Salesforce acquires AI customer service startup Cresta for $2.7B amid market selloff
The deal extends Salesforce's acquisition streak in AI despite a broader tech selloff.
The Information · +2 outlets
Anthropic files amended S-1 with audited Q3 revenue of $16.96B, up 1,127% year over year
The filing gives investors the first audited look at Anthropic's financials ahead of its IPO, though growth slowed quarter over quarter and compute commitments
Saastr · +4 outlets
Northwood Space raises $375M Series C at $2B valuation from a16z and DFJ Growth
The ground station startup, founded by former Disney star Bridgit Mendler, builds satellite communications infrastructure rather than rockets.
TechCrunch · +11 outlets
Global venture funding hits $59B in October, lifted by DeepSeek's record $15.9B round
Crunchbase data shows October funding up 45% year over year, driven largely by China's largest startup deal ever.
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Hypersonica raises €100M Series B from Lightspeed and General Catalyst for hypersonic missiles
The British-German defense startup is developing sovereign hypersonic deep-strike systems as European missile defense spending rises.
Sifted · +13 outlets
Creandum closes $750M fund, its largest ever, to back European AI startups
The Stockholm-based early-stage firm, an investor in Lovable, Klarna and Black Forest Labs, will invest from pre-seed through Series A.
Sifted · +5 outlets
Marvell to acquire Lumentum for $115B in one of the largest tech deals ever
Both companies share Nvidia as a strategic investor, signaling consolidation across optical and semiconductor supply chains.
TechCrunch · +13 outlets
Apple restricts dating apps and AI companions with romantic content to users 18 and up
New App Store rules require 18+ age ratings for apps offering sexual or romantic content, tightening Apple's stance on age-gated services.
TechCrunch · +8 outlets
Yvonne Bajela's Evertrue Capital closes $17M debut fund for European AI and fintech
The ex-Phoenix Court partner's solo fund will write pre-seed checks of €299k to €599k in UK and European founders.
Sifted · +7 outlets
Squarespace lays off 19% of staff in company-wide restructuring
The website builder said the cuts are part of a broader organizational restructuring.
TechCrunch · +1 outlets
Trajectory raises $45M Series A led by Sequoia at $300M valuation
The one-year-old startup aims to make AI model training accessible to nontechnical domain experts.
TechCrunch · +5 outlets
Giva raises $100M in funding led by Multiples PE
The Indian jewellery startup's round underscores continued investor appetite for consumer brands in the country.
Livemint · +1 outlets
Karnataka tech funding jumps 26% to $4.6B even as deal rounds fall 35%
The data points to capital concentrating in fewer, larger rounds across India's largest tech hub.
NewsDrum · +1 outlets
Agrani Labs seeks $108M from Peak XV, Google and Samsung at higher valuation
The Indian chip startup's round would mark another large bet on semiconductor design outside the US and China.
The Economic Times
New York Times and other outlets sue Brave over alleged content scraping
The suit claims Brave scraped copyrighted content and distributed it to AI customers including Anthropic and Perplexity.
TechCrunch · +8 outlets
Lovable apps expose sensitive user data, researchers find
The findings raise security questions about apps built with the fast-growing AI coding platform.
Sifted
Clinics On Cloud raises Rs 120 crore Series A from Model42 at Rs 600 crore valuation
The Health ATM maker raised its first institutional round after eight bootstrapped years.
BW Disrupt · +1 outlets
Indonesia's Kalshi raises $1B as capital flows to payments, stablecoin rails and AI
The monthly VC report tracks capital concentrating in financial infrastructure and AI compute.
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