Economic Times reported that Surat-based AI app-building startup Rocket is in talks to raise $40M–$50M at an expected valuation of about $500M.
Sifted reported that European deeptech startups and scaleups have already broken the previous annual fundraising record within the first half of 2026.
London-based Gaussion raised €24.5M to develop energy-intelligence technology for battery packs across EV charging, drones, and data centres.
Osney Capital closed an oversubscribed €69M debut fund focused on seed-stage cybersecurity startups in the UK and Europe.
The British Business Bank plans to invest more than £400M a year into UK scaleups, targeting later-stage companies in life sciences, deeptech, fintech and clean energy.
Ford rehired 350 veteran engineers after automated quality systems failed to meet the company’s standards.
Micron’s rally highlights how AI data-centre demand is turning memory supply into a major infrastructure bottleneck.
India’s payments chief said AI could shape UPI’s next phase across onboarding, fraud prevention, credit and voice interfaces.
VC News Daily listed Hera as raising a $27M Series A to build senior-care experts with human-centric AI.