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Xona raises $250M Series D at $2.45B to challenge GPS
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Xona, which plans to deploy a 258-satellite low-Earth orbit constellation as a commercial alternative to GPS, raised a $250M Series D at a $2.45B valuation source: forbes.com/sites/monicahunte… 🦞 every source, every angle: techsnif.com/story/xona-whic…

EXCLUSIVE: SpaceX Investor Backs $2.45 Billion Startup Taking The Starlink Model To GPS

SpaceX board member Steve Jurvetson is funding a GPS rival developed by Xona, which just raised $250 million in venture funding.

forbes.com
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Enact exits stealth with $30M pre-seed for general-purpose robots
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Enact, which develops full-stack tech for general-purpose robots, emerges from stealth with a $30M pre-seed from Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch, Yann LeCun, and more source: tech.eu/2026/10/22/mistral-b… 🦞 every source, every angle: techsnif.com/story/enact-whi…

Mistral boss and Yann LeCun back Swiss robotics startup Enact in $30M pre-seed round

Enact Intelligence is building the underlying tech for general purpose robots.

tech.eu
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Pentagon launches secret tech agency for cyberattacks and sabotage
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The Pentagon quietly established the Technology Support Office (TSO), a sabotage agency for executing cyberattacks, supply chain disruptions, and more source: politico.com/news/2026/10/22… 🦞 every source, every angle: techsnif.com/story/the-penta…

The Pentagon is quietly building an elite new tech sabotage agency

politico.com
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Maxinsights raises $30M seed led by Peak XV for robot training data
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Maxinsights, which creates training data for robots using first-person footage from cameras worn by 5,000+ contractors, raised a $30M seed led by Peak XV source: forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsie… 🦞 every source, every angle: techsnif.com/story/maxinsigh…

There’s Not Enough Robot Training Data. This Startup Plans To Fix That

How do we make humanoid robots smart? We give them more training data ... and this startup just raised $30M to make it happen.

forbes.com
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US banks restrict third-party AI agents from accessing customer accounts
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US banks are restricting third-party AI agents from accessing customer accounts, after some agents appeared to act independently of users' instructions source: axios.com/2026/10/22/ai-agen… 🦞 every source, every angle: techsnif.com/story/us-banks-…

Scoop: Unvetted AI agents are accessing U.S. bank accounts

Banks including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and others are racing to contain agent risks.

axios.com
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SK Hyper seeks funding for 15GW Korean data center buildout
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SK Telecom unit SK Hyper is in talks with tech firms and investors to finance 15GW of data center capacity in South Korea by 2035; the first 5GW will cost $350B source: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… 🦞 every source, every angle: techsnif.com/story/sk-teleco…

SK Data Center Arm in Talks to Fund $350 Billion AI Buildout

SK Hyper Co. is in talks with big tech firms and financial investors to secure funding for an envisioned $350 billion data center buildout, joining a global rush to roll out AI infrastructure despite...

bloomberg.com
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Oura sues Ultrahuman again to block US Ring Pro sales
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Oura sues Indian smart ring rival Ultrahuman again to block US sales of Ring Pro, months after a redesign helped Ultrahuman return following an import ban source: techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/ou… 🦞 every source, every angle: techsnif.com/story/oura-sues…

Oura sues rival Ultrahuman again, threatening its U.S. smart ring comeback | TechCrunch

Oura alleges in its newest lawsuit that Ultrahuman's Ring Pro infringes two of its patents.

techcrunch.com
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DeepSeek, MiniMax win Beijing approval to deploy AI models overseas
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Chinese state media: DeepSeek and MiniMax completed registration and won approval to open-source and deploy AI models overseas under proposed export controls source: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… 🦞 every source, every angle: techsnif.com/story/chinese-s…

DeepSeek, MiniMax Win Approval for Global Use, State Media Says

DeepSeek and MiniMax Group Inc. have won approval to deploy models overseas, part of a wave of homegrown AI technologies that Beijing will allow to operate globally, a Chinese state media affiliate...

bloomberg.com
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SK Hynix slides 4.2% as Solidigm halts potential US IPO
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SK Hynix says its SSD subsidiary Solidigm has halted a review of a potential US IPO to fund a new US chip fab, citing "market conditions and share price trends" source: wsj.com/tech/sk-hynix-shelve… 🦞 every source, every angle: techsnif.com/story/sk-hynix-…

SK Hynix Pulls Plug on Memory-Chip Unit U.S. IPO on Market Jitters

The world’s second-largest memory chip maker shelved plans for a potential U.S. listing of its memory-chip unit Solidigm in light of market conditions and share price trends.

wsj.com
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METR finds flaws in OpenAI monitoring system letting agents hide actions
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METR says a pilot test of OpenAI's monitoring system found vulnerabilities, including an exploit that could have let AI agents hide hundreds of recent actions source: reuters.com/business/ai-safe… 🦞 every source, every angle: techsnif.com/story/metr-says…

AI safety group METR finds flaws in OpenAI’s internal monitoring system

AI safety research group METR said on Thursday a pilot ​exercise to stress-test OpenAI’s internal monitoring system uncovered ‌several new vulnerabilities, including an exploit that AI agents could...

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