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Nasdaq plunged 5.5% after the Democrats' victory in the US midterm elections. This is linked to the risk of increased regulatory pressure on the AI industry and a slowdown in the construction of new data centers.
The Ukrainian agency ENTER ESPORT is changing its name to ENTER and completing its business model pivot. The company is moving away from its focus on esports, switching to providing full-cycle influencer marketing services. The team presented the updated positioning at the international SiGMA World conference in Rome.
The second event in the series of practical meetings "Sense for FOP" from Sense Bank took place in Lviv. This time, the event was dedicated to the conditions for obtaining state grants for starting and developing a business.
Ukraine has received another tranche of €4.36 billion from the European Union under the EU Ukraine Support Loan. Of this amount, €3.7 billion is macro-financial assistance, and another €660 million will be directed to defense needs. This was reported by Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi.
The Lviv IT Cluster is changing leadership for the second time in 2026. Mykhailo Lemak, who took over the organization only in July, is stepping down due to deteriorating health. On November 16, former head of the Ukrainian Startup Fund Pavlo Kartashov will become the new CEO.
Gary Lawson has become the second announced member of the advisory board of the Ukrainian defense company Buntar Aerospace. He founded Tactical Edge Ventures, previously worked at Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch, and served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Shareholders of the American-Ukrainian Defense Tech company Swarmer approved the acquisition of Ratel Robotics.
The Cabinet of Ministers has changed the rules for the operation of private air defense. Enterprises will be able to protect the facilities of other companies under a contract, transfer air defense equipment to one another, and involve group members from the age of 18.
Meta has acquired Conductor, a startup developing a platform for programming with multiple AI agents simultaneously.
The full-scale war has forced thousands of Ukrainians to change professions due to job loss and forced displacement. In these circumstances, retraining for the technology sector has become the main tool for adapting to a new life.
