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Zenzap is used by organizations including Starbucks and Taco Bell https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/14/zenzap-raises-44m-for-its-ai-chat-app-that-aims-to-replace-whatsapp-in-the-workplace/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Floqer is an autonomous customer knowledge platform that provides business-to-business sales and marketing teams with an AI-powered database designed to continuously collect, organize, and update the information used to understand their customers. Floqer is pitching Wednesday on the Startup Battlefield stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. The startup told TechCrunch ahead…

Netflix said most of the cuts would affect its product, tech, legal, and human resources departments. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/14/netflix-to-lay-off-1000-staff-amid-intensifying-competition-for-user-attention/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

ASML's chip equipment sales to China rose 109 per cent despite US export curb push. The company expects China to represent about 20 per cent of its total sales this year.
Source: South China Morning Post
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3370904/asmls-chip-equipment-sales-china-soar-109-despite-us-export-curb-push?utm_source=rss_feed
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Day 2 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, full of all themes across AI, investor-only session, more roundtables, and more. Register to save 50% on your pass. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/14/techcrunch-disrupt-2026-day-2/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Epic Games delayed its Disney-licensed shooter and is forcing developers to adopt an AI-first model.
Source: TechJuice
https://www.techjuice.pk/epic-games-delays-disney-shooter-to-force-a-massive-ai-first-pivot-whether-devs-like-it-or-not/
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Databricks serverless compute is fully managed, intelligent, and versionless, allowing users to run workloads without managing infrastructure.
Source: Databricks
https://www.databricks.com/blog/introducing-private-network-gateway
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Anthropic has opened its fifth Asia-Pacific office in Singapore and is partnering with the Singapore government on AI safety and adoption.
Source: The Economic Times
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-opens-office-in-singapore-partners-with-government-on-ai-safety-and-adoption/articleshow/134943411.cms
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NTangible is building an analytics platform for collegiate sports organizations and other clubs to measure an athlete's "clutch" factor. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/14/ntangible-bets-it-can-predict-how-athletes-will-perform-under-pressure/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

ASML said customers are already planning orders for its advanced chipmaking tools for 2029 and 2030, easing concerns that the AI investment boom is losing momentum.
Source: The Korea Times
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261014/asmls-strong-orders-ease-fears-ai-spending-boom-is-running-out-of-steam?utm_source=rss
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Navo is an AI-powered B2B fashion platform that assists 50,000 small-town retailers in 250 districts to stock trending styles in seven to ten days rather than ninety.
Source: Antler Insights
https://www.antler.co/blog/navo
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Apple and OpenAI are before a federal judge in San Jose over alleged AI trade-secret misuse.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/apple-openai-trade-secrets-hearing
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Mittal says his satellite application is five years old and the ground network has been ready for three years, ahead of Starlink.
Source: Business Today
https://www.businesstoday.in/bt-tv/market-today/video/does-india-really-need-starlink-expert-questions-satcom-business-case-561595-2026-10-14?utm_source=rssfeed

The FBI arrested an OpenAI engineer for allegedly hiding an audio recording device in the company's executive conference room.
Source: TechJuice
https://www.techjuice.pk/openai-employee-charged-planting-hidden-recording-device/
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Scimplify's annualized revenue run rate has tripled to $200 million as it eyes U.S. expansion. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/14/scimplify-raises-25m-to-challenge-chinas-grip-on-critical-materials-with-ai/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

SAP S/4HANA migration is described as no longer optional, and moving to S/4HANA is presented as a chance to rethink how the business operates rather than merely swapping technology.
Source: ITWeb Africa
https://www.itweb.co.za/article/the-digital-core-imperative-why-sap-s4hana-migration-is-no-longer-optional/kYbe97Xbj3wqAWpG

Aum Ventures led a Rs 17 crore funding round in spacetech startup OXG Space. The fresh funds will support Mission Synapse, a 12-month programme to demonstrate its core technologies in orbit.
Source: Entrackr
https://entrackr.com/snippets/aum-ventures-leads-rs-17-cr-round-in-oxg-space-12674360
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Researchers present CoPlanVLM for coordinated path planning for a robot team using Vision Language Models.
Source: arXiv cs.RO
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.14341
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Anthropic is working to bring its frontier AI models to Singapore and has signed a government pact.
Source: The Business Times Singapore
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/anthropic-works-bring-frontier-ai-models-soil-singapore-signs-government-pact
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The UAE has built an artificial intelligence control tower for the federal government to monitor AI agents. Every deployed AI agent must connect to this tower for oversight.
Source: Gulf News
https://gulfnews.com/business/economy/uae-reveals-control-tower-to-monitor-ai-government-agents-1.500710167
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