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Tech Market & VC news — Monday 09 November 2026

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  1. Jensen Huang reportedly engaged a PR firm with a history of handling high-profile sex scandals a year ago
    USTechCrunch

    The PR firm was enlisted shortly after an October 2025 New York Times report described Alice Huang's business dealings with Jensen Huang, Wired reported.

  2. Hotel giant Wyndham exposed customer data after app security lapse
    USTechCrunch

    Exclusive: Wyndham left a hardcoded credential in its customer app, allowing anyone to access customer data. The hotel giant wouldn't say if it has the ability to check for any past unauthorized access.

  3. A short seller flagged Nvidia CEO’s ties to a suspected Chinese spy six months before the scandal
    USTechCrunch

    Six months before Nvidia's spy scandal erupted, Culper Research was already questioning Jensen Huang's unusually close relationship with a Chinese executive.

  4. The race is on to sue Nvidia
    USTechCrunch

    Nvidia’s stock slid more than 4% after its board opened an investigation into Jensen Huang’s relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, and one securities law expert says the company’s earlier insistence that it was all “normal” could turn…

  5. Which Fintech 100 winners are likely to raise next?
    USCB Insights

    We recently named the 100 most promising fintech startups . Now we’re putting predictions on the record for who we think will raise funding next. Our Funding Window model flagged 13 winners as being inside their predicted fundraising…

  6. The Jensen Huang spy scandal is becoming a White House problem
    USFast Company Tech

    The scandal engulfing Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is no longer simply a question of whether one of Silicon Valley’s most powerful men had an affair with a suspected Chinese spy. It’s also a question of what the White House knew—and what it…

  7. Fervo now has $12B in orders for its geothermal power tech
    USTechCrunch

    Geothermal company Fervo is targeting natural gas as it brings down geothermal drilling costs at its 8.4 GW resource in Utah.

  8. Jensen Huang pulls out of ElevenLabs Summit amid Nvidia controversy
    USTechCrunch

    The Nvidia CEO also pulled out of an Anthropic event earlier.

  9. YouTube streaming data returns to Billboard charts, ending major disagreement
    USTechCrunch

    YouTube will resume sharing streaming data with Billboard in 2027 after changes to the chart formula give more weight to free, ad-supported music streams.

  10. Anthropic releases new Mythos and Fable models amid RSI concerns
    USTechCrunch

    Anthropic says the new models "show improvements in areas like coding, reasoning, and vision," as well as in communicating more clearly with users.

  11. AI hardware startup Nominal triples valuation to $3B in 8 months
    USTechCrunch

    Nominal, a startup that offers an AI platform for hardware engineering and claims Anduril as a major customer, has raised another big round of financing that triples its valuation.

  12. France blames Iran for mass-hacks targeting freezers in grocery stores and blood banks
    USTechCrunch

    France's foreign minister blamed Iran for launching at least two waves of cyberattacks targeting industrial refrigerated and freezer units across France and wider Europe.

  13. Jensen Huang’s affair with alleged Chinese spy puts Nvidia’s China ambitions under scrutiny
    USTechCrunch

    Jensen Huang’s alleged affair with a suspected Chinese spy threatens to complicate Nvidia’s lobbying efforts to loosen U.S. chip export restrictions and maintain access to China’s lucrative AI market.

  14. Meta releases Muse Ember, a new lightweight model for agent execution
    USTechCrunch

    At 10 cents per million input tokens, Ember is significantly cheaper than frontier competitors like Haiku and Luna.

  15. Uber launches parking service following SpotHero acquisition, with an eye on robotaxis
    USTechCrunch

    Uber Parking is the latest example of the company offering products beyond its core ride-hailing service.

  16. This tiny government division charged with AI safety is now reporting to the White House. Experts are concerned
    USFast Company Tech

    With public anxiety growing over mounting reports about out-of-control artificial intelligence agents, the tiny U.S. government division charged with assessing the safety of new AI offerings lacks a permanent leader and has stopped…

  17. Anthropic joins AI’s natural gas frenzy, buys $3.4B worth of turbines
    USTechCrunch

    Anthropic bought billions of dollars' worth of natural gas turbines in a deal that could give it buyer's remorse.

  18. From tending graves to raising €1.7 million: Memora sets out to modernise Europe’s cemeteries
    EUEU-Startups

    Danish startup Memora has raised €1.7 million (DKK 13 million) to connect cemetery managers, gardeners and families through one platform, bringing together administration, maintenance and communication. The round was led by venture capital…

  19. Medium’s new TK app brings AI assistance directly into the writing process
    USTechCrunch

    Medium's new writing app embraces AI-assisted writing, despite growing controversy over the technology's role in publishing.

  20. OPINION: Long sales cycles could be FinTech’s biggest competitive advantage
    EUEU-Startups

    Any FinTech founder raising in the UK this year will have seen the numbers – according to KPMG’s Pulse of FinTech , investment fell to €2.1 billion (£1.8 billion) in the first half of 2026, down around two-thirds on the same period last…

  21. Meta expands Instagram’s AI age-guessing tech globally
    USTechCrunch

    Meta says it will use its AI technology to look for clues about people it suspects to be teenagers — even if they use an adult birthday.

  22. Waymo robotaxis kept illegally passing school buses after software fix, feds say
    USTechCrunch

    The update to Waymo's self-driving system was rolled out nearly a year ago.

  23. SWISSto12 and UNIVITY work together to build sovereign 5G infrastructure in space
    EUEU-Startups

    Swiss SpaceTech startup SWISSto12 and French startup UNIVITY are advancing Europe’s ambitions for sovereign satellite communications after successfully completing a Critical Design Review (CDR) for two active antenna systems designed to…

  24. Yoco secures $100 million credit to fuel its merchant lending expansion
    NGTechCabal (Africa)

    Yoco, a South African fintech, has secured a $100 million credit facility from US investment firm Victory Park Capital to expand its small-business cash advances operation and take greater control of the financing offered through its…

  25. Jensen Huang Hired a PR Firm Known for Handling Sex Scandals Last Year
    USWired Business

    The Nvidia CEO began working with consultants from Heller as early as October 2025, around the same time he was first linked to a suspected Chinese spy.

  26. This tech firm built the geospatial infrastructure behind Nigeria’s door-level address system
    NGTechCabal (Africa)

    For years, finding an address across much of Nigeria has depended far less on a number than on a description. A visitor might be directed to a street, told to look for a distinctive building, instructed to turn at a familiar shop, or…

  27. AI’s new business model: Break the internet, then sell the fix
    USFast Company Tech

    People who work in cybersecurity or work on the fundamentals of digital infrastructure do not want to live in “exciting times,” but right now, they don’t have a choice. Binance was just hacked in what is, so far, the largest cryptocurrency…

  28. Meet Drops, the new music app bringing back the fun of sharing songs with friends
    USTechCrunch

    The new music discovery app lets users scroll through 10- to 30-second snippets of songs, comment, and share with friends.

  29. Automattic debuts a platform to deploy vibe coding apps amid a changing internet
    USTechCrunch

    Automattic aims to compete with the likes of Lovable with Spacefast.

  30. Musk says Tesla will refund some Cybertruck deposits, defends decision to end production
    USTechCrunch

    Elon Musk defended the company's decision to stop making the Cybertruck, which will go out of production in around eight months.

  31. How Kuramo wants to train Nigeria’s next generation of SME fund managers
    NGTechCabal (Africa)

    The Wholesale Impact Investment Fund (WIIF), a naira-denominated vehicle targeting $1 billion for Nigerian small businesses, has begun training the fund managers it may eventually back. On October 30, the Kuramo Foundation for Sustainable…

  32. Money Fellows took an old savings habit and built a business the hard way
    NGTechCabal (Africa)

    The global tech industry likes an old habit best when it can kill it. Cash is going. Brick-and-mortar branches are finished. The informal economy is waiting to be formalised, and all it takes is a platform and a convincing pitch. That was…

  33. Jülich-based SRTD Biotech secures €31.5 million to develop precision mRNA therapies targeting diseased cells
    EUEU-Startups

    SRTD Biotech , a Jülich-based BioTech startup focused on developing next-generation precision mRNA therapeutics, has completed an oversubscribed €31.5 million Seed financing round. The funding was led by Mérieux Equity Partners, with…

  34. SplashBI opens GCC in Hyderabad, to invest over $100M
    INYourStory (India)

    SplashBI, a Georgia (US)-headquartered enterprise data intelligence platform, has opened its global capability centre (GCC) in Hyderabad. The company plans to invest over $100 million over the next five to seven years in infrastructure…

  35. Afreximbank’s fresh $118m creative bet needs open borders to pay off
    NGTechCabal (Africa)

    Africa’s creative economy does not lack talent, cultural influence, or ideas. What it lacks is a reliable system for turning those advantages into businesses that can produce at scale, move across borders, protect their intellectual…

  36. African firms pay 1.8% more for credit than their rich-country peers, IFC study shows
    NGTechCabal (Africa)

    An analysis of over 330,000 corporate bonds across 50,000 firms over three decades reveals that African businesses face higher borrowing costs. However, pension reforms, capital market liberalisation, and stronger corporate governance…

  37. Series A In 2026: Capital Is Flowing Faster, But Fewer Startups Are Making The Cut
    USCrunchbase News

    More money is pouring into Series A rounds, but it isn’t opening the door to more startups. U.S. companies have raised $42 billion at that stage this year through October, up roughly 60% year over year, while deal counts remain on pace…

  38. Paper Unicorns Are Cheap. Building A $1B Revenue AI Company Takes A Multimarket Cap Table
    USCrunchbase News

    By Ilman Shazhaev A $1 billion valuation still makes a startup a unicorn on paper. Yet when 250 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in the first half of 2026, the speed of wealth creation raised another question : How many of…

  39. Tesla expands robotaxi service to San Antonio
    USTechCrunch

    This will be the next Texas city in which Tesla will launch robotaxis.

  40. Sarvam names Google Cloud India head Sashikumar Sreedharan as president ＆ chief business officer
    INYourStory (India)

    Sarvam, one of the leading artificial intelligence (AI) startups in India, has announced the appointment of Sashikumar Sreedharan as President and Chief Business Officer. Sreeedharan was previously Managing Director - India of Google…

  41. Meet the California Science Center’s new gateway to STEM careers
    USFast Company Tech

    A film about the space shuttle ends with a majestic launch and rocket exhaust filling the screen. Suddenly, real-life fog envelops the theater, before the walls part and the haze dissipates to reveal a gasp-inducing 200-foot Space Shuttle…

  42. Jensen Huang’s Affair, The Culper Report, Huang’s Righteousness
    USStratechery

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted to an affair with a Chinese spy, and that might not be the end of his troubles. I hope he survives, but his influence will never be the same.

  43. MakeMyTrip's India arm gets Sebi nod to float IPO
    INYourStory (India)

    Nasdaq-listed travel booking platform MakeMyTrip's India subsidiary has received Sebi's approval to launch an initial public offering (IPO), according to an update available on the markets regulator's website. MakeMyTrip (India) Ltd (MMT…

  44. OPINION: Building open source gives startups a head start, not a moat
    EUEU-Startups

    Every startup faces the same squeeze: big ambitions, small team and limited budget. Free open-source software, which can be used, modified, and redistributed under its license, can help founders ease the squeeze. It lets a small startup…

  45. MTN’s South African data boom is not translating into revenue growth
    NGTechCabal (Africa)

    MTN South Africa’s customers are consuming more mobile data than ever, but the country’s second-largest mobile operator is finding it difficult to translate that demand into revenue growth. Data revenue grew by 4.7% in the first nine…

  46. Palantir alumni-founded Dutch DefenceTech Onodrim hits unicorn status with €268.01 million raise
    EUEU-Startups

    Onodrim , the Dutch European defence and industrial scale-up platform, has closed a €268.01 million ($300 million) Series A funding round at a €1.16 billion ($1.3 billion) valuation. The funding round was led by US investment group Lux…

  47. Bulgaria’s BlackPeak Capital reaches €125 million first close for new Southeast Europe growth fund
    EUEU-Startups

    BlackPeak Capital , a Bulgarian private equity firm, today announced the first close of BlackPeak Southeast Europe Growth Equity Fund II SCSp (BPSEEF II) at €125 million to invest in fast-growing companies across Southeast Europe, with…

  48. This new software maps out a better bike network for your city
    USFast Company Tech

    In most cities, bike networks are rolled out in disconnected pieces. A bike lane on one street might not reach the next part of a route, so you can’t necessarily ride safely across town. A new set of software tools helps planners, bike…

  49. France’s Calogena secures €40 million EU grant to build its first commercial nuclear reactor
    EUEU-Startups

    Calogena , a French nuclear startup developing a small modular reactor (SMR) designed to supply low-carbon heat to district heating networks, has secured €40 million. The funding came in the form of a grant from the European Commission’s…

  50. Nigeria could collect $75 million from crypto stamp duty in 2027
    NGTechCabal (Africa)

    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. Nigeria’s crypto market…

  51. Marble Imaging raises €6 million to build Germany’s first commercial very-high-resolution satellite constellation
    EUEU-Startups

    Marble Imaging , a Bremen-based big data Earth Observation (EO) company setting up Germany’s first commercial constellation of very-high-resolution (VHR) satellites, has raised an additional €6 million in a Seed extension round led by…

  52. Bikers and Bug-Lovers Join Forces to Fight a New Google Data Center
    USWired Business

    As data center protests break out across Europe, a mismatched band of campaigners is trying to block Google from building a sprawling new facility east of London.

  53. Nigeria’s telecom operators sue federal lawmakers over service-quality probe
    NGTechCabal (Africa)

    Nigeria’s biggest telecom operators have sued the House of Representatives, challenging its constitutional authority to investigate their network quality and compel their chief executives to appear before lawmakers. In an originating…

  54. Welcome to Weed Island
    USWired Business

    How the tiny, self-governing British island of Jersey unintentionally became Europe’s front line in the multibillion-dollar global cannabis industry.

  55. 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Nigeria tightens stablecoin rules
    NGTechCabal (Africa)

    In partnership with Lire en Français اقرأ هذا باللغة العربية Good morning. Across Africa, climate-tech is becoming a part of how essential sectors are built, financed, and run, powering homes and businesses the grid never reaches, lowering…

  56. 3 calendar and text scams circulating right now, and how to avoid them
    USFast Company Tech

    We’ve all gotten the text message claiming a package couldn’t be delivered because of an incomplete address. But scammers are getting a lot more creative, and they’re weaponizing the built-in notification systems on your phone to get your…

  57. Is Jensen Huang’s job on the line? Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld estimates it’s “about a 50-50”
    USTechCrunch

    Nvidia’s board is investigating Jensen Huang over his relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, and Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld thinks it’s roughly a coin flip whether Huang stays on as CEO.

  58. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admits affair amid Chinese spying allegations; board launches probe
    INYourStory (India)

    Nvidia has launched an independent investigation into reports that its founder and CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by a Chinese intelligence operation, following his admission of an extramarital affair with a business executive whom US…

  59. CSIRO spinout lands $15 million to make green hydrogen using less power
    AUStartupDaily (AU)

    Hadean grabs $15m to turn factory waste heat into cheaper green hydrogen for steel. Watch this pilot test the hydrogen hype.

  60. Queensland construction tech startup ProcurePro makes Startup World Cup top 10 in San Francisco
    AUStartupDaily (AU)

    ProcurePro crashes Startup World Cup’s top 10 with AI construction costing and $10M in ARR.

  61. Australian Built: we have the climate tech startups, now it’s time to let them grow
    AUStartupDaily (AU)

    Australia’s climate tech is real; but without first customers and scale-up cash, it ships jobs offshore.

  62. Startup ecosystem sees sharp rise VC inflow; Building a hemp ecosystem in Uttarakhand
    INYourStory (India)

    Happy Diwali, Financial services firm Angel One has climbed to the position of India’s second-largest stockbroker by active client count, according to the latest National Stock Exchange (NSE) data. By the end of October, the brokerage…

  63. Melbourne adtech Vudoo raises $22 million Series B as in-ad checkout takes on the US
    AUStartupDaily (AU)

    Vudoo bags $22M to turn ads into checkouts and storm the US.

  64. Invest Rural puts investors on a bus after Bathurst brewer raises $513,000
    AUStartupDaily (AU)

    Invest Rural drags city money onto a bus so regional founders can meet funders beyond the bank.