News archive — October 2026
Funding🇺🇸Oct 21, 2026
Trissino raises $1.2M to put competitive intelligence within reach of lean teams
FundingFintech🇨🇴Oct 21, 2026
Colombia's Bold raises $11.7M debt line from BBVA Spark to expand merchant lending
Energy🇺🇸Oct 21, 2026
Marathon Fusion says it has turned mercury into gold with fusion neutrons, 10x CERN's record
FundingHome Living🇺🇸Oct 21, 2026
PureCare lands $9M factoring facility as bedding sector reels from tariffs
M&AFintech🇺🇸Oct 21, 2026
CommunityAmerica wins approval for third merger in a year, nearing $11B in assets
Products🇺🇸Oct 21, 2026
Anthropic launches Claude Duet, a proactive agent app taking on Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots
FundingEnergy🇨🇳Oct 21, 2026
China's Zhongke Environmental raises $150M in convertible bond to push waste-heat supply
Enterprise Software🇺🇸Oct 21, 2026
China-linked hackers used AI agents to hit 2,250+ Microsoft 365 tenants via ConnectWise, reaching admin access in under 3 hours
Security🇭🇰Oct 21, 2026
China Taiping gets $1.05B state injection, lifting finance ministry stake to 91.9%
FundingEnterprise SoftwareBritish Virgin IslandsOct 21, 2026
Dataline raises $10.6M for an AI-agent data network, plans token sale
FundingSecurity🇨🇦Oct 21, 2026
NowVertical closes $3.63M tranche of larger placement, reshuffles board
Health🇺🇸Oct 21, 2026
Samay, de la colombiana María Artunduaga, gana grant de $500K del Gobierno de EE. UU.
M&AHealth🇺🇸Oct 21, 2026
Kaiser-backed Risant Health to acquire Oklahoma's largest nonprofit hospital system
FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸Oct 21, 2026
Flapping Airplanes raises $1B at $6B with no product, as AI 'neolabs' draw frontier-lab money
FundingEnergy🇩🇪Oct 21, 2026
German fusion startup Gauss Fusion closes seed round, targets $150M Series A
Funding🇺🇸Oct 21, 2026
Intramotev lands $16.2M federal grant to put autonomous railcars on a Missouri short line
ProductsEnterprise Software🇬🇧Oct 21, 2026
Recursive debuts Flint, a laptop coding model it says AI largely built
M&ATransportation🇩🇪Oct 21, 2026
YellowFox buys Berlin AI firm Peregrine to own its video telematics tech
FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸Oct 21, 2026
Watchtower Labs raises $35M seed to build AI decision tools for military logistics