Startup news, funding and launches for Sunday, November 1, 2026

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Acquisition

Saudi Aramco acquires a 49% stake in AI startup Humain, contributing ~$2.6B in cash in 2026 plus AI, compute, and digital assets; Saudi Arabia's PIF retains 51% (Dean Takahashi/GamesBeat) (opens gamesbeat.com)

Aramco contributes about $2.6B in cash in 2026 plus AI, compute and digital assets for 49% of Humain; Saudi Arabia's PIF keeps 51%.

gamesbeat.com2:15 PM PTDetails

Acquisition

ServiceNow confirms it acquired Israeli startup Sweep to speed up customers' migrations to its CRM, for an undisclosed price estimated at hundreds of millions (Allon Sinai/CTech) (opens calcalistech.com)

Sweep speeds up customer migrations to ServiceNow's CRM; the price was undisclosed but is estimated in the hundreds of millions.

calcalistech.com11:50 AM PTDetails

Acquisition

Salesforce to buy Rune in its most significant national security deal (opens thenextweb.com)

Rune's AI software helps the military plan supplies near the front line; it joins Missionforce, the defence business Salesforce launched a year ago.

The Next Web4:27 AM PTDetails

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