Canva announced a massive restructuring of its workforce that will effect 22% of its employees, or 1,271 staff, following what has been its toughest year ever. Co-founder and CEO Melanie Perkins said the decision was driven by slower growth & increasing expenses of AI integration.
Japan-based Enrission India Capital has joined Ottonomy's post-seed round of about ₹40.6 crore ($4.2 million). Ottonomy makes Ottobot, an autonomous delivery robot used in hospitals and industrial sites.
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Jio Platforms is in advanced discussions with US telecom giants Comcast and Charter Communications to license its UBR technology through technology-for-equity partnerships. The move is part of Jio’s plan to develop its worldwide broadband operations amid rising competition in the US market.
Upsurge India has led a secondary deal of INR 50 cr to buy close to 1% interest in iD Fresh Food, which also marks the total exit of early investor Blue Ashva Capital. The offering was co-led by TG Fund and WW Ventures and was oversubscribed by institutional investors.
Fintech infrastructure company OneStack has raised ₹12.5 crore from Shepherd's Hill, Pentathlon Ventures and AVNM Ventures. It says partner cooperative banks now run UPI directly with NPCI.
Pune-and-Austin robotics company Peppermint has raised ₹100 crore (about $10.5 million) in a pre-Series B led by pi Ventures and Crane Venture Partners, part of it secondary.
Bengaluru climate-tech startup ECOPATH has raised ₹2.25 crore from Social Alpha and Gemcorp for its zero-cement concrete. It says its order book tops ₹40 crore, a figure it has not itemised.
Actor Mahesh Babu has joined Mumbai studio Shortgun Games as a strategic investor. The amount and stake are undisclosed; the studio's first title is the PC and console game Project Takedown.
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ReNew has entered into an MoU with the government of Odisha to set up a 1,500 MW pumped hydro storage project in Ganjam district with an investment of INR 9,000 crore. The project is part of the company’s anticipated INR 45,000 crore investment in Odisha.
OpenAI India MD Prabhjeet Singh said that India has become ChatGPT’s biggest market worldwide with weekly active users increasing over two times since January 2026. The company is scaling its Indian-language capabilities, Android-first development and local infrastructure to drive acceptance.
Delhi NCR fitness and sports platform OBSESS has raised an angel round from Pushpendra Singh, Amitt Goel and Harshit Vij.
GIVA raised over $100 million and four more startups closed rounds, as India became ChatGPT's largest market and Apple posted record revenue in India.
Gold and silver rates today in India, 3 November 2026. 24K gold falls 1.34% to ₹138,780 per 10g and silver drops 3.30% to ₹178,070 per kg, down more than a fifth in a month. Check city-wise rates and MCX data below.
Apple recorded record revenue in India in Q4 FY26, led by robust sales of iPhones, Macs and services, with September-quarter revenue reaching an all-time high. On a global basis revenue grew 12% year-over-year to $114.5 billion, with Mac sales up 24% to $10.8 billion.
Microsoft has $76.8 billion in cash and short-term investments as of June 2026 but raised $25 billion in its first US investment-grade bond sale since 2017. The net proceeds from the debt offering are expected to be used for capital expenditures, working capital etc.
Schaeffler, a German maker of auto parts, said it planned to lose 3,460 positions in Europe, including 2,660 in Germany, as auto demand weakens and the uptake of electric vehicles slows. The restructure will affect 16 sites and involve almost €480 million in one-off charges.
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Tata Group’s battery joint venture Agratas has lost its board representative from Chinese technical partner AESC Apollo ahead of its commercial rollout. The move comes as Agratas develops its own battery production capabilities and is preparing to scale in India and the UK.
Disney is said to be readying thousands of job losses in a massive reorganisation and cost-saving effort. The entertainment behemoth has instructed some managers to look for methods to cut annual operational costs by 20%, although it’s unknown how many jobs would be lost.
Clinics On Cloud raised INR 120 crore and five more startups closed rounds, as Affle agreed to buy Perion and UPI hit a record 25.47 billion transactions.
Gold and silver rates today in India, 2 November 2026. Silver rebounds 1.42% to ₹182,010 per kg while 24K gold edges up to ₹138,970 per 10g, but both remain well below last month's levels. Check city-wise rates and MCX data below.
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UPI transactions in India hit a record 25.47 billion in October 2026, up 5.8% month-on-month, while transaction value jumped 7.4% to INR 31.53 lakh crore, NPCI said. The average daily transaction value also topped INR 1 lakh crore for the first time.
Pune healthtech Clinics On Cloud has raised ₹120 crore (about $12.5 million) in Series A funding from Dubai-based Model42 at a ₹600 crore valuation, to expand from the UAE.
Affle has agreed to buy Israeli adtech company Perion in an all-cash deal valued at more than $420 million, offering shareholders $11.70 per share, a 34.5% premium. Affle’s purchase intends to grow its CPCU business in developed regions by merging Perion’s digital advertising footprint.
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Sagar Dash, founder of the Armstrong Exchange, was arrested by the ED under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in an alleged online betting and money laundering fraud. The probe includes suspected shell businesses, mule bank accounts and crypto currency transactions.
Flipkart is also piloting ‘Flipkart for Earth’, a curated portal for premium, healthier, toxin-free and sustainable products across categories. The move is a sign of growing demand for specialised products in India’s rapid commerce space.
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AU Small Finance Bank (AU SFB) has initiated an inquiry into a possible data leak from a Salesforce-hosted platform that houses auto loan client data. The hacker gang, ScarlettGroup, has claimed to have accessed sensitive data like Aadhaar, PAN, KYC documents and financial information.
NGEL has started the commercial operations of 95.6 MW of the Kalasar Solar Energy Project located at Bikaner, Rajasthan with effect from 30th October, 2026. With this increase, the overall installed capacity of NTPC Group is 91,668 MW and NGEL’s commercial capacity is 90,588 MW.
On Oct. 29, Binance revealed a large security breach and blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis estimated losses at around $5.912 billion. The crypto exchange froze more than $3 billion in assets, temporarily stopped deposits and withdrawals and said it was cooperating with law enforcement.
DoorDash has reached a $17 bn agreement to acquire Instacart’s parent company, Maplebear Inc., for $65 a share in a deal that would help bolster its grocery delivery operation. The transaction was announced on Oct 29.
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Walmart has initiated a probe into alleged kickbacks of over INR 150 crore by certain employees at Flipkart, according to various media reports. Vendors were allegedly bribing employees in the smartphone and luggage divisions with favours in exchange for favourable marketplace treatment.
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Indian military startup IG military has inked an MoU with Oman-based MSA Global to investigate co-development and localisation of advanced defence systems for Oman and the wider GCC region. The planned alliance will look at three indigenous platforms including KAL, BAJ and JWALA.
Alphabet saw its market worth fall by more than $500 bn as its shares slumped 13% on the back of poor 3rd-quarter earnings. Google Search & advertising revenue that fell short of expectations, sparking fears of rising AI competition from ChatGPT, Claude & other platforms.
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Zorit raised INR 27 crore and two more startups closed rounds, as Delhivery and PB Fintech posted higher Q2 profits and SEBI cleared Atomberg's IPO.
Ace Blend raised $9.91 million and seven more startups closed rounds, as Shadowfax and Pine Labs posted strong Q2 profits and the Cabinet cleared an INR 10,000 crore container scheme.
Freshworks has bought Israel-based AI firm Robusta Dev, adding AI-powered incident investigation capabilities to its Freshservice IT service management platform. The technology employs AI agents to examine monitoring data to detect outage core causes.
Rahul Sharma co-founded Micromax, once a leading Indian smartphone brand. In 2026, his business focus includes electronics manufacturing through Bhagwati Products and memory technology through MiPhi Semiconductors.
Innodata, AI services provider headquartered in the US, is said to have chopped approximately 550 jobs in India and the Philippines, the layoffs occurred on October 26. Affected personnel said they were abruptly locked out of business computers and then sent surprise emails of termination.
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Carlsberg India has submitted a revised draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) to the capital markets regulator SEBI for its proposed IPO, which will include an offer of sale of up to 8.64 crore shares by promoter South Asian Breweries. The public offering does not involve any new issuing of shares.
The Union Cabinet approved the Container Manufacturing Promotion Scheme (CMPS) with a financial outlay of INR 10,000 cr to boost the container manufacturing industry in India up to FY 2039-40. The plan intends to increase the domestic production capacity to 7.5 lakh TEUs per annum.
On October 28, Amazon cut 250 jobs, most of them in software development positions within its devices division, which makes Kindle e-readers and Echo smart speakers. Affected personnel were notified by text message and early morning email.
PhysicsWallah School of Startups (PW SoS) joins hands with DPIIT & Startup India to bolster India’s startup environment, especially in Tier 2 and 3 cities & rural areas. The 2-year partnership will provide entrepreneurs with incubation, seed cash, access to investors etc.
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Simplismart raised $14 million and three more startups closed rounds, as Jio Platforms listed at a 21% premium and Hitesh Oberoi stepped down as Info Edge CEO.
Gold and silver rates today in India, 28 October 2026. 24K gold trades at ₹144,290 per 10g and silver at ₹196,060 per kg, both dipping slightly as Comex slips. Check city wise rates and MCX data below.
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Bengaluru-based AI infrastructure startup Simplismart has raised $14 million in a Series B funding round led by Dallas Venture Capital (DVC), with participation from NVIDIA, Accel, Shastra VC and Micromax. The all-primary round values the company at around $100 million. Founded in 2022 by Amritanshu Jain and Devansh
A week after its public launch, Maasi has raised ₹6 crore to train and place nannies in Bengaluru. Its website says background checks start after a family selects a caregiver, and the weekly growth rate sits on a base of 1,200 parents.
Amazon and Tata Motors are combining to put 3,000 electric vehicles on the road across India, beginning in Delhi for the festive season. The rollout will include light and medium duty electric trucks for city deliveries and longer freight routes.
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The founders sold Aldun in January and launched dubdub two months later. The seed backs a trivia app with 20,000 downloads, a retention claim without a number and no stated revenue model.
Rotoris says 2,100 watches sold out in days. At the prices on its website that is roughly ₹13 crore to ₹27 crore of sales, and the round's own figures do not match at today's exchange rate.
Eight funding rounds closed on 27 October 2026. Cent raised $15 million, and SoftBank cut its stake in Ola Electric by 1.2%.
Gold and silver rates today in India, 27 October 2026. 24K gold trades at ₹142,850 per 10g and silver at ₹194,010 per kg, both falling as yesterday's rebound fades. Check city wise rates and MCX data below.
Cent's Series A is three times its seed and partly debt. The research on scanning people without symptoms is divided, and the company's own scan count has two definitions in circulation.
The Supreme Court has asked the Center to reply to a plea filed by the DNPA against portions of the DPDP Act and Rules. The petition says that data protection rules could curtail press freedom, investigative journalism, source confidentiality and the right to information.
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Meta wants to raise $95 billion for infrastructure for AI and superintelligence projects, including data centers and building AI agents. It will first issue $35 billion via underwritten public offerings, and then $60 billion via an at-the-market programme.
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Blackstone is expanding its India operations and global capabilities by opening its first Global Capability Center (GCC) outside the US in Bengaluru. The center will assist financial, technology, legal, compliance and human resources departments and will collaborate with Blackstone’s global teams.
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Microsoft is providing voluntary leave incentives to about 60,000 employees in the US, Canada, India and the UK as it seeks to balance staff expenses against increasing spending on AI infrastructure. The program is intended for selected personnel and follows previous staff cutbacks.
The seed round backs an Indian quantum dot infrared chip with no public prototype data yet. onsemi has already bought a US rival, and another Indian startup raised on the same import-substitution case four days earlier.
Anthropic has filed for a US IPO and plans to issue its Class A common stock on the Nasdaq under the ticker “ANT.” The producer of Claude posted first-half 2026 revenue at $16.3 billion, up 14 times year-on-year, buoyed by booming enterprise demand.
Five funding rounds closed on 26 October 2026. Matiks raised $10 million, and Ather Energy turned profitable in Q2 FY27.
Gold and silver rates today in India, 26 October 2026. 24K gold trades at ₹143,460 per 10g and silver at ₹196,850 per kg, both rebounding as Comex rises, though Fed rate fears cap gains. Check city wise rates and MCX data below.
Bucketlistt.com has raised Rs. 7.6 crore in a seed round led by Kairon Capital, with participation from Titan Capital, Divisa Family Office and Kunal Popat. Bucketlistt.com helps travellers discover and book verified travel experiences, from skydiving in Mt. Abu to front-row seats at the Ganga Aarti
India has revised the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989, to allow OEM built flex-fuel vehicles to operate on E85 and E100 ethanol. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on 23 October 2026 notified new testing, certification and emission criteria for high-ethanol automobiles.
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CEO Elon Musk said SpaceX has raised $40 billion in debt financing to buy AI chips, with money coming in the first and second quarters of 2027. The money will be used mostly to purchase GPUs as SpaceX grows its artificial intelligence business.
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Nokia has signed a five year deal with L&T Technology Services (LTTS) for engineering and R&D support in India. As part of the arrangement, LTTS will set up an Offshore Development Center and a dedicated engineering team.
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Eternal’s District is looking into specialised live-event spaces as a way to lower concert expenses, and protect its business against AI-driven booking disruption. The company is in discussions with governments and possible partners to build event infrastructure in major Indian cities.
Eternal, the parent company of Blinkit and Zomato, has ruled out selling its own-brand products on its quick-commerce platform and will instead focus on third-party brands. Heavy investment is required by private labels, said CEO Albinder Dhindsa.
IBM India has acquired a 10-year lease for 2.83 lakh sq ft in Bagmane Solarium City in the Whitefield-Brookefield district of Bengaluru. The lease comes with a monthly rent of INR 2.49 crore from February 2026 and a 15% hike every three years.
Firstwork raised $15 million, and Konwert closed a pre-Series A round, as Tonbo Imaging and Zetwerk made their market debuts and Swiggy shares fell 16% after Q2.
Gold and silver rates today in India, 23 October 2026. 24K gold slips 0.35% to ₹143,130 per 10g and silver falls 2.16% to ₹196,050 per kg, dropping below ₹200,000. Check city-wise rates and MCX data below.