended his company's surveillance technology despite growing privacy concerns, arguing that its crime-fighting benefits outweigh the risks of abuse.

TechCrunch 00:30 UTC

It’s time to unveil the five companies that will be competing in the Startup Battlefield finals.

StartupDaily (AU) 00:04 UTC

Australia’s fintechs are growing up, but Canberra’s tax tinkering won’t fix funding, regulation or procurement gridlock.

TechCrunch 00:00 UTC

Gudea, a company that tracks how stories and rumors spread online that describes itself as the “storm tracker for the internet,” is using AI to help organizations spot trouble brewing online before it turns into a crisis.