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Basalt Raises $20M—Its 86% Speed Gain Is Still Customer-Specific
Basalt Health announced a $20 million Series A on September 24, 2026. Its reported 86% reduction in chart-processing time comes from Lifepoint Health, while wider deployments remain planned.
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Noxtua Raises €100M—A 263-Year-Old Publisher Takes Control
On September 23, 2026, Noxtua closed a Series C exceeding €100 million. Legal publisher C.H.BECK became its majority shareholder, while MANZ joined as a minority investor.
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Enveda Raises $311M—Its AI Drugs Still Face the Clinical Test
Enveda closed a $311 million Series E on September 23, 2026, at a reported $2 billion valuation. Its nature-derived drug candidates remain investigational, with larger clinical tests ahead.
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Confido Raises $55M—CPG Automation Now Has to Protect Margins
On September 22, 2026, Confido raised a $55 million Series B led by Insight Partners to expand CPG automation. Its margin case rests on recovered cash and controlled trade spending.
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Ema Raises $77M—Its Agents Now Compete With Software Budgets
Ema raised $77M in a September 23, 2026 Series B to expand agents for HR, IT and finance work. Named deployments indicate production use, while software savings remain unproven.
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BigHat Raises $75M—One AI-Designed Drug Has Reached Phase 1
BigHat closed a $75 million Series C on September 24, 2026, to advance its cancer pipeline and protein-design platform. BHB810 is in Phase 1; BHB299 remains preclinical.
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Rocket Lab’s 97th Launch Put a 13th Radar Eye Into Orbit
Rocket Lab’s 97th launch deployed Synspective’s 13th StriX radar satellite on September 26, 2026. The spacecraft reached orbit but still needs testing before entering service.
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Microsoft Copilot Can Keep Working Without You—Access Is Still Limited
On September 25, Microsoft introduced Home, Code and an Autopilot designed to keep working while users are away. Home and Code have staged Frontier rollouts; Autopilot remains in private preview.
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OAuth Is Not Enough for MCP—Five Checks Before Exposing a Server
Before exposing a remote MCP server, test five boundaries: token audience, PKCE, redirects, tool permissions, and audit records. A successful OAuth sign-in does not clear them.
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Databricks Opens Genie to Any MCP Agent—and Retires the Old Endpoint
Genie One MCP is generally available to MCP-capable agents. Clients using its bare beta endpoint must migrate before the scheduled October 31, 2026 sunset, changing their URL and OAuth scope.
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Microsoft Makes Hyderabad an AI Hub—but Service Availability Still Varies
On September 21, 2026, Microsoft designated its live Hyderabad Azure region a strategic AI hub. Eligible workloads can run there, but Azure and AI service availability still varies.
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11 Picks for the Best AI Presentation Software & Slide Generator Tools in 2027
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