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Rivian disclosed on October 29, 2026, that it expanded its joint venture with Volkswagen Group, licensing elements of its AI Voice Assistant technology as part of the companies' broader electrical architecture and software partnership. The disclosure appears in Rivian's third-quarter 2026 earnings presentation, which the company published that day on its investor relations website and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The presentation describes the licensing expansion as "a…

Reddit announced on October 29, 2026, alongside third-quarter results showing revenue up 53% year-over-year to $895 million, that it will shift the platform to a primarily logged-in experience, with full testing of a logged-in-only version set to begin in select markets outside the United States in the fourth quarter of 2026. Co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman detailed the change in a post on Reddit titled "About that login screen," published ahead of the company's quarterly earnings call, and…

Amazon.com on October 29, 2026 announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2026, reporting net sales of $201.9 billion, up 12% from $180.2 billion in the third quarter of 2025, as AWS segment sales climbed 39% to $46.0 billion. Third-Quarter Results North America segment sales increased 6% year-over-year to $112.9 billion, and International segment sales rose 5% to $43.1 billion, or 8% excluding foreign-exchange changes. Consolidated net sales rose 13% excluding a $0.9…

Coveo announced on October 29, 2026 that it has acquired Anglera, a San Francisco-based, Y Combinator-backed company whose AI agents enrich product data for manufacturers, distributors, and enterprise retailers. The acquisition adds Anglera's agentic enrichment platform to Coveo's Commerce offering. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Companies and the Rationale Anglera was founded by Amay Aggarwal and Ray Iyer, who built catalog AI systems for Uber Eats' retail expansion before…

ADT Inc. and Thrive Holdings announced a definitive agreement on October 29, 2026, under which Thrive Holdings will acquire the security and smart home provider in an all-cash transaction. ADT is valued at approximately $7.6 billion in equity value and $15.3 billion in enterprise value under the agreement. ADT stockholders will receive $10.00 per share in cash when the transaction completes, and ADT's Board of Directors unanimously approved the agreement. According to the companies, the…

Collective, the developer of an AI-native financial operating system for solo businesses, announced $100 million in new funding on October 29, 2026, structured as a $40 million Series B equity round and a $60 million growth facility from General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund. The Series B was led by General Catalyst, QED Investors, and Gradient Ventures, with Intuit Ventures, FT Partners, and SemperVirens also participating. The $60 million facility, provided through General Catalyst's…

Google announced on October 29, 2026 that Gemini app users can now generate, preview, and edit documents, PDFs, presentations, spreadsheets, code, and other files directly within a chat. The update, detailed in a post on the company's Gemini App blog, extends the file-generation capability Google first introduced in April of this year by adding in-place editing, full-screen preview, and text highlighting to the workflow. The capabilities are available to all users in all languages where the…

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