Tech Market & VC news — Friday 30 October 2026

TechCrunch 23:21 UTC

The AI logistics startup will bolster the CRM giant's Missionforce defense platform.

TechCrunch 22:56 UTC

As an increasing number of AI assistants flood the market, the founder of Ollie, an assistant that respected its users' privacy, says it will be shutting down in a week.

StartupDaily (AU) 22:10 UTC

MP Space, Metacognition, Copy Geek, and Forward Deployed shared the cash.

TechCrunch 21:54 UTC

Intel is being hurt by PC sales as the AI industry gobbles memory and other components causing PC prices to rise.

TechCrunch 21:52 UTC

Blackstone's forecast is just a prediction, but naturally, a high junk rating would make it more difficult and costlier for Anthropic to raise the money to keep funding its massive spending that has undergirded its business.

TechCrunch 21:48 UTC

EXCLUSIVE: A security researcher discovered the hardcoded credential in Applebee's app, allowing unrestricted access to customers' personal data.

TechCrunch 21:26 UTC

No Halloween costume? Just be a deceptively cute AI agent icon, a PHP vulnerability, or sleepy time Bryan Johnson.

Wired Business 21:19 UTC

This week on Uncanny Valley, we also discuss Anthropic’s IPO filing and the volunteers gearing up to counter ICE at the midterms.

TechCrunch 21:17 UTC

Big Tech is pouring billions into AI infrastructure, but mounting debt, negative cash flow, and growing investor skepticism are raising questions about the sustainability of the AI spending boom.

CB Insights 20:54 UTC

Stealth startups are hard to track by design. Most have no website, no product page, and no announced funding. The people building them are easier to read. Using CB Insights People data, we looked at a decade’s worth of AI 100 -winning…

TechCrunch 19:55 UTC

Like a real-life episode of "Suits," the demise of famed white-shoe Wall Street law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has been the talk of the legal industry. And now an AI firm has entered the picture.

Fast Company Tech 19:09 UTC

There is an uneasy feeling these days when surfing the web that the internet has irrevocably changed. Log on to social media and you’re wading through a sea of influencers psy-opping you into buying stuff you don’t need. Scroll through…

TechCrunch 18:01 UTC

Satlyt ran a successful test this month bringing it closer to turning spacecraft, starting with satellites, into virtual data centers.

TechCrunch 17:47 UTC

Can't agree on where to eat? Zest's AI concierge can combine everyone's tastes, put restaurant options to a vote, and make the reservation.

Fast Company Tech 17:30 UTC

The robotics industry wants humanoids to become part of everyday life, taking on work in homes and offices. Billions of dollars are flowing toward machines capable of increasingly complex physical tasks. The humanoid robot maker Figure…

Fast Company Tech 17:29 UTC

The world can feel particularly unsafe these days, with AI agents running rampant within private networks and billions of dollars disappearing from crypto wallets in less time than it takes to watch a sitcom episode. But while the world…

Stratechery 17:00 UTC

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TechCrunch 17:00 UTC

The first TPU in space is running a Google DeepMind Gemma 4 model and writing cheesy poetry.

Crunchbase News 16:33 UTC

Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2026 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board . This is a weekly feature that runs down the week’s…

EU-Startups 16:20 UTC

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TechCrunch 16:03 UTC

The cautionary Theranos tale takes on a new significance in the AI era, when companies that have never turned a profit are raising capital at trillion-dollar valuations.

EU-Startups 15:46 UTC

The Netherlands has long been regarded as a European leader in agricultural and food innovation, but that position appears to be under threat. A new report published today by Dutch national investment institution Invest-NL warns that the…

TechCabal (Africa) 15:18 UTC

Credit Direct, the consumer lending subsidiary of FCMB Group, a Nigerian financial services group, is expanding beyond traditional lending into embedded finance as it seeks to make credit and other financial services more accessible to…

YourStory (India) 15:04 UTC

PB Fintech, the parent company of digital insurance platform Policybazaar and credit aggregator platform Paisabazaar, reported a 42.5% rise in net profit for the second quarter of FY27 while revenue rose by 35% in the same period. PB…

Wired Business 15:00 UTC

Apple doesn’t need fixing, and it doesn’t want drama. Its new leader is a “product guy” who bleeds six colors.

Fast Company Tech 14:59 UTC

Polymarket temporarily halted trading on its international platform Thursday because of a security incident that compromised a third-party provider, the company said. Trading was paused for about an hour and resumed Thursday afternoon. The…

Fast Company Tech 14:30 UTC

Academic medical centers and universities produce groundbreaking research every day. An autism researcher who builds an AI game to clinically improve behavioral problems. A basic scientist who discovers how the environment of tumors…

YourStory (India) 14:04 UTC

Consumer appliance maker Atomberg Technologies has received the approval from Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for its initial public offering (IPO). The IPO will be a combination of fresh issue of shares and offer for sale…

TechCrunch 14:00 UTC

Hackers working for North Korea are suspected of hacking a Binance employee's laptop, which allowed the theft of billions in crypto.

TechCrunch 14:00 UTC

At TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026, happening November 4 at SoWa Power Station in Boston, networking powered by Braindate is designed to make those conversations easier to find, whether they are in 1:1 or small-group on-site meetings…

TechCrunch 13:54 UTC

DoorDash said that it is open to working with third-party agent makers.

YourStory (India) 13:30 UTC

Logistics company Delhivery reported a net profit of Rs 40.63 crore during the second quarter of FY27, compared to a loss of Rs 50.49 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal year. Revenue rose 19.8% to Rs 3,066.38 crore from Rs…

TechCrunch 13:00 UTC

Runware is building a factory to turn out prefabricated AI data centers on an assembly line. The real test will be whether it can deliver at that scale.

TechCrunch 13:00 UTC

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EU-Startups 12:50 UTC

Talky Labs , a Spanish startup developing AI-powered technology to automate accounting and financial operations, has raised €1.5 million in a pre-Seed funding round to support team expansion, further product development and improvements to…

EU-Startups 12:26 UTC

PaperFoam , a Dutch company that manufactures sustainable, biodegradable, starch-based packaging, has secured a €2 million loan from Invest International to expand its production facility in the Czech Republic and strengthen working…

Fast Company Tech 12:00 UTC

Getting solar installed on your roof typically involves weeks of planning and red tape and hiring an installation crew to do the work. I tried a very different option: a plug-in solar panel. Like the name implies, installing it essentially…

EU-Startups 11:10 UTC

A new partnership between Deutsche Bank and the European Investment Bank (EIB) is set to mobilise a €560 million investment towards European SpaceTech , helping businesses scale, bring new tech to market, and strengthen Europe’s…

Crunchbase News 11:00 UTC

Travel demand appears to be holding up, but at the same time, investor appetite for travel tech startups has cooled. Even a wave of startups promising to improve travel with AI hasn’t managed to reverse the funding slowdown, a review of…

YourStory (India) 10:50 UTC

Cost overruns, project delays, and disconnected design processes remain major challenges in India’s construction industry. At TechSparks 2026,  Tagbin  Co-founders Saurav Bhaik and Ankit Sinha, the company's CEO and CTO, respectively…

EU-Startups 10:48 UTC

Greentech Alliance (GTA) , a Berlin-based global connection network for sustainable technology businesses, has agreed to acquire Intermobility , a Paris-based transport and mobility network connecting more than 1,000 companies, public…

CB Insights 10:31 UTC

Swati Rai , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Growthful , 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) 10:30 UTC

Countries around the world are investing in their own semiconductor capabilities, AI models, and critical infrastructure. But building everything independently is neither practical nor always necessary. The challenge is to balance…

CB Insights 10:25 UTC

Daniel George Barker , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of DigitalJobs.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…

CB Insights 10:09 UTC

Rod Holden , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Perpetual Gold , 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…

Stratechery 10:00 UTC

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Fast Company Tech 10:00 UTC

Hello again and welcome back to Fast Company ’s Plugged In . Contrary to conventional wisdom , Steve Jobs didn’t reject the possibility of Apple adding touch input to Macs. I remember that only because he told me so himself, when I…

CB Insights 09:53 UTC

Christian Iradukunda , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of QuikFret , 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) 09:31 UTC

From Pixxel deepening its US push with a dedicated federal subsidiary to Binance estimating a $6.3 billion impact from a security breach, YourStory brings you today’s headlines with the latest developments across sectors. Latest news…

YourStory (India) 09:30 UTC

A bank has an AI system in place to flag suspicious transactions and take the call to freeze accounts. While the workflow has a human sign-off in place, clearing around 400 cases a day has resulted in the approval system becoming a…

EU-Startups 09:29 UTC

The best advice once your company achieves product-market fit? Don’t get stuck on things that got you there, keep adjusting your architecture and workflow to fit your new realities and sizes. Starting strong is one thing, but the real…

CB Insights 09:20 UTC

Ismael Tijani , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Revnuvo 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…

YourStory (India) 09:19 UTC

The government has notified the National Social Security Board for unorganised workers and gig and platform workers, which will design, monitor, and recommend targeted welfare schemes to bridge the social security gap. Gig workers are…

Fast Company Tech 09:00 UTC

Maricopa County is home to Arizona State University, premier urban hiking destination Camelback Mountain, and major sports teams like the Phoenix Suns. These days, though, the region is perhaps best known as a scalding-hot cauldron of…

Fast Company Tech 09:00 UTC

This article is republished with permission from Laser Wars , a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. Take a look at the photo above. The image shows two U.S. Army soldiers, Spc. Caleb Mullens and…

YourStory (India) 08:55 UTC

India’s app-first economy still lacks a thriving marketplace for digital goods, and fixing that is as much a question of sovereignty as of technology, according to speakers at the 17th edition of YourStory’s TechSparks. Speaking on a panel…

CB Insights 08:49 UTC

Vinish Kumar Lonhare , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Quantloop 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?…

TechCabal (Africa) 08:35 UTC

Banks must anticipate customers’ needs and embed financial services into everyday transactions to compete with digital platforms, executives from Access Holdings and OPay told Moonshot by TechCabal in Lagos. Daniel Awe, head of Fintech…

Fast Company Tech 08:30 UTC

On paper, there’s a lot to like about the new iPad mini that Apple announced this week. Now in its eighth generation, Apple is calling the latest model the biggest upgrade in the product’s history, and that actually feels like a reasonable…

EU-Startups 08:28 UTC

Easol , a London-based experience commerce platform, has closed a €26.78 million ($30 million) Series A extension round, bringing its total raised to date to €53.57 million ($60 million). The round comprises €17.85 million ($20 million) in…

CB Insights 08:24 UTC

Imad Eddin Bazzari , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Arbycon , 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 08:17 UTC

Kevin McCreton , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Catalyst Report , 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) 08:16 UTC

Grey, the Y Combinator-backed cross-border payments company, is looking to use foreign currency salary records to help remote workers access credit, addressing a gap in how traditional lenders assess professionals earning internationally…

Fast Company Tech 08:00 UTC

Below, Sherry Turkle shares five key insights from her new book, Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines . Sherry is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT and the…

YourStory (India) 07:24 UTC

For technology entrepreneurs, staying ahead increasingly means looking beyond their immediate business environment. New technologies are emerging rapidly, industries are converging, and opportunities for partnerships, investment, and…

CB Insights 07:10 UTC

Naveen Kumar , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of VAAG , 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?…

EU-Startups 07:03 UTC

Ares Intelligence , a London-based startup building what it describes as an evidence-based platform for AI transformation, has secured €2.9 million (£2.48 million) in funding. The round was backed by Creandum and Lakestar, with…

TechCabal (Africa) 07:03 UTC

Making cryptocurrency payments easier to use is as much a challenge as building the infrastructure behind them, Breet chief operating officer Vivian Mbene told Moonshot by TechCabal in Lagos on Wednesday. Mbene said the company’s biggest…

TechCrunch 07:01 UTC

Waymo will begin testing self-driving versions of Toyota's electric bZ4X vehicles in Japan next year as part of a broader partnership with the automaker.

TechCabal (Africa) 06:58 UTC

Grey, the Y Combinator-backed cross-border payments company, says it has built direct currency conversion routes to help African businesses pay suppliers across borders without first converting their money into US dollars, as it expands…

TechCabal (Africa) 06:54 UTC

Africa’s ability to benefit from artificial intelligence will depend on bringing down the cost of using it, Oji Udezue, president of Enzi, told Moonshot by TechCabal in Lagos. Udezue said reducing the cost of inference, the process through…

CB Insights 06:51 UTC

Vicky Chandramohan Dhanwani , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Aniyor , 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…

YourStory (India) 06:49 UTC

AI has made it easier to build products, but entrepreneurs still need to decide what to build and whether they can stay committed long enough to turn an idea into a sustainable business. For Naren Shaam, Founder and CEO of  Omio  Omio…

CB Insights 06:41 UTC

Carlos Lastres , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AnimaNext , 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) 06:40 UTC

AI can generate code faster than ever, but getting it tested and reviewed and into production is a different challenge. Engineering teams are increasingly using AI agents to write code, fix bugs, and build features. But faster coding does…

TechCabal (Africa) 06:27 UTC

In partnership with Lire en Français اقرأ هذا باللغة العربية Good morning, and cheers to an unforgettable Moonshot! Moonshot 2026 is over, and what an eventful, blockbuster two days it has been. Thousands of founders, investors, operators…

CB Insights 06:08 UTC

Christopher Bechtel , Vice President, Marketing of Andesite 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 05:55 UTC

Mike Ogego , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GenivsAI , 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) 05:48 UTC

Selling internationally can open new markets for a brand. But behind every order lies a web of logistics, payments, product certifications, customs rules, and local compliance requirements. As businesses expand, managing these moving parts…

CB Insights 05:46 UTC

Álvaro Augusto De Albuquerque Maia Dominguez Gutierrez , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Velora Tech , tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. How do you define your market and where does your…

CB Insights 05:40 UTC

Daniel Rodriguez , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Adquiere.co , 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 05:36 UTC

Guilherme Azevedo , Co-founder and Corporate Affairs Officer of Alice , 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…

YourStory (India) 05:22 UTC

Bengaluru-based spacetech startup Pixxel has established Pixxel Federal, a US subsidiary aimed at expanding its business with American civilian, defence and intelligence agencies. The move reflects the growing role of privately operated…

YourStory (India) 05:19 UTC

India's largest two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp plans to increase the production capacity of its Vida electric two-wheeler to 45,000 units by March-end and further boost it to 80,000 units by the second quarter of FY28, according to a…

YourStory (India) 04:59 UTC

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has estimated the total impact of a major security incident at around $6.3 billion, with approximately $3 billion worth of affected digital assets frozen on-chain in coordination with blockchain partners. In…

YourStory (India) 04:44 UTC

AI assistants are becoming shopping destinations, but keeping up with them can stretch lean teams. Shoppers are beginning to turn to AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Claude to discover products, compare options and make buying decisions…

YourStory (India) 02:00 UTC

Dear Reader, The finance ministry expects India’s economy to grow at ​7.3% in FY27. This estimate , in the ministry’s October economic review, is slightly above the forecast of 7.1% by the Reserve Bank of India, released earlier this…

StartupDaily (AU) 01:33 UTC

Christchurch’s NEST hub wants to crank NZ startups to 5,000, packing founders, capital and mentors under one roof.

TechCrunch 01:20 UTC

David Durman, a University of Kentucky administrator, recently earned a religious exemption from using AI in the workplace.

StartupDaily (AU) 01:19 UTC

ASIC sniffs around the torched ASX IPO, testing broker hype and conflicts.