France-based BNP Paribas renewed its partnership with Mistral AI for three years to boost its cybersecurity defences. This comes amid concerns among European banks that powerful AI models, such as Anthropic's Mythos, designed to identify vulnerabilities across software systems, could enable cyberattacks on financial institutions. "We need to prepare ourselves for that," the bank said.

Bengaluru-based SuperBryn has built an AI platform to pinpoint failures in voice AI agents when they face "real-world problems" like thick accents, interruptions, and background noise, etc., by offering real-time alerting and analysis. The platform aims to save the time of engineers who are tasked with manually finding faults in agents. It raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding in December.

Health intelligence startup Luna unveiled Luna Band, an AI-powered wearable designed to turn real-time body signals into a personalised day planner. The device can suggest when users should rest, avoid caffeine, focus on deep work, or optimise recovery windows, Luna said. The wearable is intended to function both as a wellness tracker and a productivity assistant, it added.

SpaceX may soon release a battery-powered version of its smallest internet dish, the Starlink Mini, PCMag said. An integrated battery would offer untethered portability for vanlifers, emergency responders, and anyone who wants fast, low-latency internet from almost anywhere, it added. Starlink Mini currently must be tethered to an AC wall outlet or portable battery to connect to satellites.

Anurag Sharma, the CFO of Pocket FM, is leaving the company after nearly five years, marking a key leadership change at the audio entertainment startup. Sharma joined the company in 2021 as vice president of finance and was involved in the startup's fundraising efforts, operational efficiency and driving strategic partnerships. He was elevated as the firm's CFO in April 2023.

Fundamentum Partnership, co-founded by Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, has launched a new investment platform called F2A (Fundamentum Frontier Advisors). The platform will invest ₹3,000 crore with a focus on investing in AI and deep-tech startups. Of this amount, ₹2,000 crore will be raised through an alternative investment fund, while ₹1,000 crore will be deployed through co-investments.

Slice Small Finance Bank posted its first full-year profit of ₹48.4 crore in FY26, recovering from a ₹217-crore loss in FY25. Revenue surged 132% to ₹1,403 crore. The bank, after its merger with North East Small Finance Bank, now accepts deposits and operates across lending, payments, and credit cards. Its deposit base grew to ₹4,500 crore in FY26.

Mumbai-based coffee chain abcoffee raised ₹61 crore in a pre-Series B funding round led by Kliff Ventures. The company said it will use the capital to deepen presence across Mumbai, Delhi-NCR and Bengaluru, while expanding into high-density office, residential and transit-led micro-markets. "[The funding validates] our belief that India needs a new kind of coffee company," the CEO said.

Anthropic Co-founder Christopher Olah said he keeps finding things that are "mysterious, even unsettling" while studying AI models. "I lead a research team...We find structures that mirror results from human neuroscience," Olah said. "We find internal states that...mirror joy, satisfaction, fear, grief and unease. I don't know what that means, but...it warrants...discernment," he added.

Britannia Industries will be hiking Good Day biscuit family's prices by ₹10, NDTV Profit reported. The Pista Badam pack will cost ₹140, while the Butter and Cashew family packs will cost ₹120 and ₹130, respectively. The prices are being hiked due to rising commodity and packaging costs amid US-Iran war, with lower-priced products likely to be spared from price hike.