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Bengaluru-based health intelligence startup Ultrahuman has raised $70 million from Qualcomm Ventures, Labcorp, Alpha Wave and other investors as it expands beyond smart rings. Nvidia’s RTX Spark N1X is set to arrive in October with up to 128GB of unified memory and 6,144 GPU cores. Goa has banned fresh contractual hiring while allowing eligible long-serving employees to seek one-time regularisation. Meanwhile, BlackRock clients purchased nearly $454 million worth of Bitcoin in a single transaction. AI tools are also emerging as a way for brands to identify and address content gaps across LLM platforms.
Ultrahuman raises $70 million to expand its health intelligence platform.
Nvidia’s RTX Spark N1X launches in October with up to 128GB memory.
Goa bans fresh contractual hiring across government departments.
BlackRock clients purchase nearly $454 million in Bitcoin.
AI tools help brands identify content gaps in LLM responses.
Bengaluru-based health intelligence startup Ultrahuman has raised $70 million in a funding round backed by Qualcomm Ventures, Labcorp, Alpha Wave, Blume Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners and Alteria Capital. The company plans to use the capital to expand research and development across sensing, artificial intelligence, miniaturised electronics and health algorithms.
The funding marks Ultrahuman’s shift from a wearable technology company towards a broader human-computer interface built around the body. The company is also working with Qualcomm on a future smart ring that could run more software and algorithms directly on the device.
Nvidia’s RTX Spark N1X platform is set to launch in October across laptops and desktop PCs. The platform will come in configurations featuring either an 18-core or 20-core Nvidia Grace CPU, paired with 5,120 or 6,144 Blackwell GPU cores.
The higher-end configuration supports up to 128GB of unified LPDDR5X memory, while the laptop configuration supports up to 64GB. Nvidia is positioning RTX Spark as a compact platform for gaming, content creation and running AI applications locally.
The Goa government has prohibited fresh contractual appointments across its departments and government bodies under the Goa (Contractual Employees Regularization in Service) Rules, 2026. The rules allow a one-time regularisation process for eligible Group A, B and C contractual employees who have completed at least 10 years of continuous service.
Employees must have been directly recruited, met the required qualifications and maintained a clean service record. Departments and state-controlled bodies have been directed to submit lists of eligible employees within 15 days.
BlackRock clients purchased approximately $453.96 million worth of Bitcoin in a single transaction, highlighting continued institutional demand for the cryptocurrency. During August 17-25, institutional Bitcoin purchases linked to BlackRock reached about $1.33 billion.
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust, or IBIT, remains a dominant player in the US spot Bitcoin ETF market. The fund held around $59 billion-$60 billion in assets and accounted for more than 75% of daily spot Bitcoin ETF inflows during the period.
AI search platforms are changing how brands measure online visibility, with companies increasingly looking beyond conventional Google rankings to understand how they appear in ChatGPT, Gemini and other AI-generated answers.
Tools such as Ahrefs, Semrush, AthenaHQ and Writesonic can help marketers identify missing topics, monitor AI citations and improve content that fails to appear in LLM responses. The growing focus reflects a shift towards optimising content for AI-driven discovery alongside traditional search.
