Mirror Security raised $2.5 million in pre-seed funding from Sure Valley Ventures and Atlantic Bridge to expand its AI security platform. The 2024 UCD spin-out is scaling across Ireland, the US, and India with tools like AgentIQ, DiscoveR, and VectaX, supported by partnerships with Inception AI, Intel, and others.

AI learning startup Yoodli, co-founded by Varun Puri, has raised $40 million in a Series B round led by WestBridge Capital. The platform helps people practise real workplace conversations using AI roleplay and personalised feedback. With clients like Google and Snowflake, Yoodli plans to expand its technology, strengthen coaching tools, and scale its enterprise reach.

DGCA's new flight duty time limitation (FDTL) cap crew members' flight hours at eight hours/day, 35 hours/week, 125 hours/month and 1,000 hours/year. The rules also specify that crew members must receive downtime equal to twice their flight time, with minimum 10 hours of rest in any 24-hour window. IndiGo cancelled 200 flights on Wednesday as multiple planes had no crew.

Boeing is attempting a major reset under new CEO Kelly Ortberg after years of safety crises, leadership turmoil, and labor tensions. Since his arrival, the stock has reclaimed $200 and gained 16% YTD, supported by significant defense wins and strong commercial orders. However, Boeing still faces FAA scrutiny, supply-chain issues, and union pressures as Ortberg works to rebuild trust and stability.

Oracle gained nearly 2% premarket after Wells Fargo initiated coverage with an Overweight rating and a $280 target, citing nearly $500 billion in AI deal bookings and the company’s strong positioning for an upcoming AI super-cycle. The call implies over 39% upside from Tuesday’s close, though retail sentiment on Stocktwits remains bearish.

Asana shares rose nearly 4% premarket after Q3 revenue topped estimates and the company guided 8–9% growth for fiscal 2026. The firm posted a $17.9 million non-GAAP profit, reversing last year’s loss. Analysts had mixed target changes, with Citi trimming to $16 and RBC lifting to $14, while the stock approached a key technical level above its 50-day moving average.

Okta shares fell 4% in premarket trading after Piper Sandler cut its price target to $95 from $110, citing signs of slowing growth despite the company’s Q3 beat. The firm pointed to weaker expansion in cRPO and subscription revenue as key concerns. While fundamentals exceeded estimates, analysts warned that decelerating momentum could pressure Okta’s near-term outlook.

American entrepreneur Michael Saylor said Bitcoin’s daily trading power now surpasses Google, Microsoft, and even the US Navy’s annual spending, citing BTC’s $20–100 billion daily volume in 2025. Speaking at Binance Blockchain Week, he noted rising political backing for crypto. MSTR rose 2.3% premarket as Bitcoin climbed to about $92,800, up 7.3% in 24 hours.

Pharvaris shares jumped up to 20% after its oral HAE drug deucrictibant delivered positive Phase 3 results in the RAPIDe-3 trial, the company’s first study for on-demand treatment of hereditary angioedema attacks. The data will support marketing submissions in early 2026. PHVS became a top Stocktwits trender, with retail sentiment turning extremely bullish.

Macy's raised its sales and profit outlook for the second straight quarter, now projecting EPS of $2-$2.20 and higher full-year revenue. Q3 adjusted EPS came in at $0.09 versus a projected loss. But the retailer warned that holiday shoppers remain selective and tariffs will pressure earnings. The stock is drawing strong retail attention amid its turnaround push.

President Donald Trump is expected to announce a major rollback of Biden-era fuel economy standards on Wednesday, with Ford, GM, and Stellantis executives attending White House event. The 2024 rules required passenger cars and light trucks to reach about 50 mpg by 2031. The move would ease emissions targets and reduce pressure on automakers to accelerate EV and hybrid adoption.

A phygital approach merges digital ease with offline trust through unified data, real-time inventory visibility, and consistent service across touchpoints. It removes channel friction, enabling reliable fulfilment and personalised engagement. For brands scaling across India, phygital execution improves efficiency by turning fragmented interactions into a single seamless experience.

A phygital approach merges digital ease with offline trust through unified data, real-time inventory visibility, and consistent service across touchpoints. It removes channel friction, enabling reliable fulfilment and personalised engagement. For brands scaling across India, phygital execution improves efficiency by turning fragmented interactions into a single, seamless experience.

Strong websites follow a structured life cycle: requirement analysis, wireframing, visual design, development, QA, and optimisation. This sequence reduces rework and keeps usability central. Treating design as iterative rather than a one-time task ensures clearer communication, faster load times, and adaptability as business needs evolve.

Account-based marketing concentrates resources on high-value accounts through coordinated messaging, focused content and intent-driven timing. Its strength lies in reducing wastage, increasing deal relevance and improving sales–marketing alignment. When powered by accurate data, ABM raises win rates and shortens sales cycles in complex enterprise environments.

India’s VC ecosystem includes early-stage specialists, sector-focused investors and late-stage growth funds. Their decisions influence capital availability, category expansion and founder support. Knowing which funds dominate which sectors helps entrepreneurs target the right partnerships during fundraising and signal stronger market alignment.

Digital commerce depends on discovery systems, fulfilment efficiency, user experience design, frictionless payments, and reliable last-mile execution. Each element supports trust, conversion, and repeat behaviour. As competition deepens, brands that treat these services as strategic levers rather than support functions achieve stronger scale and customer retention across categories.

Beginners strengthen fundamentals through small but complete HTML–CSS projects such as landing pages, responsive cards, grid layouts and simple dashboards. These builds teach spacing, structure, typography and adaptability. By iterating on real interfaces, learners build muscle memory that accelerates progression towards professional-grade front-end development.

A 36-year-old woman, Brittney Ball, who was fired by Meta, has been jobless for nine months after the incident. "I have the skills and passion, so I'm unsure what the problem is. The low-performer label could be the reason," she said. She added that she didn't understand why she was put in the low-performer category.

Business ventures span proprietorships, scalable startups, franchises, cooperatives and corporate entities, each with distinct risk, capital needs and growth potential. Understanding these structures helps founders choose a model aligned with ambition, control preferences and operational capacity rather than defaulting to familiar or traditional formats.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has launched an investigation into disruptions of IndiGo-operated flights after around 200 flights were reportedly cancelled on Wednesday due to crew shortage. The regulator has asked IndiGo to explain reasons behind the disruptions and submit mitigation plans. According to an official note, IndiGo cancelled over 1,200 flights in November.

Airline Pilots' Association said that IndiGo's recent operational disruptions indicated failure of proactive resource planning. This comes as IndiGo reported multiple major disruptions on Wednesday due to several factors, including the implementation of DGCA's flight duty time limitation norms, which cap crew members' flight hours at eight hours/day. IndiGo cancelled over 100 flights on Wednesday.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told Parliament that the IMF's 'C' grade for India's national accounts statistics, which includes GDP data, was due to an outdated base year. The government is in the process of changing the base year to 2022-23, effective February 27 next year, she said. "Overall, India was rated 'B' on all the fronts," she added.

Centre has scheduled a high-level meeting this week to consider offering some relief to Vodafone Idea (Vi) on its AGR dues, reports stated. This comes after SC in October said Centre can reconsider and reconcile the troubled telco's pending dues. Vi's additional AGR dues are to the tune of ₹9,450-crore, and total AGR demand is over ₹83,500-crore as of March.

Manipal Hospitals is planning to file for an IPO in January that could raise $1 billion, according to the ET. The IPO could give the Bengaluru-based hospital chain a valuation of around $13 billion, potentially making it the most valuable healthcare operator in India. The firm is working with multiple advisers, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, for the IPO.