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RapidCanvas raises $29M Series B; says revenue grew 8x but shows no figures
RapidCanvas, an Austin-based startup that builds custom AI applications for mid-sized companies, raised a $29 million Series B led by Vertex Ventures SEA & India on October 16, 2026.
Nvidia's RTX Spark laptops ship from six makers, with up to 128GB of memory
Nvidia said on Oct. 16 that RTX Spark laptops are on sale from ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft and MSI.
Microsoft says Windows 11 is 20% more responsive; the one 8GB test found no change
Microsoft says Windows 11 can now keep up to 2GB more active data in memory instead of moving it to slower storage, and that this makes a "meaningful difference" on 8GB PCs.
Evos raises $9M pre-seed for AI agents that learn on the job, with humans approving first
Evos, a New York startup founded in 2026, said it has raised $9 million in pre-seed funding led by Uncork Capital and Field Ventures.
Uvi says its context layer cuts agent cost from $0.75–$1.41 to 10–16 cents per answer
Uvi, an Israeli-founded agent-infrastructure startup formally named Naboo Research Ltd., raised $7.5 million in seed funding led by CT Innovations, with Cardumen, Mana VC and 91 Ventures participating.
Microsoft's Maia 300: 96 chips per rack, 40% more tokens per megawatt than GPUs
Microsoft's Maia 300 packs 96 chips into each data center rack, double the Maia 200's count, and Microsoft says a rack can process up to seven times more AI tokens than its predecessor.
Amazon drops Fire tablets for Android Alexa Tablets priced $229.99 to $549.99
Amazon's new Alexa Tablet 8 costs $229.99 and the Alexa Tablet 12 Pro starts at $499.99.
Alibaba chairman tells Europe open source is the "only way" to AI independence
Alibaba chairman Joe Tsai told a Turin audience on Wednesday that Europe's route to AI independence is open-weight models that companies run on their own hardware and train on their own data.
Hadrian raises $40M for AI pen-testing; its 80%-faster claim is its own
Amsterdam-based Hadrian has raised $40 million, co-led by Forgepoint Capital International and Smartfin, bringing its total funding to $65 million.
