A small but growing number of founders are betting on bringing people together offline: On the surface, a game console and a leathercraft school don't appear to have much in common. But both founders think there's money in fostering the kind of connection that technology has eroded over the last couple of decades. Read More
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Modal Motors is trying to cut China out of electric motors entirely: The startup is working on small, light motors with no rare-earth magnets that are suited for drones, fans, and robots. Read More
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Morphotonics raises €40M to expand its display tech into data centers: Deep tech company Morphotonics raises €40M from investors including 3M Ventures, Innovation Industries, BOM, and Invest-NL. Read More
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Altum Sequencing is raising €5M to scale its personalized cancer monitoring platform, combining liquid biopsy, ultra-sensitive NGS, longitudinal molecular data and AI. The round will accelerate regulatory development, Altum Atlas and international expansion. This company is part of Santander X, the global community of Santander X. 
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Vals, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, is looking to become the gold standard for AI benchmarking: Vals AI is hoping to make AI benchmarking a more neutral and trustworthy resource in a world increasingly inundated by AI models. Read More
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A startup that builds other startups raised $100M and is all-in on physical AI: UP.Labs, now doing business under the name Vantora, is building startups for industrial corporations. Read More
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A new kind of AI model from a ChatGPT inventor is thrilling developers: Jev, a new kind of AI model, is showing developers a cheaper and faster path to software intelligence. Read More
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Databricks buys Row Zero and is scouting for more startups to acquire: Databricks has bought cloud spreadsheet startup Row Zero, adding yet another acquisition to its 2026 shopping spree. Read More
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PitPro's first tire-changing robot goes live in Canada: The startup says its automated system can change four tires in under 15 minutes. Read More
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Hong Kong – Asia’s Fintech capital, Innovation Hub to the Greater Bay Area and gateway to the Chinese Mainland – invites U.S. Fintechs to join a U.S. delegation for Hong Kong FinTech Week 2026, November 2–6. Access a curated program, meet key players in Hong Kong’s fintech ecosystem and discover how YOU can grow YOUR Fintech in Asia’s World City!
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PrismML brings its tiny LLMs to Qualcomm-powered smart glasses: Prism's larger goal is open-weight AI that runs on devices and makes better use of the computing power they already have. Read More
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