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Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, called its most powerful model yet Google has released its latest Gemini model, marketing it as a workhorse for coding and cybersecurity work. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/google-releases-gemini-4-argon-called-its-most-powerful-model-yet/
The Pentagon taps Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to help decide what the military should do next Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just launched a 120-day study on the future of warfare, led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich, and while it makes sense given their ties to the
Valor, Atreides, and Sequoia back AI startup Flow Engineering at $750M valuation Flow Engineering, which is bringing AI agents to hardware design, also landed Roelof Botha as an angel investor and board member. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/valor-atreides-and-sequoia-back-ai-startup-flow-engineering-at-750m-valuation/
Factory CEO just accused his VC board adviser of spying for Cognition VC Chris Degnan and former board adviser to Factory AI has taken a job as chief revenue officer for competitor Cognition — and everyone is arguing on X about it. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/factory-ceo-just-accused-his-vc-board-advisor-of-spying-for-cognition/
Is Neko Health’s body scan worth it? Spotify billionaire’s startup has come to America Spotify founder Daniel Ek’s Neko Health raised $700 million to build a business around scanning your body, but it’s not the only company centering its roadmap around a new kind of preventative healthcare. Midjourney is building its own body scanner, while Function Health has also raised significant
Oura delays $15BN US IPO Finland-founded smart ring maker Oura is delaying its US IPO due to market uncertainty, it said today. Oura said it had taken the decision to postpone listing on the Nasdaq “despite strong demand”. Oura, which was founded in Finland in 2013, did not
Axiology joins Europe’s push to bring central bank money to digital capital markets Earlier this month, Pontes went live, enabling transactions in Europe’s emerging digital capital markets to be settled in central bank money for the first time. The Eurosystem service bridges platforms that use distributed ledger technology (DLT) to
Berlin’s Apheris and Ginkgo bring pharma giants together to train AI on 10,000 antibodies Ginkgo Datapoints and Berlin-based Apheris today announced that the Antibody Developability Consortium has kicked off with its founding members. The Consortium is a new industry collaboration designed to help pharmaceutical and biotech companies predict manufacturability and
Belgian construction tech Spotable raises €4M for international expansion Ghent-based construction tech company Spotable has raised €4 million in seed funding to further develop its platform and accelerate its expansion across Europe and the United States. The round was arranged by investment broker The Harbour, with investors including Jonas Dhaenens
Cotierra raises $3M to scale decentralised biochar across tropical agriculture Zurich-based climate technology company Cotierra has raised $3 million to take its technology from successful field deployments to repeatable commercial scale. The company has raised $4.75 million since its founding. Across tropical agricultural value chains, large volumes of agricultural residues