Tech Market & VC news — Monday 26 October 2026

TechCrunch 21:05 UTC

As Instagram rolls out long form videos of up to 90 minutes, the platform has an opportunity to challenge YouTube if it plays its cards right.

Crunchbase News 20:10 UTC

In an S-1 filing today preceding what could be the largest IPO ever , Anthropic laid out extensive new details about its earnings, growth, key stakeholders and the risks it faces going forward. Clocking in at 335 pages, the document wasn’t…

Fast Company Tech 20:08 UTC

The NBA has struck deals that will make Kalshi and Polymarket the league’s preferred prediction markets, along with an agreement with a federal agency tasked with regulating those exchanges. Those agreements, announced Monday, are intended…

TechCrunch 19:22 UTC

A small number of early adopters of the much-hyped new foldable phone from Apple have complained of screens cracking.

CB Insights 19:14 UTC

Some defense tech founders have spent decades delivering military programs. Others previously built gaming hardware, travel apps, or cybersecurity businesses. Using CB Insights People data, we profiled repeat founders behind 10 defense…

TechCrunch 18:59 UTC

Fusion startups face a new challenge, one unrelated to plasma physics: Give the government shares in exchange for funding awards or go it alone?

Fast Company Tech 18:35 UTC

Oh, this is heavy, Doc . The Puente Hills Mall in Industry, California, is better known to fans of Back to the Future as the Twin Pines Mall. That, in case you haven’t watched the film lately, is where Marty McFly and Doc Brown were chased…

Fast Company Tech 18:08 UTC

Tech’s worst-kept secret is finally out: Anthropic has filed its S-1 with the SEC , paving the way for an IPO and a reported investor roadshow beginning as soon as November 9 in an attempt to drum up interest befitting its targeted $1.5…

TechCrunch 17:45 UTC

Bedrock Robotics, which is now valued at $4.1 billion, is particularly focused on autonomous excavators, in part because of a growing shortage of skilled operators.

TechCabal (Africa) 17:29 UTC

Africa’s maritime coastline features 179 ports, according to a continental transport database published in Scientific Data in December 2025 . Yet physical access to water does not equate to affordable freight. Before a shipping container…

TechCrunch 16:49 UTC

Anthropic’s S-1 shows more than half of its $100,000-plus customers now use both the Claude Platform and a first-party app, a cross-selling playbook reminiscent of Amazon that’s making enterprise customers stickier.

TechCrunch 16:46 UTC

The financing gives SpaceX another way to fund its rapidly expanding AI ambitions without relying solely on traditional debt markets.

TechCabal (Africa) 16:36 UTC

South Africa’s Companies and Intellectual Property Commission wants an AI chatbot capable of handling an estimated two million customer interactions per month. Its tender covers development, integration, hosting, security, and support over…

Fast Company Tech 16:30 UTC

As tech companies race to build the most powerful artificial intelligence , some are also asking how to teach a chatbot right from wrong . Their answer? Religion. “These are not questions a lab can answer,” Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah…

Wired Business 16:01 UTC

Anthropic thinks “closing the loop” is the best path to AI triumph—and a recipe for “existential” threats to humanity.

TechCrunch 15:58 UTC

The buyout offers mark Microsoft's latest efforts to cut costs and rework its workforce.

YourStory (India) 15:32 UTC

Anthropic, one of the leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies and the developer of the large language model Claude, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO), moving closer to becoming a publicly listed company. The company…

Fast Company Tech 15:20 UTC

As generative AI sweeps across industries, some workers using it are reporting increases in productivity . But inside government, where those benefits could translate into better public services, many employees are still unsure how the…

TechCabal (Africa) 15:13 UTC

DPI Venture Capital, the early-stage arm of Development Partners International—a private equity firm managing more than $3 billion in assets across Africa—has reached a final close of over $112 million for its Nclude Fund. Ashley Lewis…

Fast Company Tech 15:11 UTC

This week, thousands of women and nonbinary technologists were supposed to walk into the Grace Hopper Celebration in Anaheim, California. Instead, the doors are closed. The tech industry named some of its most powerful AI chips after Grace…

EU-Startups 15:09 UTC

London/NY-based Nevis , an AI OS for wealth management, today announced its €62 million ($70 million) Series B in order to expand agent capabilities, deepen integrations across the custodian and WealthTech ecosystem, and grow its product…

Wired Business 14:50 UTC

Anthropic on Monday filed documents ahead of a blockbuster IPO that offers insight into the company’s financials, risk factors, and views on the future of AI.

TechCrunch 14:35 UTC

Anthropic has officially filed for an IPO, revealing soaring revenue, mounting losses, major enterprise adoption, and an unusual governance structure designed to preserve founder control and its AI safety mission.

TechCrunch 14:25 UTC

The new iPad mini features a thinner and lighter design than its predecessor.

YourStory (India) 14:22 UTC

Bengaluru-based social gaming platform Matiks has raised $10 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by General Catalyst. The round also saw participation from entrepreneur Ronnie Screwvala and existing investors Info Edge Ventures…

TechCrunch 14:08 UTC

Matiks has introduced a new platform for users to create games using AI.

TechCabal (Africa) 13:44 UTC

Cet article est aussi disponible en français First published October 25, 2026 Marikiti market in Nairobi, Kenya. Image: Eastleigh Voice At 4 AM, Marikiti, Nairobi’s largest wholesale fresh produce market, is already trading. Lorries arrive…

TechCabal (Africa) 13:40 UTC

MultiChoice Group, the African pay-TV operator owned by France’s Canal+ , is cutting the price of its top DStv package in Kenya by 38%, betting on lower subscription charges to win back viewers. From November 5, DStv will replace six…

TechCabal (Africa) 13:24 UTC

Raenest, a Nigerian cross-border payments fintech, has launched a suite of products that lets users receive, save, and spend money across currencies from a single account, expanding its push to manage more of the financial lives of…

YourStory (India) 13:23 UTC

Digital travel booking platform MakeMyTrip swung back into profit for the three months ending September, 2026 boosted by increased booking across all categories. The company reported a net profit of $1.8 million for the second quarter of…

YourStory (India) 13:02 UTC

Lean teams rarely lack ambition. What they lack is the headcount to turn it into production-ready AI, from the engineers who build agents to the security staff who keep them in check. That is the gap Google Cloud’s next webinar, in…

TechCrunch 12:58 UTC

Eligible Turo hosts will also get a one-month free trial of Tesla's FSD software.

EU-Startups 12:52 UTC

Part one was about strategy: the “ why ” behind PR, which stakeholders to chase, how to move them, and which media channels to pursue. You have the map, but now you need to understand the territory and how to move effectively inside of it…

YourStory (India) 12:30 UTC

So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan is a short but thought-provoking work of literary fiction that explores relationships, regret, gender expectations, and the quiet ways people reveal their true character. The story follows Cathal, a man…

EU-Startups 12:25 UTC

On Friday, 23 October 2026, the Council of the European Union adopted its negotiating position on the proposed 28th corporate regime (EU Inc.), retaining the ambition of allowing companies to incorporate online within 48 hours for no more…

YourStory (India) 12:20 UTC

Tata Communications on Monday said it plans to invest $450 million (about Rs 4,280 crore) for setting up a high-speed long-haul fibre network in India to connect AI data centres. The first phase of the programme will focus on the…

YourStory (India) 11:57 UTC

A customer browsing a brand’s Instagram page late at night may have questions about a product, need help choosing the right option or want to know when an order will arrive. If the business cannot respond immediately, that moment of…

CB Insights 11:53 UTC

Paul Monasterio , the CEO of Kalepa 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…

TechCabal (Africa) 11:43 UTC

This is Follow the Money , our weekly series that unpacks the earnings, business, and scaling strategies of African fintechs, financial institutions, companies, and governments. A new edition drops every Monday. South African banks earn…

YourStory (India) 11:37 UTC

Why does someone who claims to love you also make you feel afraid, guilty, or unworthy? In Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men , author Lundy Bancroft explores the behaviour of abusive and controlling men…

YourStory (India) 11:31 UTC

Healthcare technology company BioStack has raised $9.5 million in a seed funding round led by Peak XV, Afore Capital, DCVC, Emerson Collective, SV Angel, Verdict Capital, Streamlined Ventures, and Y Combinator. The round will support…

CB Insights 11:29 UTC

Finn Hefferon , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sora Wealth , 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) 11:15 UTC

Electric two-wheeler maker Ather Energy reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 1.26 crore in the second quarter of FY27, reversing a net loss of Rs 154 crore in the year-ago quarter. Revenue from operations rose 63% year-on-year (YoY) to…

CB Insights 11:13 UTC

Kathryn Boger , Chief Clinical Officer of InStride 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…

CB Insights 11:07 UTC

Jonathan Graber , Head of People Ops & Talent Acquisition of Gridline , 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…

Crunchbase News 11:00 UTC

By Kyle Jeziorski Ilit Raz , founder and former CEO of the AI startup Joonko , raised roughly $27 million after telling investors the company had customers it never had and revenue it never actually earned. When an investor later asked for…

Crunchbase News 11:00 UTC

California companies have scooped up more than three-fourths of all U.S. startup funding this year. That, per Crunchbase data, is an apparent record share. But that’s not all. As investment hit unprecedented levels in 2026, Golden State…

Wired Business 11:00 UTC

Copper prices are at record highs, but for TikTok creators, the real money may be in teaching others how to strip wire—and selling them the tools to do it.

EU-Startups 10:52 UTC

Z_One Fund , the Italian venture capital fund managed by Eureka! Venture has announced the first close at more than €35 million, with a total fundraising target of €60 million. The fund’s investor base includes some of Italy’s most…

CB Insights 10:48 UTC

Kevin Kleess Smith , Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) of Atropos 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…

CB Insights 10:44 UTC

Azita Hamedani , Chief Clinical Officer of Bunkerhill 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…

EU-Startups 10:32 UTC

In response to recent reports of Russian advancement in drone and missile production, German military AI startup Helsing has unveiled Contra; an AI-controlled autonomous air defence system against scaled drone and missile attacks. The…

CB Insights 10:24 UTC

Emeka Oputa , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Valiell Technologies , 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…

Stratechery 10:00 UTC

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CB Insights 09:57 UTC

Alberto Rovera , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Theia Sense , 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 09:50 UTC

Dror Dunsky , Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of VVS Technologies , 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 09:32 UTC

Srivatsan Mohana Rangan, Chief Growth Officer (CGO) of Tvarly , 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 09:30 UTC

Jayden, Sam, and Zack are eagerly pitching editors on reported stories and investigative features. The catch? They're all AI agents.

CB Insights 09:25 UTC

Jeanette Ponder , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Present Company , 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…

TechCabal (Africa) 09:19 UTC

INFRAGORA Global Capital, a South African infrastructure investment firm, plans to begin construction of two AI-ready data centres in Nigeria by the second and third quarter of 2027, as it advances a project estimated to cost between $650…

TechCabal (Africa) 09:16 UTC

Medikea, a Tanzanian healthtech startup, has raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding to expand a healthcare network that combines virtual consultations with physical clinics, diagnostic labs, pharmacies, and specialist care. Baobab…

YourStory (India) 09:11 UTC

A washing machine arriving at a recycling plant may look like a single product. For a recycler, however, its value depends on what is inside, which components are missing, how much material can be recovered, and what it will cost to…

YourStory (India) 09:00 UTC

Living with 88% locomotor disability, the National Award-winning founder of IDEA has spent seven years making one argument: persons with disabilities should be treated as entrepreneurs and job creators, not welfare recipients. Mallikarjuna…

Fast Company Tech 09:00 UTC

Across the Permian Basin, the vast, mineral-rich swath of land in West Texas that supplies much of the nation’s crude oil, derricks pump out massive amounts of oil, roughly 6 million barrels a day. But that amount pales in comparison with…

YourStory (India) 08:47 UTC

Every AI startup today starts from the same place. The same frontier models, the same open-source alternatives, the same rented GPUs. A two-person team in Bengaluru and a thousand-person incumbent buy them on nearly the same terms. So why…

CB Insights 08:42 UTC

Khadija Khartit , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of sohaara , 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 08:40 UTC

Volare , a Finnish DeepTech company turning food-industry side streams into high-quality insect protein, has inaugurated its first industrial-scale facility called Volare 01 in Pori, Finland, and raised €7.1 million in fresh funding. The…

YourStory (India) 08:24 UTC

For years, the media industry has operated in silos. Talent agencies managed stars, studios made films, platforms distributed content, and brands paid to reach audiences. Today, those boundaries are blurring. Creators are building their…

EU-Startups 08:20 UTC

Sonexos , a Lausanne-based DeepTech company, has raised approximately €5.4 million (CHF 5 million/USD 6.1 million) in new equity financing to take its solid-state noise control from working prototypes to industrial production. The round…

CB Insights 08:10 UTC

Berkay Yavuz, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Adsby B.V., 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 08:00 UTC

QuoIntelligence , the Frankfurt-based cybersecurity startup, has received a new investment from Christian Lindner, the former German Federal Finance Minister. The investment came through his investment vehicle, Christian Lindner…

CB Insights 07:56 UTC

Fady E. Isshak , Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of TekPro.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…

CB Insights 07:47 UTC

Macy Nicole Berg Mody , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Papaya , 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…

YourStory (India) 07:44 UTC

Advertising and discounts can attract customers, but getting them to return takes more than marketing. At TechSparks 2026 in Bengaluru, Natasha Tuli, Founder, CEO and Chief Formulator of Soulflower, spoke about the importance of building…

CB Insights 07:36 UTC

Houston Slatton , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vector Foundry , 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 07:31 UTC

David P. Ban , Chief Executive Officer of Yourwell , 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 07:16 UTC

Sergio Ríos Giraldo , Chief Executive Officer of Vecinapp , 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) 07:12 UTC

YourStory presents the daily news roundup from the Indian startup ecosystem and beyond. Here's the roundup for Monday, October 26, 2026. Latest News Electric two-wheeler maker Ather Energy reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 1.26…

CB Insights 07:08 UTC

Javier Alexander Bremont Moreno , Founder & CEO of Wisebrent Technology , 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…

CB Insights 06:58 UTC

Muhammad Uzair , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Waqi 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…

YourStory (India) 06:52 UTC

What Indian users consider an ordinary conversation could be the toughest test for voice AI, and solving it could unlock applications worldwide. An AI voice can answer a question, confirm an order or help book a reservation. But can it…

CB Insights 06:49 UTC

James Bockrath , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Swipe Left 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…

CB Insights 06:32 UTC

Pankaj Kumar , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Test2Deploy , 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) 06:30 UTC

Nagendra Nagaraja, founder, CEO, and chairman of QpiAI, believes that artificial intelligence is fundamentally misunderstood. “I don’t want to use the word AI, I want to use the word intelligence modelling,” Nagaraja said during his…

YourStory (India) 06:30 UTC

Senior living is evolving beyond simply providing safe, comfortable homes. For Sharad Gadsing, Founder, Cradle Of Life , the opportunity lies in rethinking what life after 55 can look like from thoughtfully designed homes and active…

YourStory (India) 06:21 UTC

The next wave of India’s digital economy raises a different set of questions: who controls the layers through which consumers discover apps, access services and make payments? And how can India build for the next 500 million users without…

TechCabal (Africa) 06:16 UTC

In partnership with Lire en Français اقرأ هذا باللغة العربية It’s Moonshot week! The PHP pandemic is sending shivers through government IT departments. On Friday, South Africa’s Presidency temporarily took its website offline after two…

StartupDaily (AU) 05:56 UTC

HEX’s WorkSim throws students into AI-era remote teams to close the internship gap.

CB Insights 05:51 UTC

Fengyun Liu , Chief Executive Officer of TypeScope , 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 05:37 UTC

Simon Baksys , Chief Business Officer of LayerZero , 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?…

StartupDaily (AU) 05:33 UTC

VC carry faces a tax ambush: startup gains keep the 50% CGT discount, but other payouts could jump to 47%.

YourStory (India) 05:30 UTC

Getting around an Indian city has always been harder than it should be. Cabs were expensive, public transport was overcrowded, and for millions of daily commuters, the last mile remained unsolved. When Aravind Sanka, Pavan Guntupalli, and…

Fast Company Tech 04:30 UTC

Dropping $1,200 on a brand-new iPhone only to have an Apple Store salesperson casually hand you a $49 silicone case and a $39 charging brick feels like a minor mugging. Yes, Apple’s accessory margins are legendary. The company has built a…

StartupDaily (AU) 02:57 UTC

Canva bets on Craft, its cheaper home-grown AI image model, to defend 250M users from chatbot design creep.

YourStory (India) 02:00 UTC

Dear Reader, The AI boom is fuelling a datacentre expansion, but local communities are pushing back. In the UK, residents are raising concerns about noise, pollution, and blocked sunlight, putting the spotlight on the environmental costs…

TechCrunch 01:10 UTC

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