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Big Tech Earnings: Google Cloud Up 103%, Azure 48%, AWS 39%
Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon and Intel filed September-quarter results on Oct. 28 and 29. Google Cloud revenue rose 103%, Azure 48% and AWS 39%, while quarterly capex reached $51.4B at Alphabet and $39.4B at Microsoft.
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Agility Robotics Expects $465M SPAC Raise | AGLT Listing Nov. 5
FUNDING$465M SPAC Raise
Agility Robotics Expects $465M SPAC Raise | AGLT Listing Nov. 5
Agility Robotics and Churchill Capital Corp XI expect the SPAC deal to bring in about $465 million in gross proceeds, with Foxconn leading a $201 million PIPE and Nasdaq trading as AGLT expected to begin November 5.
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Two Biotechs Price IPOs The Same Day: BBTX And ASPE
IPO2 IPOs, Same Day
Two Biotechs Price IPOs The Same Day: BBTX And ASPE
Bambusa Therapeutics and Aspen Neuroscience both priced IPOs on October 29, 2026, debuting on Nasdaq the same morning as BBTX and ASPE, in what BioSpace calls a cautiously optimistic biotech IPO rebound.
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OPay Prices $304M IPO, Debuts On NYSE As Ticker OPAY
IPO$304M IPO
OPay Prices $304M IPO, Debuts On NYSE As Ticker OPAY
OPay priced its NYSE IPO at $19.00 per ADS, the low end of its range, implying roughly $304 million in gross proceeds as the Nigeria-born fintech moves from filing to pricing.
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Cyera In Talks For $20B Valuation, Up From $12B In June
FUNDING$20B Valuation Talks
Cyera In Talks For $20B Valuation, Up From $12B In June
Cyera is discussing a new funding round that would value the data-security startup at $20 billion, The Information reported, up from the $12 billion mark it set in June.
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Bambusa Therapeutics Prices $168.9M IPO, Debuts As BBTX
IPO$168.9M IPO
Bambusa Therapeutics Prices $168.9M IPO, Debuts As BBTX
Bambusa Therapeutics priced an upsized IPO of 10,555,555 shares at $16.00, raising $168.9 million, with shares set to begin trading on Nasdaq as BBTX on October 30, 2026.
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12 storiesServal Triples To $3B Valuation With $150M Series C
FUNDING$150M Series C
Serval Triples To $3B Valuation With $150M Series C
Serval, the AI startup challenging ServiceNow's IT service management business, raised a $150 million Series C led by Sequoia at a $3 billion valuation — its second Sequoia-led round in under a year.
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Kalshi's Valuation Nearly Doubles To $40B Since May
FUNDING$1B Series G
Kalshi's Valuation Nearly Doubles To $40B Since May
Kalshi, the prediction-market platform where users trade on real-world events, raised $1 billion in a Series G that values the company at $40 billion, as reported by The Information, nearly double its $22 billion valuation from May 2026.
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Thrive Holdings Buys ADT In $15.3B Deal, $7.6B In Cash
BIG TECH$15.3B Acquisition
Thrive Holdings Buys ADT In $15.3B Deal, $7.6B In Cash
Thrive Holdings, the permanent-capital vehicle backed by Thrive Capital, agreed to buy security giant ADT in an all-cash deal valuing it at $15.3 billion in enterprise value, a 45.6% premium to ADT's prior closing price.
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Dream Raises $17M To Replace AutoCAD With AI
AI$17M Seed
Dream Raises $17M To Replace AutoCAD With AI
Dream, a startup founded by two former Palantir executives, raised $17 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz to build AI world models that automate building design, aiming to replace AutoCAD and Revit.
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Mettle Capital Launches With $350M India Fund
FUNDING$350M Fund
Mettle Capital Launches With $350M India Fund
Three former Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia India) managing directors have launched Mettle Capital, reported to have raised $350 million to back Indian technology startups after an acrimonious split from the firm.
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PreScalar Raises $7M To Automate Factory-Line Testing
FUNDING$7M Seed
PreScalar Raises $7M To Automate Factory-Line Testing
PreScalar, a San Francisco startup that automates testing and firmware management for advanced manufacturers, raised $7 million in seed funding co-led by Dynamo Ventures and BMW i Ventures.
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IREN Secures $363M To Expand AI Compute Capacity
AI$363M Financing
IREN Secures $363M To Expand AI Compute Capacity
IREN, the Nasdaq-listed AI cloud provider, secured a $363 million equipment financing facility, completed by Wingspire Equipment Finance with a six-lender group, freeing up capital to expand its AI data-center buildout.
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Aspen Neuroscience Prices IPO At $140.6M, Lists As ASPE
IPO$140.6M IPO
Aspen Neuroscience Prices IPO At $140.6M, Lists As ASPE
Aspen Neuroscience priced its IPO at $15.00 per share for about $140.6 million, with shares beginning to trade on Nasdaq as ASPE on October 30, 2026.
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Wabi Hits $1.25B Valuation With $55M Round Led By IVP
FUNDING$55M at $1.25B Valuation
Wabi Hits $1.25B Valuation With $55M Round Led By IVP
Wabi, the AI assistant from Replika founder Eugenia Kuyda, raised $55 million at a $1.25 billion valuation led by IVP, weeks after Pulse first covered the relaunched personal AI messenger.
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Cohere Targets CAD $35.7B Valuation In New Series E
AICAD $35.7B Valuation Target
Cohere Targets CAD $35.7B Valuation In New Series E
Cohere announced the initial close of a Series E round targeting up to CAD $7 billion that would value it at CAD $35.7 billion, led by Germany's Schwarz Group.
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Rendezvous Robotics Raises $20M Seed To Build Self-Assembling Spacecraft
FUNDING$20M Seed
Rendezvous Robotics Raises $20M Seed To Build Self-Assembling Spacecraft
Rendezvous Robotics raised a $20 million oversubscribed seed round co-led by MaC Venture Capital and Toyota Ventures to build spacecraft from modular tiles that assemble themselves autonomously in orbit.
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Deepgram Acquires Daily, Creator Of Open-Source Pipecat
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Deepgram Acquires Daily, Creator Of Open-Source Pipecat
Deepgram is acquiring Daily, the company behind the open-source voice-agent framework Pipecat, consolidating two pieces of the voice AI infrastructure stack.
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