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Celaid Therapeutics has completed the second close of its Series B financing, bringing in Shionogi & Co. and a corporate venture firm linked to Teikoku.
Reporting: msn.com
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The Indian government has received cabinet approval for a ₹10,000 crore SME Growth Fund.
Reporting: yourstory.com
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Gamma has released Gamma 5, a rebuilt version of its AI-powered presentation platform designed to make outputs look less like templates and more like handcrafted work.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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AI research startup FYDY is in advanced talks to raise $12 million in its first funding round, co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst.
Reporting: msn.com
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AlloDirect, an Indiana-based health tech startup, has closed a pre-seed round to scale its platform for direct sourcing of human tissue.
Reporting: insideindianabusiness.com
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Former tech executive Sally Revell has launched The SWELL, a downtown Seattle hub for women entrepreneurs that has signed 53 members in less than 10 weeks.
Reporting: geekwire.com
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Superhuman, the AI-powered email startup formerly known as Grammarly.
Reporting: geekwire.com
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On October 5, 2026, four startups closed funding rounds spanning AI infrastructure, mortgage servicing, and medical devices.
Reporting: note.com, alleywatch.com
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TechCrunch will host its Founder Summit in Boston on November 4.
Reporting: techcrunch.com
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Foundations Design and Engineering has launched a service to match businesses with AI founders-for-hire.
Reporting: geekwire.com
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JioHotstar has expanded into the Middle East and North Africa through a partnership with Starzplay, bringing its Indian originals, films, TV shows.
Reporting: yourstory.com
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Vast has introduced tiered storage to address the memory demands of enterprise AI agents.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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The federal government has introduced legislation to convert the Defence Investment Agency into an arm’s-length Crown corporation.
Reporting: betakit.com
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Benchmark has led a $25 million round in Furientis, a startup aiming to mass-produce low-cost missile interceptors.
Reporting: techcrunch.com
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The startup argues that LLM-based approaches may not fully meet the needs of enterprise decision-making, according to TechCrunch.
Reporting: techcrunch.com
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DeepSeek is negotiating to nearly double its latest funding round to as much as $14.9 billion, sources told CNBC.
Reporting: msn.com
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Vinod Khosla has placed an early marker on Wajo, the AI agent startup founded by a former DeepMind engineer.
Reporting: techcrunch.com
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Germany recorded more than 3,000 startup launches in the first half of 2026, an all-time high and a 52% increase from the previous six months.
Reporting: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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CoreWeave Inc. has been named the official AI infrastructure provider for BattleBots, the televised robot combat league.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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CyberWorks, a startup based in the region, has secured a $1 million contract to provide autonomous vehicles to the country’s armed forces.
Reporting: betakit.com
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