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Tech Market & VC news — Tuesday 27 October 2026

104 stories from 10 sources, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.

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  1. GAMES REVIEW: Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave was a slam dunk. But my verdict wavered when credits rolled
    AUStartupDaily (AU)

    Harrison returns with his latest review of a “gargantuan game”.

  2. What doesn’t kill you only makes you richer: Anthropic’s $2.8 trillion IPO could deliver returns that last a lifetime – for however long is left
    AUStartupDaily (AU)

    The AI IPO boom is shaking more than just the markets.

  3. Parents sue OpenAI, alleging GPT-4o coached their daughter off seizure medication
    USTechCrunch

    A family is suing OpenAI, saying ChatGPT coached their daughter to quietly taper off her seizure medication and keep it from her doctors before she died in February.

  4. The data center boom has an upside: innovation for the US grid
    USTechCrunch

    As the AI boom stresses the existing power grid, all sorts of new opportunities for grid modernization are also emerging as a result, industry insiders say.

  5. Airtree tops up AI robotics startup’s pre-Seed with another $5 million
    AUStartupDaily (AU)

    Airtree throws $5m more at Metacognition’s AI robots as Australia fights being a model-hosting backwater.

  6. Australia’s defective aged care algorithm needs legislative reboot, Commonwealth Ombudsman concludes
    AUStartupDaily (AU)

    Aged care’s black box is facing a Robodebt reckoning.

  7. Guidewire buys Hyperexponential for $1.7B in cash
    USTechCrunch

    The deal, expected to close sometime next year, is to help bring AI agents to work alongside humans to underwrite, analyze, and price decisions.

  8. From 8VC to Benchmark, here’s what’s hiding in October SEC filings
    USTechCrunch

    A whole crop of venture capital firms are raising significant new funds.

  9. GM is embracing hybrids now
    USTechCrunch

    GM eschewed hybrids in favor of battery-electric vehicles. Now it's gearing up to offer hybrid versions of its SUVs.

  10. Bank of America kindly asks that you don’t share your banking password with your AI assistant
    USTechCrunch

    The banking giant reminds customers that "you're responsible for activity" resulting from your AI agents' access.

  11. Who’s really in charge at Anthropic after the IPO?
    USTechCrunch

    Here's a clear explanation of Anthropic's incredibly complex governance structure.

  12. Discord is making its public communities more searchable, and people have concerns
    USTechCrunch

    In December, messages from Discord's public discoverable servers will begin appearing in search engine results.

  13. Re:Build, which spun out Slate Auto, raises $2.1B
    USTechCrunch

    The manufacturing accelerator bills itself as "America’s answer to Shenzhen."

  14. Commure wants to build an operating system for healthcare. Here are 6 companies it should buy to get there.
    USCB Insights

    Last week, Commure ‘s autonomous coding product earned Epic Toolbox designation, a label its ambient AI scribe already held. A health system on Epic can now document a patient visit and assign medical billing codes without leaving the…

  15. Anthropic Says It Will Revolutionize Biology—Some Day
    USWired Business

    In breathless press releases and posts, the company has touted its models’ ability to deliver scientific breakthroughs. But its IPO filing taps the brakes on just how fast its AI will lead to big discoveries.

  16. Former DOGE staffers say they just hacked Anthropic in less than 12 hours
    USFast Company Tech

    A cybersecurity firm run by former members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) says it has broken into internal data and messaging systems at Anthropic. Perhaps even more surprising, though, is its claim that it did…

  17. Disruptive raises $10B fund to make big bets on at least 10 companies
    USTechCrunch

    Disruptive has made headlines in recent years for pouring money into companies like chip startup Groq and the AI voice-generation startup ElevenLabs.

  18. Anthropic Flags Gas Supply as One of Its Biggest Near-Term Risks
    USWired Business

    The data center buildout could cause a massive increase in gas prices as companies scramble for limited supplies and infrastructure fails to meet demand.

  19. Frontier AI labs say their models refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis. What does that mean?
    USTechCrunch

    TechCrunch spoke to the MIT computer scientist charged with explaining OpenAI's latest mind-bending discovery.

  20. The politicians still making the case for data centers this election season
    USFast Company Tech

    Data centers might be the boogeyman of the 2026 election. As anxiety about the impact of AI on the economy—and of hyperscaler facilities on local communities—ramps up, politicians on both sides of the aisle have distanced themselves from…

  21. Google’s Genie 4 world model adds audio, more realistic worlds, and real-time steering
    USTechCrunch

    Genie 4 can maintain a consistent scene for up to two minutes, double Genie 3's limit, and offers better physics and more humanlike characters.

  22. Flourish Ventures invests fresh $6 million in Madica’s startup programme
    NGTechCabal (Africa)

    Madica, the pre-seed investment programme backed by US venture firm Flourish Ventures, has received $6 million in fresh capital from Flourish to back 25 to 30 more African startups over the next three years. Each startup will still get up…

  23. Americans are being cyberscammed out of billions and few are getting their money back
    USFast Company Tech

    The U.S. government isn’t doing enough to fight the surge in cyberscams , and partnerships with the private sector remain fragmented and voluntary, an investigation into the global scam industry led by the Joint Economic Committee of the…

  24. CEO Interview: AisleOptix
    USCB Insights

    Serge Rose , CEO of AisleOptix , 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…

  25. Impress bags €40 million EIB financing to expand its digital orthodontics network across Europe
    EUEU-Startups

    Impress , a Spanish digital orthodontics network, has signed a €40 million venture debt loan with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to scale up investments in its AI platform across its network of more than 110 clinics worldwide. The loan…

  26. French VC Aquiti closes €60 million fund for founders outside of traditional venture hubs
    EUEU-Startups

    French VC Aquiti announces the final close of their AVA1 fund at nearly €60 million in order to back founders building across the Greater Southwest of France from pre-Seed onwards. Through its AVA1 fund, Aquiti invests at pre-Seed and…

  27. Meta AI director Rohit Patel leaves to take on Microsoft Office and Google Workspace
    USTechCrunch

    Rohit Patel is departing Meta after eight years working on AI evaluations and reinforcement learning, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. His startup, Ndoc, aims to take on Microsoft Office Suite.

  28. Ford Fathom will be the cheapest American EV capable of powering a house
    USTechCrunch

    Ford is rolling out two new chargers capable of powering a home or the grid — so-called V2X capability.

  29. US government says hackers are now exploiting critical PHP web bugs
    USTechCrunch

    The U.S. government cyber agency warns that hackers have figured out a way to exploit the popular PHP software, used in 70% of the web's software.

  30. Anthropic’s IPO strategy? Cloak itself in altruism
    USFast Company Tech

    Anthropic’s cofounders, including CEO Dario Amodei, left OpenAI because they believed AI safety features should be developed alongside model capabilities from the very start of the development process. This mission has shaped the company…

  31. Apple unveils new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 chip
    USTechCrunch

    The new MacBook Pro comes with 24 hours of battery life, and now features support for Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 connectivity.

  32. OPINON: Europe’s legal work is awash with AI slop, but there is a way to fix it
    EUEU-Startups

    Europe’s startups have been riding a wave of innovation, creating numerous applications of generative and agentic AI. This innovation has explored the art of the possible, but it has also flooded the world with slop. Content is awash with…

  33. Apple rolls out iOS 27.2 with new Siri AI languages and security fixes
    USTechCrunch

    The latest Apple software update for iPhones and iPads includes new features and important security updates.

  34. Healthy snack brand Troovy raises Rs 100 Cr in Series B round led by Fireside Ventures
    INYourStory (India)

    Troovy, a food and snacks brand, has raised Rs 100 crore in a Series B round of funding led by Fireside Ventures, with participation from Sharrp Ventures and other investors. The Gurugram-based brand will use the funding for R&D, expanding…

  35. Japan internet giant GMO says hackers posted stolen customer data
    USTechCrunch

    Japan's GMO Internet is verifying alleged customer data posted by suspected hackers following a cloud service breach.

  36. Biggest stock listing ever? A look at Anthropic’s IPO by the numbers
    USFast Company Tech

    Anthropic has the chance to make history with what could be the biggest initial public offering of stock ever. The artificial intelligence lab filed papers Monday setting up a Wall Street debut next month, ahead of its chief rival OpenAI…

  37. AI startup Simplismart raises $14M from Dallas Venture Capital, Nvidia, and others
    INYourStory (India)

    AI inference infrastructure startup Simplismart has raised $14 million in a Series B funding round led by Dallas Venture Capital, with participation from NVIDIA, Accel, Shastra VC and Micromax. The company will use the funds to further…

  38. Billionaire Palmer Luckey isn’t leaving California over the wealth tax
    USTechCrunch

    "It's causing a lot of people to run who I don't want to be running," native Californian Palmer Luckey said. "But I'm planning on staying in California. I'm going to keep fighting it."

  39. Opera introduces a new web standard to let users deploy AI locally in their browser
    USTechCrunch

    The new standard, WebAI, is designed to work with a variety of AI models.

  40. General Compute raises $100 million Series A, countering the neocloud disaster narrative
    USTechCrunch

    General Compute is betting on inference chips from outside the Nvidia ecosystem.

  41. Anduril, Qualcomm launch BlueChip, a new kind of US-made laptop
    USTechCrunch

    Anduril founder Palmer Luckey is vowing to bring computer manufacturing back to the U.S., and by that he doesn't just mean assembly, but every individual component, some of which are exclusively made in China today.

  42. Lessons in Chemistry: 5 Takeaways from Bonnie Garmus’ Novel
    INYourStory (India)

    Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus is a thought-provoking novel about ambition, gender inequality, motherhood, and the courage to challenge social expectations. Set in the 1960s, the story follows Elizabeth Zott, a brilliant chemist…

  43. Executive Interview: Sykes-Tech
    USCB Insights

    Malachi Philip , CRO of Sykes-Tech , 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…

  44. How technology on the factory floor is driving manufacturing’s next leap
    NGTechCabal (Africa)

    Technology has become part of how modern businesses operate. The more difficult question for business leaders is deciding where they can create meaningful value. Every year brings new tools, platforms and applications that promise to make…

  45. Google Cloud’s Gemini voice AI wants to do more than just talk
    INYourStory (India)

    Imagine asking an AI assistant to find a customer, negotiate a price and help close a sale, all without typing a single prompt. Voice AI is moving beyond answering questions to taking on tasks, and Google Cloud wants businesses to put it…

  46. Workshaala targets Rs 1,000 Cr revenue as it scales enterprise workspace business
    INYourStory (India)

    India's offices are being reinvented, and Workshaala wants to be the company that runs them. The enterprise workspace provider has set out a Rs 1,000 crore revenue vision for its next phase of growth, built on a footprint that already…

  47. British SME lender Lovey secures up to €298 million to support UK companies
    EUEU-Startups

    Lovey , a British FinTech and financial services provider specialising in SME lending and brokerage, has today announced a senior secured credit facility of up to €298 million (£250 million) with Pollen Street Capital, an alternative asset…

  48. Executive Interview: CredibleX
    USCB Insights

    Hassan Reda , Chief Product Officer of CredibleX , 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?…

  49. Healthtech startup Cent raises $15M in Series A
    INYourStory (India)

    Healthtech startup Cent has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round through a combination of debt and equity, led by Blume Ventures and existing investor South Park Commons. The round also saw participation from individual…

  50. CEO) Interview: WaniWani
    USCB Insights

    Robin Diligent , CEO of Waniwani , 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…

  51. Finnish DefenceTech Arctic RAVN secures €2.5 million in loan commitments before its first product launch
    EUEU-Startups

    Arctic RAVN , an Espoo-based DefenceTech startup, has secured €2.5 million in convertible loan commitments, surpassing its original €2 million target in under a week. The round, launched in October 2026, saw investor commitments arrive…

  52. Crunchbase Data Shows Q3 Robotics Startup Funding Jumps 185% As US And China Lead Physical AI Push
    USCrunchbase News

    Venture funding to robotics startups has soared in 2026, with the bulk of investment going to companies based in China and the U.S., Crunchbase data shows. All told, global venture funding to robotics startups totaled $9.9 billion in Q3…

  53. Your AI Agents Need A Chief Operating Officer, Too
    USCrunchbase News

    By Rick Folgmann A landlord in California has 21 days after a resident moves out to return the security deposit or send an itemized list of deductions. Miss it in bad faith, and the penalty can reach twice the deposit. That deadline…

  54. Nvidia backs Indian startup helping companies run AI models with fewer GPUs
    USTechCrunch

    Simplismart says its annualized revenue run rate has grown fourteenfold in six months, with the U.S. accounting for more than half its revenue.

  55. AI Agents Are Media’s New Favorite Audience
    USWired Business

    As agents go mainstream, some publishers are hoping that people will pay for content tailor-made for AI—not humans.

  56. 5 lessons to learn from Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
    INYourStory (India)

    Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason is a moving novel about mental health, marriage, family relationships, and the complicated experience of living with emotional pain. The story follows Martha Friel, a woman in her forties who struggles with an…

  57. Rotoris bags Rs 70 Cr to expand its luxury watch business
    INYourStory (India)

    Gurugram-based independent luxury watchmaker Rotoris has raised Rs 70 crore (~$8.5 million) in a Series A funding round led by early-stage investment firm Blume Ventures. 9Unicorns and Centricity also participated, bringing in…

  58. CEO Interview: Plain
    USCB Insights

    Diogo Duarte , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Plain , 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…

  59. Executive Interview: TetraScience
    USCB Insights

    Bruce Upbin, VP, Communications of TetraScience , 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?…

  60. Anthropic S-1, The Cost of Compute, Who Is Paying?
    USStratechery

    Anthropic's IPO is finally here; the core business is very profitable, but competition may eat all of the profits, even as investors are set up for endless dilution.

  61. CEO Interview: DAHUU
    USCB Insights

    Angelo Piazzolla , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of DAHUU , 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…

  62. CEO Interview: TuBanc
    USCB Insights

    Maria Andrea Espinosa Montes , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of TuBanc , 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…

  63. CEO Interview: Ventus AI
    USCB Insights

    Marco Ma , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ventus 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…

  64. CEO Interview: Caplyzer
    USCB Insights

    Rutvika Acharya Olofsson, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Caplyzer , 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…

  65. London’s Querio launches with €4.48 million to help companies tackle conflicting answers across AI tools
    EUEU-Startups

    Querio , a London-based analytics platform for data teams and their AI agents, has launched today with €4.48 million ($5 million) in total funding. Its investors include BMW i Ventures, which led the company’s Seed financing, alongside…

  66. Capital no longer creates jobs, and AI is compounding the issue: Yatish Rajawat of Hundred Million Jobs
    INYourStory (India)

    I ndia's growth model is quietly severing the link between investment and employment, said K Yatish Rajawat, Co-founder of Hundred Million Jobs, a non-profit initiative to create 100 million net jobs in India over the next decade. Capital…

  67. CEO Interview: Vouch
    USCB Insights

    Travis Hedge , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vouch , 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…

  68. Executive Interview: Elfie
    USCB Insights

    Grace McNamara, Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) of Elfie , 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…

  69. CEO Interview: Finanjo
    USCB Insights

    Prithviraj Singh Chauhan , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Finanjo , 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…

  70. CEO Interview: Let’s Sum
    USCB Insights

    Daniela Larangote , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Let’s Sum , 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…

  71. Executive Interview: SecondSight
    USCB Insights

    Brack Coalson , Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of SecondSight , 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…

  72. CEO Interview: Trace Finance
    USCB Insights

    Bernardo Brites , CEO of Trace Finance , 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…

  73. Startup news and updates: daily roundup (October 27, 2026)
    INYourStory (India)

    YourStory brings you today's headlines and the latest news across sectors. Featured stories Naiyya Saggi on building EDT Naiyya Saggi, founder of consumer appliance and beauty-tech startup EDT (Everyday Design & Technology), is reimagining…

  74. Nexus Luxembourg 2027: Applications now open for Startups ＆ Scaleups Awards (Sponsored)
    EUEU-Startups

    Around 240 startups and scale-ups will pitch live in Luxembourg on 9–10 March 2027, competing for a Grand Prize worth over €125,000. Applications close on 16 November. Most founders know the trade-off of the conference circuit: a booth…

  75. How much will data centers increase your electric bill?
    USFast Company Tech

    One of the biggest reasons most Americans don’t want a data center built nearby is that they worry it will drive up their utility bills. But whether those bills rise, and by how much, depends on the local power grid and the terms of the…

  76. The secret strategy behind Whoop’s $10.1 billion valuation
    USFast Company Tech

    When former Harvard squash cocaptain Will Ahmed developed the idea for wearable company Whoop in the early 2010s, he was focused on helping serious athletes like himself optimize their performance. The wristband he designed tracks…

  77. South Africa’s CrissCross raises undisclosed Circle Ventures investment in stablecoin push
    NGTechCabal (Africa)

    CrissCross, the South Africa-headquartered cross-border payments infrastructure company, has secured an undisclosed investment from Circle Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Circle Internet Group, the company that issues USD Coin…

  78. CEO Interview: WH Financial Services
    USCB Insights

    Andres Cruz Alvarez , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of WH Financial Services , 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?…

  79. Paris-based Naboo acquires UK meetings and events specialist pro-ven following €58.7 million Series B
    EUEU-Startups

    Naboo , a Paris-based EventTech scale-up, has joined forces with UK specialist pro-ven , bringing together two of the Meetings and Events (M&E) sector’s prominent names. Starting today, pro-ven becomes Naboo UK. Together, the combined…

  80. CEO Interview: Gretchen AI
    USCB Insights

    Tim Polzehl , CEO of Gretchen 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…

  81. CEO Interview: DASI Simulations
    USCB Insights

    Teri Anderson-Sirset , CEO of DASI Simulations , 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…

  82. AI agents have no rules, so Meta wrote its own
    USFast Company Tech

    Why would anyone trust Meta? After all, this is the company that became the world’s avatar for shameless and exploitative data harvesting. The same data mastery that powers one of the most effective advertising platforms ever made also…

  83. EXCLUSIVE: Copenhagen-based PropTech Cortas lands €1.47 million in a pre-Seed round led by PSV Tech
    EUEU-Startups

    Cortas , a Copenhagen-based PropTech startup building what it calls an entirely new operating model for property management, has raised €1.47 million in pre-Seed funding. The round was led by PSV Tech, which has backed Nordic companies for…

  84. Moniepoint offers staff voluntary exit in engineering and product restructuring
    NGTechCabal (Africa)

    Moniepoint, the Nigerian financial services company, is restructuring its engineering and product teams, with some roles set to become redundant. The company is offering affected employees a voluntary exit package and plans to complete the…

  85. Executive Interview: Kneu Health
    USCB Insights

    Kinan Muhammed , Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Kneu 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…

  86. CEO Interview: Finology Software
    USCB Insights

    Alexander Jeffrey Bottom , CEO of Finology Software , 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?…

  87. Executive Interview: Nevado
    USCB Insights

    David Sullivan , COO of NevadoAI , tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. Tell us about one recent win that is reasonably representative of where you are today: a signed buyer, customer, lender, or…

  88. CEO Interview: Koxa
    USCB Insights

    Conner T. Mulvee , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Koxa , 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…

  89. CEO Interview: Lama AI
    USCB Insights

    Omri Yacubovich , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lama 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…

  90. X is nudging users to promote their posts with a pointing hand, and people are confused
    USTechCrunch

    Whose hand is behind this travesty?

  91. Executive Interview: Zero Index Technologies
    USCB Insights

    Godfrey Lehoko, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Zero Index 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…

  92. Live2.ai raises Rs 130 Cr to expand its AI-led social commerce platform
    INYourStory (India)

    Bengaluru-based Live2.ai, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to connect social-media intelligence with marketing and commerce, has raised Rs 130 crore ($14 million) in a pre-Series B funding round led by venture capital firm IvyCap…

  93. 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Fined National Bank
    NGTechCabal (Africa)

    In partnership with Lire en Français اقرأ هذا باللغة العربية It’s Moonshot week! We’re officially renaming Q4 the “IPO quarter.” Any company that went public before October may have to do the whole thing again, properly this time. But on a…

  94. Noel Tata challenges resolution to reappoint Chandrasekaran as Tata Sons chairman
    INYourStory (India)

    Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata on Monday challenged the resolution to reappoint N Chandrasekaran as the chairman of Tata Sons, which was passed at the September 17 board meeting of the holding company of the country's largest conglomerate…

  95. Microsoft announces voluntary exit offer for employees in India, 3 other countries
    INYourStory (India)

    Microsoft on Monday announced a voluntary exit programme for eligible employees in India, the US, the UK and Canada, offering financial support and career planning resources to those opting to leave the company, according to a blog post by…

  96. Nazara Technologies swings to profit in Q2; revenue jumps 53% to Rs 803 Cr
    INYourStory (India)

    Nazara Technologies on Monday reported a profit after tax of about Rs 35.3 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, against a loss of about Rs 34 crore in the year-ago period, as the gaming company clinched a "record quarter" in…

  97. New, improved CGT rules for startups just dropped in Parliament, but there are still concerns about the R＆D funding plan
    AUStartupDaily (AU)

    Startup CGT relief gets smarter, but R&D cuts still bite and Senate horse-trading could rewrite the deal.

  98. Talent diplomacy may become the next driver of global economic growth
    INYourStory (India)

    The drivers of economic power have always traditionally been accessing to capital, energy, technology, and markets; but more nations are now running up against that much more difficult resource to generate fast talent. Unlike capital…

  99. Ather turns profitable after Rs 154 Cr loss; Meta plans to raise $35B for AI expansion
    INYourStory (India)

    Dear Reader, MakeMyTrip is back in the black! The travel booking platform reported a net profit of $1.8 million in Q2 FY27, compared with a $5.7 million loss a year ago. Revenue rose 2.5% year-on-year to $235.2 million, or 11.2% in…

  100. How OpenAI turned its coding tools into dots, an always-on personal assistant
    USTechCrunch

    Alexander Embiricos, the OpenAI executive responsible for dots, never wants to have a meeting with someone else's AI agent.

  101. Six years and $300,000 later – what you need to know about growing a community
    AUStartupDaily (AU)

    Incaberry burned $300k to make backyard surplus impossible to waste.

  102. Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing
    USTechCrunch

    An AI model said it wouldn’t use any tools, then tried to send something to a server in Beijing anyway, and while researchers say it’s probably a training quirk and not espionage, the whole thing has people asking how much to trust free…

  103. Chemical threat detection startup Forward Deployed sniffs out $1 million
    AUStartupDaily (AU)

    Forward Deployed grabs $1M to turn DINGO into field-ready chemical threat detection for hostile zones.

  104. Paytm sees 10x rise in net profit in Q2 of FY27
    INYourStory (India)

    Paytm reported a net profit of Rs 225 crore for the second quarter of FY27, which was almost a 10x rise when compared to Rs 21 crore recorded in the similar period of last fiscal. The revenue for the second quarter came in at Rs 2,648…