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Tech Market & VC news — Sunday 01 November 2026

20 stories from 5 sources, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.

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  1. How a family funeral sparked the startup behind $2 billion in charity pledges
    AUStartupDaily (AU)

    A funeral price hunt became EveryWill, turning 230,000 free wills into $2B in charity pledges.

  2. Victorian auto manufacturer scores $6.77 million from ARENA to make portable batteries
    AUStartupDaily (AU)

    Clutch grabs $6.77m to build PowerNet portable batteries, but plug-in home use still breaks the rules.

  3. OpenAI might rebrand its data centers as ‘AI compute campuses’
    USTechCrunch

    Data centers are deeply unpopular. But what if we called them something else?

  4. AI can make tech CEOs’ lives easier. What about everyone else?
    USTechCrunch

    On Equity, we discuss why tech CEO statements can seem so tone deaf.

  5. TechCrunch Mobility: A new, bigger AV boom is here
    USTechCrunch

    Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

  6. Binance resumes withdrawals following $6.3 billion breach
    USTechCrunch

    The cryptocurrency exchange said it's now covered 95% of the stolen assets.

  7. Pixel 11 Pro Fold: Sturdy rectengale in a wide wide world
    USTechCrunch

    Google made a sturdy phone, but there is increasing competition in the foldable world.

  8. Here’s what ‘renoa’ — the first new fiber in 25 years — feels like
    USTechCrunch

    Startup Everbloom's new material, renoa, is the first new fiber in 25 years, and it feels very familiar.

  9. Build for Nigeria’s worst day, says OPay COO Dotun Adekunle
    NGTechCabal (Africa)

    Nigeria’s technology market is usually described by its problems, from unreliable infrastructure to a volatile economy. Dotun Daniel Adekunle, OPay’s chief operating officer and chief technology officer, argues that the country’s most…

  10. Prosus investment in Sachin Bansal's Navi gets CCI nod
    INYourStory (India)

    Competition watchdog CCI has approved Dutch investment group Prosus' proposal to acquire a stake in Sachin Bansal-led fintech firm Navi Ltd, paving the way for the investment group to deepen its presence in India's digital financial…

  11. African creators need infrastructure that turns attention into income, Moonshot panel says
    NGTechCabal (Africa)

    African creators have the talent and the audience. What holds them back is the infrastructure that turns attention into income. That was the thread through “Can African players build the infrastructure creators need?”, a panel at Moonshot…

  12. EKA Mobility expands manufacturing footprint
    INYourStory (India)

    Electric mobility firm EKA Mobility has inaugurated six manufacturing facilities across Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh in a bid to scale production of electric buses, trucks and smaller commercial vehicles as India expands fleet…

  13. Why driverless trucks won’t be taking over highways just yet
    USFast Company Tech

    Driverless trucks with artificial intelligence on board could dramatically change the landscape of freight shipping. A few companies have begun testing early models on some limited routes in Texas and California. Simulations of automated…

  14. [Weekly funding roundup Oct 24-30] VC inflow continues to remain modest
    INYourStory (India)

    Venture capital funding into Indian startups remained subdued in October, primarily due to the absence of large-value deals. There was not a single deal worth more than $100 million during the month, while weekly funding remained below…

  15. Design and experience: How Essensai 067 crafts an open-air lifestyle and community destination
    INYourStory (India)

    Launched in 2014, PhotoSparks is a weekly feature from YourStory, with photographs that celebrate the spirit of creativity and innovation. In the earlier 1,030 posts, we featured an art festival, cartoon gallery. <a…

  16. Health, sustainability, AI: test your business creativity with Edition 256 of our weekly quiz!
    INYourStory (India)

    Lateral Sparks, the weekly quiz from YourStory, tests your domain knowledge, business acumen, and lateral thinking skills (see the previous edition here ). In this 256th edition of the quiz, we present issues tackled by real-life…

  17. How HomeView foreshadows Apple’s post-app, Siri-first future
    USFast Company Tech

    As the iPhone grew into an unprecedented success, Apple was marching its users toward millions of downloads to the drumbeat of “There’s an app for that.” Meanwhile, Amazon and Google were flooding homes with waves of TV platforms , smart…

  18. How voice AI is transforming banking and insurance: Desible.ai founders on the business behind the technology
    INYourStory (India)

    In this episode of the Prime Venture Partners Podcast, Gaurav Ranjan sits down with Uttam and Omkar to discuss what it takes to build and sell agentic AI in Indian BFSI, from product engineering and compliance to enterprise sales and…

  19. Data centers are now a midterm issue, even in Brooklyn
    USTechCrunch

    At a Brooklyn midterm party five days before Election Day, every conversation, from a council member’s fireside chat to a debate about the Democratic Party, kept circling back to AI and data centers.

  20. TVS Capital’s Rs 750-Cr private-credit bet; What makes people pay attention to content?
    INYourStory (India)

    Dear Reader, The AI gold rush is running into a reality check, and the pressure is beginning to show across technology and crypto. Anthropic’s much-anticipated Nasdaq debut is facing a tougher road after a week of market jitters over the…