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14 Italian early stage startups to watch, according to VCs Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/14-italian-early-stage-startups-to-watch-according-to-vcs/

Startups don’t need to go viral to win customers At TechCrunch Disrupt last week, two founders and a VC discussed how to not just gain an early following but keep one. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/23/startups-dont-need-to-go-viral-to-win-customers/

OpenAI says it will no longer train its AI models on the live internet, citing “significant risks” OpenAI will cut frontier models off from the internet weeks after one of its engineers said that solution wouldn’t work. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/23/openai-says-it-will-no-longer-train-its-ai-models-on-the-live-internet-citing-significant-risks/

Hottest toy for Christmas? Nvidia CEO plays with adorable Microduck robots, 20,000 sell The robots, stomping their little feet and making tiny R2-D2 noises, sat, fell down dead for a “nap,” and summersaulted on voice command. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/23/hottest-toy-for-christmas-nvidia-ceo-plays-with-adorable-microduck-robots-20000-sell/

VCs, Superhuman Mail founder share red flags about product-market fit Top investors from Iconiq and Sapphire Ventures, along with Rahul Vohra, the founder of Superhuman Mail, share the do’s and don’ts for building hit products. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/23/vcs-superhuman-mail-founder-share-red-flags-about-product-market-fit/

TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 roundtables: Go deeper on the challenges founders are solving right now  TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 is coming to SoWa Power Station in Boston on November 4, bringing founders, investors, and operators together for a full day of candid conversations, practical sessions, live pitching, networking, and smaller

Körber takes stake in bootstrapped German robotics startup NAiSE Industrialtech company Körber is acquiring a stake in NAiSE, a Germany-based software company specialising in vendor-agnostic fleet management.   Together, the two partners are combining their capabilities to enable customers worldwide to orchestrate mixed vehicle fleets across production and warehouse environments.

Seaya raises €600M for new growth fund to back Europe’s next global tech leaders Investment firm Seaya has announced the launch of Seaya Nova, its new growth fund, after raising €600 million at first close in just six months. The fund is backed by the European Investment Fund (EIF) under

Arke Telekom lands €1M from ACT Venture Partners to advance drone communications Arke Telekom, a company developing defence and communications technologies, has secured €1 million in funding from ACT VenturePartners, a venture capital firm focused on deeptech investments. The company develops communication solutions for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating in

Indurex raises €7M to strengthen cybersecurity across critical infrastructure Industrial cybersecurity company Indurex has raised €7 million in funding to further develop its AI-powered platform designed to protect critical infrastructure, manufacturing facilities and connected industrial operations. The round was led by Contrarian Ventures, with participation from Axeleo Capital and Curiosity.