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Canada is moving more deliberately to build a domestic launch capability as trade and technology ties with the United States become less predictable. The Canada Rocket Company’s renewed focus on medium-lift launch signals a broader effort to reduce dependence on foreign launch providers and strengthen national space infrastructure.
A helicopter crash near Montreal has resulted in the deaths of four individuals, raising concerns over aviation safety and regulatory measures in Canada. Authorities are investigating the incident as the community mourns the loss.
Hospitality-focused startup Dextr AI has raised $6.7 million in seed funding led by Elevation Capital, with participation from Foundation Capital, as it looks to expand its AI agents across global hotel markets including India. The company says its software is already handling more than 1 million interactions a month for hundreds of properties across North America and Europe, while automating reservations, guest requests, staffing and marketing.
The Guardian and French distributor mk2 Films have announced a broad theatrical rollout for the Venice Special Jury Prize-winning documentary NAZA, followed by a free global release on the newspaper's website. The film, which examines Israel's military and intelligence establishment through the lens of investigative reporting, is also at the centre of a political storm in Israel, where officials have attacked its filmmakers and supporters have rallied in their defence.
Family First Credit Union says CEO Jane Smith is no longer with the company, days after she drew criticism for posting an image of her family in "Lake America" sweatshirts tied to President Donald Trump's renaming push for Lake Ontario. The Michigan-based lender apologized to members and named Chief Operations Officer Jason Acosta as interim CEO, while the episode fed a broader political and cultural dispute over the Great Lakes.
Muse, the new AI app from Meta, is gaining momentum fast after a prominent showcase at Meta Connect and a broad promotional push across Meta's platforms. Fresh estimates show downloads climbing past 3.4 million, with daily active users rising after the conference and the app holding top positions in the U.S. App Store and Google Play.
Amazon Canada is rolling out early October Prime Day discounts ahead of its Prime Big Deal Days event, with deals spanning home appliances, skincare and major tech brands. The promotions, highlighted by Yahoo Lifestyle Canada and echoed across outlets including WIRED and PCMag, underscore how Amazon is extending the shopping window and intensifying competition before the official sale begins.
The IIT Madras-led Unicorn Frontier Fund has reached a Rs 450 crore first close, marking a major early milestone for its Rs 1,000 crore deep-tech investment vehicle. Backed by alumni, family offices, institutions, corporates and banks, the fund has already deployed capital into four startups working on rocket engines, air-quality technology, quantum instrumentation and energy storage.
IIT Madras, IIT Madras Research Park and Unicorn India Ventures have announced the first close of their deeptech-focused IITM Unicorn Frontier Fund I at Rs 450 crore, setting up one of India's most targeted early-stage technology vehicles. The fund has already deployed nearly Rs 55 crore across four startups and aims to back 25 companies in sectors ranging from defence tech and spacetech to semiconductors, robotics and healthtech.
Bengaluru startup Astrobase Technologies has emerged as one of the first beneficiaries of IN-SPACe's Rs 500 crore Technology Adoption Fund, a milestone that underscores India's growing private-space ambitions. Founded by IIT Bombay classmates Neeraj Khandelwal and Devakumar Thammisetty, the company is building an indigenous propulsion stack anchored by its full-flow staged combustion engine Everest, with an eye on reusable launch systems and a much larger national launch capacity.
Enterprise tech startup CodeKarma is in discussions to raise between $5 million and $6 million in a fresh funding round led by existing backers Prosus and Accel, according to sources. The proposed financing comes just over a year after the Bengaluru-based startup's $2.5 million pre-seed round and amid rising investor appetite for software-development tools built for the AI era.
The IITM Unicorn Frontier Fund I has reached a Rs 450 crore first close and has already deployed nearly Rs 55 crore into four deep-tech startups spanning space, quantum, batteries and carbon capture. Backed by IIT Madras, IIT Madras Research Park and Unicorn India Ventures, the fund is part of a larger Rs 1,000 crore vehicle designed to bridge the gap between laboratory innovation and commercial scale.
A little-known piece of pop-culture history has resurfaced: Donald Duck's uncle was partly modeled on Wernher von Braun, the German-born rocket pioneer whose work shaped the early space age. The reference underscores how Cold War-era science, propaganda and entertainment often overlapped, turning real aerospace figures into cartoon inspiration for mass audiences.
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