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US venture capital deal value reached $515.8 billion in 2026, surpassing the previous annual record by 44%, according to the latest PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor.
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Bengaluru-based quick-commerce startup Swish has raised Rs 224.54 crore (approximately $24 million) in an extended Series B round led by Bertelsmann India.
Reporting: inc42.com
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At an AI ROI in Contact Centers Summit co-hosted by theCUBE Research, industry leaders signaled a move away from long-held performance metrics.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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At WebexOne, Cisco’s executive vice president and general manager of security and collaboration, Jeetu Patel.
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Google has released its SynthID Detector, a web-based tool that identifies AI-generated images, videos.
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Healthleap has raised $38 million across an $8 million seed round co-led by Sequoia Capital and First Round Capital and a larger follow-on round led by Hummingbird Ventures.
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Researchers expect quick commerce’s share of total retail spending in Indian metros to climb significantly by 2031, YourStory reported.
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Samsung Electronics expects an operating profit of 107.4 trillion won (approximately $80 billion) for the third quarter.
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AI chip startup Etched is reportedly fielding funding offers valuing the company at $40 billion to $50 billion.
Reporting: msn.com
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Groww, the Bengaluru-based investment platform, has won Startup of the Year at The Economic Times Startup Awards 2026.
Reporting: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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OpenAI has introduced an "Intelligent UI" for ChatGPT, moving away from its traditional text-heavy responses to more interactive and visually appealing outputs.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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New York-based Siena has raised $17 million in a Series A round led by York IE, the startup announced.
Mecka AI has closed a $60 million Series B round led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Nvidia, TechCrunch reported.
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Nous Research has raised $90 million in a Series B round led by Robot Ventures, with Nvidia, Samsung, Y Combinator, and others joining.
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Inworld has acquired Seattle-based voice AI startup Ultravox, formerly known as Fixie, for an undisclosed sum.
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A Delaware lawsuit is challenging the structure of a recent business combination between Nvidia and Groq.
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Meta reported removing 5.3 million pieces of child abuse content in India during the first half of 2026, as scrutiny of its platform grows in the country.
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FINCA Ventures has awarded funding to African startups as part of its 2026 Prize, with two companies receiving larger shares than others.
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Anthropic has released Claude Haiku 5.5, pricing the new small model at roughly a quarter of Haiku 4.5’s cost, while halving cache read prices for Claude Sonnet 5.5.
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The collaboration, announced today, appears positioned to explore alternatives to traditional lab-based methods in studying cellular responses.
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