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🤖 Simplismart raises $14 million for AI model infrastructure

Simplismart raised $14 million in a Series B led by Dallas Venture Capital, with NVIDIA, Accel, Shastra VC and Micromax participating. The startup sells infrastructure that helps enterprises deploy and run AI models while reducing inference costs, latency and GPU use. It also helps cloud providers turn GPU capacity into AI services for enterprise customers.

Why it matters: The money will fund product development and expansion across North America and other global markets.

💰 Simplismart · $14 Mn · AI inference infrastructure

🧪 OpenAI’s new research claims frustrate researchers, The Verge says

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🧠 Anthropic warns its AI could blackmail people and end humanity

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↩ Sequel: Anthropic warned of catastrophic risks before its IPO; today it says its AI could blackmail people and end humanity. (26 Oct)

📈 Anthropic plans an IPO while trying to protect its mission

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↩ Sequel: Anthropic warned of catastrophic risks before its IPO; today it lays out how Wall Street could complicate that plan. (26 Oct)

💹 Jio Platforms lists at a 21% premium in market debut

Reliance Industries-backed Jio Platforms listed at Rs 1,358 on the NSE, about 21% above its Rs 1,119 issue price. That gave it a market value of about Rs 12.5 lakh crore, making it India’s second-largest listed company by market capitalisation. The IPO had drawn heavy demand, led by institutional buyers.

Why it matters: The listing sets a new market value for Reliance’s telecom and digital arm and gives the company fresh capital.

↩ Sequel: Garuda Aerospace's revenue and profit jumped last week; today Jio Platforms lists at a 21% premium. (23 Oct)

🧩 Nova Spectral AI raises ₹21.2 crore for infrared sensor chips

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💰 Nova Spectral AI · ₹21.2 Cr · infrared sensor chips · India

🏢 QwikBuild raises $2.3 million for its enterprise AI platform

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💰 QwikBuild · $2.3 Mn · enterprise AI platform · India

📣 Live2.ai raises Rs 130 crore to expand its AI marketing tools

Live2.ai raised Rs 130 crore in a pre-Series B round led by IvyCap Ventures, with some money going to early shareholders as secondary sales. The Bengaluru startup sells an AI platform for social intelligence and commerce activation, helping brands track online conversations, manage social posts, handle influencer compliance and turn content into shoppable links. It says it serves more than 200 brands and gets 90% of revenue from outside India.

Why it matters: The new funding supports growth across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

💰 Live2.ai · Rs 130 Cr · AI marketing SaaS · India

🩺 Cent raises $15 million and buys AI radiology startup Medsee

Cent, founded by Practo co-founder Shashank ND, raised $15 million in a Series A co-led by Blume Ventures and South Park Commons. Cent runs preventive health screenings using imaging, biomarkers and AI, and says about 10,000 people have gone through its protocol in the past year. It also acquired Medsee, an AI radiology platform, to strengthen its AI work.

Why it matters: The company plans to use the money for hardware, AI and clinical research to scale early disease detection.

💰 Cent · $15 Mn · preventive health / healthtech · India

🎮 dubdub raises seed funding for its trivia and puzzle app

dubdub raised $1.3 million in seed funding co-led by 3one4 Capital, Antler and Stellaris Venture Partners. The app uses swipe-based trivia, mini games and puzzles across more than 20 categories, with AI and user behavior used to personalize the feed. It says it has crossed 20,000 downloads and has strong early retention.

Why it matters: The capital will help it hire and add new interactive formats as it tries to grow beyond a quiz app.

💰 dubdub · $1.3 million · consumer app / gaming · India

🏦 Guidewire buys Hyperexponential for $1.7 billion in cash

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⚠️ UEFI firmware flaw could let attackers run code on servers

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🍎 Apple updates the iMac and entry-level MacBook Pro with M6

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