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Heating upPolicyEurope

UK government drops spinout exit tax, VCs cheer

GE Appliances Uses AI to Keep U.S. Manufacturing Competitive

Chinese Court Freezes Nexperia’s China Subsidiary Stakes Worth $300 Million Until 2029

StartupsMiddle East

Corgi's 'Red Book' Exposes MENA Insurtechs' Growth-at-All-Costs Trap

Cradlewise Secures $12 Mn Series A to Broaden Smart Nursery Line

Pharosyn Secures €2.5M to Power Pharma’s AI‑Driven Commercial Edge

Capitec’s $33.8 bn non‑bank arm lists on A2X, signaling South Africa’s shift to platform finance

Adobe Buys Peak XV‑Backed Martech AI Startup Rilo, Bolstering Asia‑Centric Creative Cloud

Kenyan Police Arrest FlexPay Founders Amid Alleged KES 31.2 Million Fraud

Samsung, Nvidia, ASML and Scaleup Fund lead €3bn round for Mistral AI

StartupsAmericas

Scopia Surgical’s $2.65M Seed Round Aims to Give Robotic Surgery a GPS

Pernia’s Pop-Up Shop IPO Oversubscribed 1.29× Signals Strong Appetite for India’s Niche Fashion E‑commerce

Taiwan’s crackdown exposes China’s covert chip labs, raising alarms across the Americas

InfrastructureEurope

Microsoft Fabric’s US Gov Cloud Launch Exposes Europe’s AI Infrastructure Gap

InfrastructureMiddle East

Anthropic’s $35 Billion Lambda Deal Signals Gulf AI Ambitions

US Rejects ‘DMV for AI’ Push, Warns Agency Would Be a Disaster

PolicyMiddle East

Tim Cook’s legacy isn’t just phones, it’s politics

Meta Embraces US Safety Mandates While Pushing Influencer‑Led Parental Controls Abroad

Google’s AI Ambition Hinges on Hollywood Cash, Not the Other Way Around

Simple Energy Catches The Mass-Market Wave

Wingify’s New CFO Signals Push for Enterprise SaaS Scale

KKR’s $200M Bet on BookMyShow Signals Live Entertainment as India’s Next Consumption Boom

InfrastructureAfrica

Nomba’s $3M Debt Lift Signals Push to Own Africa‑Asia Payment Rails

Entrepreneur’s Tool Survey Is Noise Not Insight

InfrastructureEurope

UK MedTech's AR Hope Faces NHS Reality Check