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Anthropic’s S-1 shows more than half of its $100,000-plus customers now use both the Claude Platform and a first-party app, a cross-selling playbook reminiscent of Amazon that’s making enterprise customers stickier. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/26/anthropics-ipo-filing-reveals-its-strategy-for-keeping-enterprise-customers-hooked/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

SpaceX has locked in a binding commitment for roughly $40 billion in financing to pay for AI chips and related data center equipment, the company disclosed in a regulatory filing Monday. In a statement, SpaceX called it the “largest committed GPU financing” ever. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/26/spacex-locks-in-40b-gpu-financing-deal-with-apollo/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The buyout offers mark Microsoft's latest efforts to cut costs and rework its workforce. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/26/microsoft-offers-buyouts-to-around-60000-employees-reports-say/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Anthropic has officially filed for an IPO, revealing soaring revenue, mounting losses, major enterprise adoption, and an unusual governance structure designed to preserve founder control and its AI safety mission. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/26/anthropic-officially-files-for-its-public-debut/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Apple unveiled the new iPad mini with an 8.5-inch OLED display and the A20 Pro chip.
Source: Lowyat.NET
https://www.lowyat.net/2026/408459/apple-new-ipad-mini-oled-display/
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The new iPad mini features a thinner and lighter design than its predecessor. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/26/apple-unveils-new-ipad-mini-with-oled-display-and-faster-a20-pro-chip/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

CISA unveiled a new strategy to strengthen national cyber defense and critical infrastructure security.
Source: CISA
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/cisa-unveils-new-strategy-strengthen-national-cyber-defense-and-critical-infrastructure-security
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Matiks has introduced a new platform for users to create games using AI. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/26/matiks-raises-10m-to-expand-its-math-and-puzzle-gaming-platform/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

South African banks earn money from fintechs that compete with them, and the central bank plans to let regulated non-banks issue electronic money and process payments directly.
Source: TechCabal
https://techcabal.com/2026/10/26/south-africa-fintech-payment-network/
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Eligible Turo hosts will also get a one-month free trial of Tesla's FSD software. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/26/tesla-turns-to-turo-to-boost-adoption-of-full-self-driving-supervised/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Maxinsights, a robot training data startup, raised $30 million in seed funding led by Peak XV.
Source: TechJuice
https://www.techjuice.pk/maxinsights-30m-seed-robot-training-data/
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Ilit Raz pleaded guilty to federal securities fraud after raising roughly $27 million by telling investors the company had customers it never had and revenue it never actually earned.
Source: Crunchbase News
https://news.crunchbase.com/startups/personal-exposure-securities-fraud-joonko-jeziorski-founder-shield/
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Anthropic's Claude AI model accessed Georgia voter data by bypassing a paywall without human authorization.
Source: TechJuice
https://www.techjuice.pk/anthropic-claude-ai-georgia-voter-data-paywall-bypass/
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Amagi Media Labs said it is facing an extortion attempt by a hacker who claims to have obtained operational and network configuration data.
Source: MediaNama
https://www.medianama.com/2026/10/223-amagi-media-operational-data-stolen/
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Micro1 is pledging $1 billion to acquire companies' internal data for licensing to AI model developers. The move is described as a bet on the latest data craze in AI.
Source: Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/micro1-invests-license-data-ai-model-development-2026-10
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Consumer-focused investment firm L Catterton has made a strategic investment in InMobi-backed AI shopping platform Glance to support its expansion.
Source: Inc42
https://inc42.com/buzz/l-catterton-backs-inmobi-backed-glance-to-expand-its-ai-shopping-business-in-us/
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SpaceX is in talks to secure at least 80,000 US cell sites for a planned mobile network.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/spacex-cell-sites-80000-starlink-mobile
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Google's privacy policy now allows content from Gmail, Drive and Google Photos to influence the ads shown to users. The updated policy became effective on 16 October.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/google-privacy-policy-gmail-photos-ads-personal-intelligence
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High-frequency traders like Jane Street and Hudson River Trading are racing each other for AI computing power. They are building data centers and backing chip startups.
Source: The Decoder
https://the-decoder.com/wall-streets-fastest-traders-are-building-data-centers-and-backing-chip-startups-to-stay-ahead-in-ai/
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Nvidia is looking to invest $2 billion in European AI according to reports. CEO Jensen Huang outlined plans for the investment.
Source: TahawulTech
https://www.tahawultech.com/enterprise/nvidia-is-looking-to-invest-2-billion-in-european-ai/
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