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1. In China, the AI bubble has already burst

   Tech-Economic Times · 27 Oct 2026, 13:53 IST

   While global tech stocks teeter, in China they have already crashed as lofty valuations collapse under worries about AI demand and curbs on Chinese exports.

2. Scams Gain 10 Percentage Points in Share of Fraud Dollars

   PYMNTS.com · 27 Oct 2026, 13:30 IST

   Banks have an opportunity to strengthen fraud protection by helping customers recognize when someone is persuading them to send money to a criminal. That’s a central finding of “Scams Get Personal: Why Banks Pay More to Fight Fraud,”...

3. Moniepoint offers staff voluntary exit in engineering and product restructuring

   TechCabal · 27 Oct 2026, 12:50 IST

   Moniepoint, the Nigerian financial services company, is restructuring its engineering and product teams, with some roles set to become redundant. The company is offering affected employees a voluntary exit package and plans to complete...

4. Dongshan Precision’s Acquisition-Led AI Bet Meets a Cooler Market

   TechNode · 27 Oct 2026, 12:32 IST

   Editor’s note: This article is republished from Jumpstart , a TechNode Group publication. Dongshan Precision is bringing a much more profitable business to Hong Kong than it had a year ago. It is also bringing it at a substantial...

5. CopperPilot Raises $390k to Automate Circuit Board Design

   Electronics For You BUSINESS · 27 Oct 2026, 12:25 IST

   The electronics design agent launches “Epsilon” V1 platform as weekly active users surge 25-fold following backing from Neon Fund. CopperPilot, an artificial intelligence agent designed to automate electronics hardware engineering, has...

6. European tech companies have raised $62bn so far this year

   Electronics Weekly · 27 Oct 2026, 11:42 IST

   Tracxn Technologies has released the Europe Tech – 9M 2026 Report, covering funding, investors, exits, unicorns and city-level activity across Europe’s tech industry from Jan 1, 2026 to Sep 30, […] The post European tech companies have...

7. Several AI security market categories are headed for bigger platforms

   Help Net Security · 27 Oct 2026, 12:00 IST

   In this interview with Help Net Security, Jonathan Care, Lead Analyst and Practice Lead AI at KuppingerCole Analysts, compares AI security startups to the early fraud market he helped define at Gartner. He explains which categories will...

8. Anthropic files for landmark IPO, signalling next chapter in the AI industry

   Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 27 Oct 2026, 11:50 IST

   Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has officially filed for an initial public offering (IPO), taking a major step toward becoming a publicly traded company and potentially one of the most valuable technology firms in history. In...

9. 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Fined National Bank

   TechCabal · 27 Oct 2026, 11:40 IST

   In partnership with Lire en Français اقرأ هذا باللغة العربية It’s Moonshot week! We’re officially renaming Q4 the “IPO quarter.” Any company that went public before October may have to do the whole thing again, properly this time. But...

10. Live2.ai raises Rs 130 Cr to expand its AI-led social commerce platform

    YourStory RSS Feed · 27 Oct 2026, 11:41 IST

    Bengaluru-based Live2.ai, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to connect social-media intelligence with marketing and commerce, has raised Rs 130 crore ($14 million) in a pre-Series B funding round led by venture capital firm IvyCap...

11. RMBV invests in ATCO Pharma to expand presence in Egypt’s healthcare sector

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 27 Oct 2026, 11:31 IST

    RMBV , a private equity firm with a strong focus on investments across Egypt and North Africa, has signed definitive agreements to acquire a stake in ATCO Pharma for Pharmaceutical Industries S.A.E. through its North Africa Fund III ,...

12. DPI Venture Capital’s Nclude Fund raises over $112M to drive financial inclusion in Africa

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 27 Oct 2026, 11:24 IST

    The Nclude Fund, a fintech-focused investment fund advised by DPI Venture Capital , has successfully closed with commitments exceeding US$112 million, marking a significant milestone for one of the region’s leading technology investment...

13. Protectt.ai Takes Majority Stake in Bosch-incubated AIShield

    Analytics India Mag · 27 Oct 2026, 11:23 IST

    Protectt.ai Labs has acquired a majority stake in AIShield, an AI security platform incubated at Bosch Global Software Technologies (BGSW), through a primary share issuance and a secondary purchase from existing investors. AIShield will...

14. Desktop robot startup CyboPal secures investment from TCL and Shenzhen Capital Group

    TechNode · 27 Oct 2026, 11:21 IST

    Chinese desktop robot startup CyboPal has secured a new strategic funding round from TCL Industries’ investment arm and Shenzhen Capital Group. The company develops hardware that connects users, personal AI agents and existing computer...

15. Robot electronic-skin startup MoSense raises around RMB 100 million in angel-plus funding

    TechNode · 27 Oct 2026, 11:21 IST

    Shanghai-based MoSense, which develops full-body tactile sensing systems for robots, has raised around RMB 100 million in an angel-plus round led by CDH Investments and Oasis Capital. Other investors include LimX Dynamics, Loongson...

16. Anthropic Reports $974 Million Profit in Q2 2026 Ahead of IPO

    Analytics India Mag · 27 Oct 2026, 10:48 IST

    Anthropic reported $11.6 billion in revenue and $974 million in operating profit for the second quarter of 2026, according to its registration statement filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on October 26. Revenue...

17. Telecom news: Verizon, AST SpaceMobile, Telecall Colombia, Parallel Wireless

    TelecomLead · 27 Oct 2026, 10:53 IST

    The latest telecom news includes announcements on Verizon, AST SpaceMobile, Telecall Colombia, Parallel Wireless, and others. AT&T tower Verizon Targets 10–15 Million Additional Gigabit FWA Premises Using Millimeter-Wave 5G Verizon...

18. New, improved CGT rules for startups just dropped in Parliament, but there are still concerns about the R&D funding plan

    StartupDaily · 27 Oct 2026, 10:07 IST

    Startup CGT relief gets smarter, but R&D cuts still bite and Senate horse-trading could rewrite the deal.

19. Siemens expands Agentic AI collaboration to tackle 3D IC power and thermal challenges with Nvidia

    DQ : Latest Posts · 27 Oct 2026, 04:30 IST

    Siemens announced an expansion of its EDA agentic AI portfolio, developed in collaboration with Nvidia. The latest updates combine the self-verifying agentic AI capabilities introduced at DAC 2026 with accelerated computing to address...

20. Microchip adds LX-820 quartz oscillator to its L-Series timing portfolio developed for LEO applications

    DQ : Latest Posts · 27 Oct 2026, 07:30 IST

    Microchip Technology announced the expansion of its L-Series of timing devices with the launch of its LX-820 Radiation-Tolerant Quartz Oscillator, designed for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and other space applications. The L-Series portfolio...

21. Anthropic's potential mega IPO joins ranks of world's biggest listings

    Latest InfoTech News, IT, Information Technology News | The HinduBusinessLine · 27 Oct 2026, 09:03 IST

    The listing could become one of the largest debuts ever, reshaping benchmarks, investor flows, and the broader US equity narrative

22. Anthropic IPO by the numbers, from a possible valuation in the trillions to surging revenue

    Tech-Economic Times · 27 Oct 2026, 08:03 IST

    The artificial intelligence lab filed papers Monday setting up a Wall Street debut next month, ahead of its chief rival OpenAI and just months after SpaceX set records in June with an initial public offering that raised $86 billion.

23. Humanity can't afford not to spend $800B on AI, Anthropic insists

    The Register · 27 Oct 2026, 05:09 IST

    Anthropic's IPO filing dropped on Monday morning, and the prospectus reads like a real estate agent desperately trying to sell a house of cards as an investment property: The upsides are enormous. There are just a few disclosures you...

24. VerSe valuation sinks; Paytm Q2 profit rises

    Tech-Economic Times · 27 Oct 2026, 07:41 IST

    Dailyhunt parent VerSe Innovation’s valuation has taken a sharp hit. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.

25. Ather turns profitable after Rs 154 Cr loss; Meta plans to raise $35B for AI expansion

    YourStory RSS Feed · 27 Oct 2026, 07:30 IST

    Dear Reader, MakeMyTrip is back in the black! The travel booking platform reported a net profit of $1.8 million in Q2 FY27, compared with a $5.7 million loss a year ago. Revenue rose 2.5% year-on-year to $235.2 million, or 11.2% in...

26. Intel buys quantum software pioneer Classiq for $2.2B

    SiliconANGLE · 27 Oct 2026, 07:10 IST

    said today it has agreed to the terms of a blockbuster acquisition for the quantum computing software startup Classiq Technologies Ltd. It’ll pay $2.2 billion to buy the Israeli company, making it the second-largest acquisition in its...

27. Autonomous excavator startup Bedrock Robotics picks up $600M in funding

    SiliconANGLE · 27 Oct 2026, 05:18 IST

    today announced that it has closed a $600 million investment led by Alphabet Inc.’s CapitalG fund and Emergence Capital. The Series C round also drew contributions from Nvidia Corp., Bessemer and over a half-dozen others. Bedrock says...

28. DoorDash Could Finalize Instacart Deal This Week

    PYMNTS.com · 27 Oct 2026, 04:57 IST

    DoorDash could finalize a deal to acquire Instacart as soon as this week, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday (Oct. The companies are in advanced talks on a potential acquisition that could value Instacart at $17 billion, though...

29. Satellite batteries startup MP Space takes off with $23 million Seed round

    StartupDaily · 27 Oct 2026, 03:49 IST

    Ex-Tesla duo MP Space grabs $23m to make Aussie spacecraft batteries and drag satellite power out of the bespoke dark ages.

30. Alibaba's Qwen AI caught trying to contact server in China

    The Register · 27 Oct 2026, 02:57 IST

    Open-weight models from China have become very popular, but they've also raised some security suspicions. Cohere, a Canada-based biz that offers AI models to enterprises, says that when it was testing Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Flash-Next in its...

31. Skydance Offers Buyouts, Gives 5-Day RTO Order

    Slashdot · 27 Oct 2026, 03:30 IST

    Skydance, as it begins integrating Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, is offering voluntary buyouts to some employees and imposing a five-day-a-week office requirement. Layoffs are also expected as the company targets more than $6...

32. Apple will replace iPhone Duos with failing inner screens

    TNW · 27 Oct 2026, 03:00 IST

    Apple has acknowledged a fault with the inner screen of some iPhone Duos. It says affected owners can get a replacement through AppleCare. Apple gave the same statement to several outlets on Monday, including CNBC, where Kif Leswing and...

33. Why Anthropic’s IPO Prospectus Is Missing So Many Key Figures

    Wired · 27 Oct 2026, 02:57 IST

    Anthropic’s S-1 filing is hundreds of pages long—and it leaves out quite a few financial details. “Anthropic owes investors more information,” one analyst tells WIRED.

34. Walter Koenig, Chekov On Original 'Star Trek,' Dies At 90

    Slashdot · 27 Oct 2026, 00:30 IST

    Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from CBS News: Walter Koenig, the actor who played Pavel Chekov in the original "Star Trek" series and several movies, has died, his rep confirmed to CBS News. He was 90. Koenig died...

35. Watch out, YouTube; Instagram goes from short-form to 90-minute videos

    TechCrunch · 27 Oct 2026, 02:35 IST

    As Instagram rolls out long form videos of up to 90 minutes, the platform has an opportunity to challenge YouTube if it plays its cards right.

36. 7 insights from F1 Capital Factory: Builders take deep tech startup infrastructure from prototype to scale

    SiliconANGLE · 27 Oct 2026, 02:18 IST

    Across energy, defense, space and applied AI, deep tech startup infrastructure is moving out of the lab and onto the factory floor. The startups building it are no longer trying to prove that the physics works. They are proving that it...

37. BioStack Nets $9.5 Mn To Build Training Datasets For Medical AI

    Inc42 Media · 27 Oct 2026, 01:17 IST

    AI-powered healthtech platform BioStack has raised $9.5 Mn (₹90.4 Cr) in its seed funding round led by Peak XV Partners, Afore Capital, DCVC, Emerson Collective, SV Angel, Verdict Capital, Streamlined Ventures, and Y Combinator. The...

38. Anthropic files to go public, and it could be the biggest IPO ever

    TechSpot · 27 Oct 2026, 01:47 IST

    Anthropic's filing opens with a letter in which the co-founders say they believe "AI is one of the most consequential technologies in human history." The rest of the 300-plus page document tries to back that claim up with numbers, while...

39. Anthropic’s blockbuster IPO to set benchmark for AI floats

    SmartCompany · 27 Oct 2026, 01:50 IST

    AI giant Anthropic is set to go public next month after a year of rapid growth. The post Anthropic’s blockbuster IPO to set benchmark for AI floats appeared first on SmartCompany .

40. Skydance offers staff buyouts after Warner Bros merger

    TNW · 27 Oct 2026, 01:36 IST

    Skydance, the company formed by Paramount’s $110bn takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, is offering some employees voluntary buyouts as it looks to cut costs. Co-chief executives David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz announced the programme in a...