https://fundedweekly.com/Funded Weekly: Funded Tech and Politics stories plus the weekly lists of companies that raised money, from public SEC Form D filings.en-usSat, 31 Oct 2026 12:13:00 -0400https://fundedweekly.com/tech/symbotic-walmart-6b-automation/tech-2026-10-31-symbotic-walmartSat, 31 Oct 2026 12:13:00 -0400AISymbotic (SYM) says the expanded agreement with Walmart (WMT) includes $125 million for next-generation racking research and could add up to $6.92 billion to its backlog.https://fundedweekly.com/tech/intel-q3-2026-results/tech-2026-10-31-intel-q3Sat, 31 Oct 2026 11:57:00 -0400Big Tech earningsIntel (INTC) said its Data Center and AI unit brought in $7.3 billion while PC chip sales slipped 5%, and it guided fourth-quarter revenue to $15.0 billion to $16.0 billion.https://fundedweekly.com/tech/toyota-waymo-japan-2027/tech-2026-10-31-toyota-waymoSat, 31 Oct 2026 08:04:00 -0400AIToyota will build the autonomous bZ4X at its Takaoka plant with Waymo's hardware fitted on the same line, and the companies plan to take the vehicles to the United Kingdom and other Waymo markets in later years.https://fundedweekly.com/tech/shared-robots-txt-ai-training-signal/tech-2026-10-31-ai-training-signalSat, 31 Oct 2026 08:03:00 -0400AIOpenAI said Oct 30 it will honor a shared preference signal for AI training in sites' robots files, and Google said it will read the same signal as a Google-Extended opt-out. Neither has switched it on yet.https://fundedweekly.com/tech/google-suncatcher-first-orbit-response/tech-2026-10-30-suncatcherFri, 30 Oct 2026 17:13:00 -0400AIThe prototype, in orbit since Oct 1, ran Google's Gemma 4 open model on board and sent back a haiku, a milestone in Google's research into running AI computing in space.https://fundedweekly.com/tech/cisa-kev-ivanti-connect-secure/tech-2026-10-30-kev-ivantiFri, 30 Oct 2026 17:10:00 -0400SecurityThe two bugs, listed Oct 30, can be chained with an authentication bypass CISA flagged on Oct 13 to take over the VPN appliances. Fixed versions are out, and federal agencies face a Nov 2 deadline for one of them.https://fundedweekly.com/tech/mistral-large-4-open-weights/tech-2026-10-30-mistral-large4Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:20:00 -0400AIThe French AI company says organizations can now download and run its flagship multimodal model on their own servers, and it is pitching the release at coding and defensive cybersecurity work.https://fundedweekly.com/tech/canada-cohere-series-e-stake/tech-2026-10-30-canada-cohereFri, 30 Oct 2026 12:14:00 -0400StartupsCohere announced the initial close of a Series E round targeting up to CAD $7 billion, and Canada's government said its equity investment comes with jobs and computing commitments through 2030.https://fundedweekly.com/tech/cisa-kev-gitlab-cisco-asa/tech-2026-10-30-kev-gitlab-ciscoFri, 30 Oct 2026 08:35:00 -0400SecurityCISA listed the two flaws on Oct 29 based on evidence of active exploitation and gave federal civilian agencies until Nov 1 to act. GitLab and Cisco have released fixed versions.https://fundedweekly.com/tech/amazon-q3-2026-results/tech-2026-10-30-amzn-q3Fri, 30 Oct 2026 08:30:00 -0400Big Tech earningsAmazon (AMZN) said third-quarter operating income climbed to $28.1 billion, while its trailing free cash flow swung to a $42.4 billion outflow that the company tied mainly to AI investment.https://fundedweekly.com/tech/ftc-states-sue-toast/tech-2026-10-29-ftc-toastThu, 29 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -0400Policy & LegalA federal and state complaint alleges the restaurant software company charged fees it didn't clearly disclose, enrolled customers in add-ons they didn't want, and made cancelling difficult. The allegations haven't been proven in court, and Toast says it will fight the case.https://fundedweekly.com/tech/cisa-php2shell-kev/tech-2026-10-29-php2shellThu, 29 Oct 2026 14:55:00 -0400SecurityThe two critical bugs let attackers run code on PHP web servers without logging in. Fixed versions have been out since Oct 21.https://fundedweekly.com/tech/google-gemini-4-carbon/tech-2026-10-29-gemini-4-carbonThu, 29 Oct 2026 14:50:00 -0400AIGoogle calls Carbon its strongest model so far and is limiting early access while it tests guardrails. Developers and consumers will get it later.https://fundedweekly.com/tech/alphabet-q3-2026-results/tech-2026-10-29-goog-q3Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:45:00 -0400Big Tech earningsAlphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) grew revenue 25% in the third quarter. Net income fell 25%, which the company tied to an $8.7 billion loss on equity securities.https://fundedweekly.com/tech/microsoft-fy27-q1-results/tech-2026-10-29-msft-fy27q1Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:40:00 -0400Big Tech earningsMicrosoft (MSFT) said revenue rose 19% in its fiscal first quarter, ended Sep 30, 2026. Its commercial backlog grew 73% to $677 billion.https://fundedweekly.com/weeks/2026-10-21/https://fundedweekly.com/weeks/2026-10-21/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400Weekly listCompanies that raised money this week, Oct 21 – Oct 27, 2026: the largest new SEC Form D raises across 32 states plus DC. Links to every state list.https://fundedweekly.com/weeks/2026-07-01/https://fundedweekly.com/weeks/2026-07-01/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400Weekly listCompanies that raised money, Jul 1 – Sep 30, 2026: the largest new SEC Form D raises across 43 states plus DC. Links to every state list.