Tech Market & VC news — Wednesday 28 October 2026

TechCabal (Africa) 23:37 UTC

Grey , the Y Combinator-backed cross-border payments company, has launched Paycheck, a salary account for professionals earning in United States dollars, British pounds, and euros, as it sets its sights on growing beyond its current base…

TechCrunch 23:15 UTC

The cloud security startup raised a Series C at a $3.8B valuation, instead of selling itself for the same price.

StartupDaily (AU) 23:11 UTC

Labor agrees to bar AI chatbots barred from grooming kids into synthetic besties as Senate horse-trading looms.

TechCabal (Africa) 23:08 UTC

Africa’s digital economy needs more than apps that connect users to services. It also depends on reliable transport, location data, access to financing, and shared infrastructure that businesses can build. That was a central theme of the…

TechCrunch 22:47 UTC

Prepare to cough up around $14,549 if you want the new touchscreen MacBook Pro to have every upgrade.

StartupDaily (AU) 22:04 UTC

James Hird swaps Essendon chaos for Affinda’s AI sports push, turning messy club data into wins and revenue.

TechCrunch 21:58 UTC

Microsoft has never disclosed Azure's quarterly revenue in dollars. But for the first time, we can see just how close it is getting to besting the biggest competitor in the market, AWS.

TechCrunch 21:48 UTC

The announcement came alongside parent company Alphabet's third-quarter earnings report, which saw revenue grow 25% year over year to $127.6 billion.

TechCrunch 21:34 UTC

Microsoft said it made $10 billion in revenue from commercial arrangements with OpenAI, including revenue-sharing payments, in the quarter ending September 30. It underscores the still-enormous financial dependency of the partnership.

TechCrunch 21:25 UTC

Whatever the future of AI might be, the current situation is still very good for Microsoft. The tech giant reported yet another record for quarterly revenue on Wednesday: $92.3 billion, a 19% increase over the year-ago quarter.

Fast Company Tech 20:56 UTC

Ever since Windows 8 paved the way for touchscreen laptops, Apple’s been against them. And the company’s leaders haven’t exactly been shy about making their feelings known. “It gives great demo, but after a short period of time you get…

CB Insights 20:31 UTC

Timing is the hardest part of dealmaking. By the time a round is announced, the investors are already picked. That’s the problem CB Insights’ Funding Window is built to solve. It estimates when a private company is most likely to raise its…

TechCrunch 20:01 UTC

A hacker obtained personally identifiable information about more than 40,000 Homeland Security staffers, which has since been published online.

CB Insights 19:31 UTC

Aaron Rallo , CEO at Trovia , tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. You sold a company to one of the largest tech companies in the world. What did that experience, and any time you spent inside the…

Fast Company Tech 19:26 UTC

Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election , a fact that Google Search’s built-in AI feature seemingly won’t tell you in the U.S. Ask the tool, officially called AI Mode, “Who won the 2020 United States election?” And it responds: “To…

TechCrunch 19:19 UTC

The frontier lab is lifting the curtain on how users spend money on its models ahead of a planned IPO.

TechCrunch 19:05 UTC

The PHP scare may have faded from your feed, but the cleanup is far from over. Last week, two critical bugs in the open source language behind roughly 70% of websites left organizations scrambling to fix their systems, with some taking…

Wired Business 18:30 UTC

To experiment with AI’s predictive skills, I let Codex loose on a fantasy team. It tried to bench Erling Haaland at first, but it soon learned the error of its ways.

TechCabal (Africa) 18:25 UTC

In April, Flutterwave , a pan-African fintech unicorn, secured a national microfinance banking licence through its acquisition of open banking startup Mono. It joined a growing group of Nigerian fintechs moving into regulated banking. In…

TechCabal (Africa) 18:09 UTC

African countries must harmonise regulatory requirements, connect payment systems and invest in shared financial infrastructure to make cross-border trade faster and cheaper, experts stated at the 2026 Moonshot by TechCabal conference …

TechCrunch 17:26 UTC

Apple's new touchscreen MacBook Pro starts at $2,899.

TechCrunch 17:00 UTC

A new developer platform will let businesses bring their services to Google's AI experiences, potentially changing how consumers discover and use apps.

TechCrunch 17:00 UTC

The autofill update lets Chrome pull flight confirmations, tracking info, order details, and other information from your inbox, with your permission.

TechCrunch 17:00 UTC

Xreal Aura will start at $1,279 and will have multiple XR specific apps at launch.

Fast Company Tech 16:47 UTC

Sidharth Ramsinghaney, director of strategy and operations at Twilio, explains how AI can create seamless customer experiences across calls, texts, and chatbots—and why customer obsession remains key to innovation.

Fast Company Tech 16:44 UTC

AI is transforming the workplace, shifting the focus from expertise and information gathering to learning, collaboration, and empathetic leadership. At Stellantis, the key to success is upskilling employees and making AI work seamlessly…

TechCabal (Africa) 16:43 UTC

Mastercard, the global payments giant, and Interswitch, a Nigerian payments infrastructure provider, have partnered to bring Google Pay to eligible Mastercard cardholders in Nigeria, allowing customers to make contactless payments using…

YourStory (India) 16:37 UTC

If there’s one rule for surviving the AI tech shift, it’s that your learning curve can never plateau. As artificial intelligence reshapes industries and job requirements, IT professionals must keep upgrading their skills and adapting to…

TechCrunch 16:00 UTC

The For You feed combines posts from communities users have joined with recommendations tailored to their interests.

TechCabal (Africa) 15:57 UTC

Airtel Africa has appointed Goriola Bakare as Home Broadband Experience Lead for the continent, effective October 1, 2026, after he led Airtel Nigeria’s home broadband business and completed a six-month secondment to Bharti Airtel in…

TechCrunch 15:53 UTC

Tech leaders are flaunting how out of touch they are when they brag about using AI to connect with their families.

TechCrunch 15:53 UTC

Constellation Energy will get $5 billion in government loans to modernize nuclear reactors. Most of the new capacity is already committed to Google, Amazon, and Meta.

Fast Company Tech 15:45 UTC

South Korea on Wednesday fined Alphabet’s Google and Apple a combined 63.7 billion won ($47.6 million), saying they abused their dominance in app store markets by forcing local developers onto their own payment systems and by unfairly…

EU-Startups 15:44 UTC

German startups are increasingly looking towards Japan as a destination for international expansion, industrial partnerships and technological cooperation. From DefenceTech and nuclear fusion to quantum computing and space infrastructure…

TechCrunch 15:41 UTC

South Korea’s financial institutions have been hit by another wave of cyberattacks, highlighting the growing risk of AI-driven hacking in Asia.

YourStory (India) 15:04 UTC

Ecommerce company Meesho reported a 68% decline in net losses even as revenues rose by 34% on a year-on-year (YoY) basis for the second quarter of FY27. Meesho reported a net loss of Rs 132.44 crore for the three months ending September…

TechCrunch 15:00 UTC

Nvidia just released a free speech-to-text model that can transcribe up to 40 languages, but it only works on recordings, not live audio, so it’s a big step for meeting and medical transcription tools while still leaving real-time use to…

TechCabal (Africa) 14:59 UTC

Nigeria’s artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions should be judged by the lives the technology improves. Uche Amaonwu, Director of the Gates Foundation Nigeria Country Office, believes the number of AI products launched should not be the…

Fast Company Tech 14:45 UTC

Social media videos believed to be produced with artificial intelligence and linked to Russia are misusing real people’s names and photographs to spread disinformation about two Democratic Senate candidates in the final stretch of midterm…

TechCrunch 14:34 UTC

Amazon's other new devices include an upgraded Echo Dot, an Echo Studio with visual intelligence features, and the Echo Show 16.

TechCrunch 14:26 UTC

The move puts TikTok in more direct competition with platforms like Yelp and Google.

TechCrunch 13:53 UTC

Meta launched a new app called Waddle World, which essentially looks like a Tamagotchi clone, but with AI.

TechCrunch 13:39 UTC

Free Fire India was originally set to launch in September 2023, but Garena postponed its release.

YourStory (India) 13:34 UTC

Info Edge (India), which owns and operates internet-led businesses, delivered steady business growth in the second quarter ended September 30, 2026. Consolidated revenue from operations rose 12.2% year on year (YoY) to Rs 903.9 crore…

Fast Company Tech 13:00 UTC

Susan Bailey still vividly remembers the first time she hosted a family in need of emergency housing. It was 2017, and she had just renovated a property near her home in Colorado with the idea of adding it to her growing portfolio of…

TechCrunch 13:00 UTC

In just 7 days, TechCrunch Founder Summit takes over Boston’s SoWa Power Station on November 4. Your chance to save up to $100 on tickets is running out, and the opportunity to learn and connect directly with experienced founders…

TechCrunch 13:00 UTC

The deal with DTL Transport puts it on a path to become an an asset-light tech supplier, rather than owner and operator.

Crunchbase News 12:00 UTC

Numeracle has raised $28 million from Edison Partners to help businesses whose calls are incorrectly labeled as spam or blocked by phone carriers, it tells Crunchbase News exclusively. The McLean, Virginia-based company verifies businesses…

EU-Startups 11:56 UTC

Magic Vision , an Italian DeepTech startup developing AI and computer vision technologies to monitor and support older people and vulnerable individuals, has closed a €600k funding round. Investors include SixS, the Italian company behind…

YourStory (India) 11:53 UTC

Hitesh Oberoi, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Info Edge, will step down from his full-time executive role on December 2, 2026, after nearly 27 years with the company, including more than 16 years as MD. The parent of…

YourStory (India) 11:17 UTC

Sending Diwali gifts to a handful of employees or clients is relatively simple. Sending hundreds of gifts to recipients spread across different cities is another matter. Addresses need to be verified, budgets finalized, packaging…

EU-Startups 11:04 UTC

Europe’s AI funding boom is not benefiting every part of the market equally. Recorded Series A–C investment rose by approximately 66% in the first nine months of 2026, yet funding in rounds worth €22.2 million to less than €88.9 million…

Crunchbase News 11:00 UTC

I got off the phone with a potential client whose company is doing great. The client, however, is not even thinking of selling the company as they see future growth over the next couple of years that they wish to materialize in order to…

Crunchbase News 11:00 UTC

Editor’s note: The following is the latest profile in a series of articles about startup founders from non-technical backgrounds who have launched successful venture-backed companies. Read the previous interviews in the series including…

EU-Startups 10:13 UTC

AP Ventures , a London-based independent VC firm investing in early-stage industrial and energy technologies, today announced the final close of AP Ventures Fund III LP (Fund III). The VC firm has raised €269.62 million ($300 million) in…

YourStory (India) 10:08 UTC

PhysicsWallah’s School of Startups (PW SoS) has signed a two-year memorandum of understanding with the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) to support early-stage ventures, particularly in Tier-II and III cities…

Fast Company Tech 10:07 UTC

Wall Street is busy preparing for what could become the three biggest initial public offerings in history. SpaceX has already gone public, and Anthropic and OpenAI are expected to follow suit. Yet even as investors scramble to get in…

YourStory (India) 10:06 UTC

Researchers from the National Institute of Technology Rourkela (NIT Rourkela), in collaboration with researchers from IIT Guwahati, IIT Bombay, and NISER Bhubaneswar, have developed new materials that can emit different colours of light…

Stratechery 10:06 UTC

Meta's earnings come in the context of Zuckerberg delivering on his promise; if investors believe in Muse they must support Meta's spending on compute.

Fast Company Tech 10:01 UTC

What’s the purpose of a soccer game? It’s the moment a goal is scored. That ecstatic instant when everyone rises in unison to their feet, held by the primal bonds of human passion and connection. That’s the moment athletes play for and the…

EU-Startups 09:51 UTC

Proxima Fusion , a German stellarator fusion company, has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Japan to strengthen the industrial supply chain behind Germany’s ambition to become a global leader in fusion energy. The MoU was…

Fast Company Tech 09:33 UTC

The AI race between the U.S. and China is the defining competition of our age. Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, adviser to the Pentagon, and current CEO of Relativity Space, gives his most unvarnished assessment yet. He reveals that the…

CB Insights 09:03 UTC

Trayan Momkov , Founder & Engineer of Trayangle 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?…

Fast Company Tech 09:00 UTC

Kevin Scott is a maker. Given that he’s been Microsoft’s CTO for almost a decade, that doesn’t come as a shock. But his passion for making stuff extends to two hobbies— pottery and woodworking —that he pursues in a studio he built in Los…

YourStory (India) 08:15 UTC

Assembling iPhones makes great headlines for India. Owning the supply chain is where the real power lies. Apple assembled around 55 million iPhones in India in 2025, a 53% increase from 36 million units in 2024. The country now accounts…

YourStory (India) 08:11 UTC

From Jio Platforms making a strong debut on the National Stock Exchange on Wednesday with its shares gaining 21.3% over the issue price of Rs 1,119 apiece, to AI that can generate almost anything we ask for, here are the latest…

CB Insights 08:06 UTC

Thorsten Gressling , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Paramus Transform , 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 08:02 UTC

Cathleen Kuo, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Opalite 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…

Fast Company Tech 08:00 UTC

It may not be as shocking as rogue AI agents hacking another system, but the current political resistance to data centers has taken a surprising turn: It’s bringing together strange bedfellows , from democratic socialist Sen. Bernie…

YourStory (India) 07:56 UTC

Key Takeaways GomatiRoots is building a brand around Bihar's traditional badi. The startup received Rs 1 lakh in funding through YourStory's Shuru Kar initiative. Shital Kumari's startup is connecting rural women with markets. The company…

CB Insights 07:55 UTC

Mustafa A. Khanwala , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mishipay , 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 07:50 UTC

Laura Stembridge , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of InsideOut , 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) 07:49 UTC

Picture a product developer creating a plant-based protein drink for three different markets. The product concept is clear; the information needed to build it is not. Supplier specifications are locked inside PDFs. Trial results sit in…

CB Insights 07:43 UTC

Noel Moldvai , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Augment , 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 07:34 UTC

Autofixer , a Polish online car parts platform, has raised €3 million in venture debt financing to expand further across Europe, develop its platform and grow its team. The financing came from Orbit Capital, a growth-stage venture debt and…

CB Insights 07:33 UTC

Gerry Giacomán Colyer , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Clara , 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 07:28 UTC

Arpan Parikh , CEO of Kin , 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…

YourStory (India) 07:24 UTC

The government is working to leverage the procurement process to promote startups, a top official of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade said on Tuesday. Speaking at the curtain-raiser event for National Startup…

CB Insights 07:23 UTC

Seth M. Phillips , Chief Executive Officer of Bound , 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 07:07 UTC

Daniel Magalhaes , Chief Strategy Officer of Vitrify , 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 07:01 UTC

Jeremy Epstein , Chief Executive Officer of Mayflower Specialty , 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…

EU-Startups 07:00 UTC

Artiso , a Barcelona-based FashionTech startup building an AI operating system built for fashion teams, has raised more than €3 million in a fully equity pre-Seed round. Criteria Venture Tech led the round and has supported the company…

CB Insights 06:41 UTC

Saeed Zarif , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Trust-Prompt , 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 06:31 UTC

Samplix , a Danish BioTech company developing droplet microfluidics technology for functional single-cell analysis, has announced a €25 million first closing of a financing round. The financing comprises €3 million in new capital and €22…

TechCabal (Africa) 06:24 UTC

In partnership with Lire en Français اقرأ هذا باللغة العربية It’s Day 1 at Moonshot 2026! Let’s talk at Moonshot! You’ve been reading our stories. Now, we’d love to hear yours. If you’re attending Moonshot today, we’re inviting TC Daily…

CB Insights 06:24 UTC

Greg Hockenbrocht , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Launch10 , 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 06:15 UTC

Andy Kramer, Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) of Finley , 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?…

Wired Business 06:00 UTC

One of England’s top judges, Geoffrey Vos, believes that AI could adjudicate plenty of civil cases. The question, he says, is where the line should be drawn.

CB Insights 05:55 UTC

Alban de Preville , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dalma , 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 05:50 UTC

Akash Samant , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Coverflow , 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 05:45 UTC

Daniel Kaines , Chief Executive Officer of A.Ideal Group , 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) 05:42 UTC

After making a strong debut on the National Stock Exchange today, the shares of Jio Platforms closed at Rs 1,419, at a gain of 26.81%. Jio Platforms achieved a market capitalisation of Rs 13,06,761.47 crore on its first day of trading…

CB Insights 05:40 UTC

Hojoung Lee , Chief Executive Officer of Undermilli , 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 05:34 UTC

Sunil Nathan , Chief Executive Officer of FiXiFi.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?…

TechCrunch 05:20 UTC

Jio has debuted as India's second-most valuable listed company, behind its parent, Reliance Industries.

StartupDaily (AU) 04:39 UTC

Spender torches Labor’s Kafkaesque startup CGT maze, pushing a simpler 40% active-asset discount for risk-takers.

YourStory (India) 03:52 UTC

We are living in a world where content is no longer scarce. There is more news, more videos, more creators, and, AI that can generate almost anything we ask for. But this abundance brings a new challenge: when everyone is creating content…

StartupDaily (AU) 03:27 UTC

The startup’s Micro Honey Harvester ranks among products from the likes of Apple, Anthropic, and Fujifilm on the annual list.

YourStory (India) 02:00 UTC

Dear Reader, India’s ambition to achieve defence self-reliance gets a big boost. Sarvam has inked a five-year agreement with the defence ministry to develop AI tech for the armed forces. The Bengaluru-based AI company will design, develop…

StartupDaily (AU) 01:17 UTC

ARENA plugs $2m into Alchemy Charge to crack apartment EV charging with Strata Assist. Register now to join the home-charging revolt.

TechCrunch 01:15 UTC

Massive note conversions reveal the true extent of Amazon's ownership in Anthropic.

StartupDaily (AU) 00:03 UTC

NRF flips Liontown lithium stake for a 7.7% return, crowds in private capital and backs AI/quantum bets.