# Tech trends The rest of tech, quarter by quarter: devices, developer platforms, apps and cloud, and the deals behind them. AI announcements are on the AI view. Counted from the record's checked claims, quarter by quarter; AI or tech is judged by the announcement, not the company. * is the quarter in progress, to date. The AI view: [/trends.md](/trends.md). Every topic: /trends/.md?in=tech. 290 checked tech claims counted (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q4* shown). Counts taken 2026-10-31 05:39 UTC. ## At a glance: 2026-Q3 against 2026-Q2 | Count | 2026-Q3 | 2026-Q2 | 2026-Q4* to date | |---|---:|---:|---:| | Product updates | 40 | 16 | 53 | | Launches | 14 | 7 | 19 | | Deals | 10 | 11 | 26 | | Companies active | 19 | 15 | 24 | ## Latest launches - 2026-10-30 Notebooks (Supabase; Developer tools) [claim](/claim/clm_2F8819D85209.md) - 2026-10-30 Geist Serif (Vercel; Other) [claim](/claim/clm_6FA370A3600C.md) - 2026-10-30 Explorer (Supabase; Developer tools) [claim](/claim/clm_DFCF2903585D.md) - 2026-10-29 AlloyDB Omni 18.4.0 (Google; API platforms) [claim](/claim/clm_03AB509A101D.md) - 2026-10-29 Multigres (Supabase; API platforms) [claim](/claim/clm_EB72BDD89DAB.md) - 2026-10-28 Vercel CI (Vercel; Developer tools) [claim](/claim/clm_544EAB342E9B.md) - 2026-10-28 AlloyDB Omni Web UI (Google; Developer tools) [claim](/claim/clm_AC9334E18CAF.md) - 2026-10-27 PHP Capture the Flag challenge (Cloudflare; Programmes) [claim](/claim/clm_50A44CCB7951.md) - 2026-10-22 Google Marketing Platform Drops (Google; Other) [claim](/claim/clm_0E2E0B467D10.md) - 2026-10-21 cuDSS (NVIDIA; Developer tools) [claim](/claim/clm_3667A784EFCF.md) - 2026-10-21 in-car app (Spotify; Consumer apps and features) [claim](/claim/clm_62C03A02BC47.md) - 2026-10-21 API version 2026-10-21 (Anthropic; Developer tools) [claim](/claim/clm_C6F0F4D4273B.md) - 2026-10-20 Amazon ECS Gateway (Amazon; API platforms) [claim](/claim/clm_EC2FCCD96936.md) - 2026-10-19 Slack Frontline (Slack; Enterprise products) [claim](/claim/clm_DA6A993B987E.md) - 2026-10-15 Token Pass (Vercel; Developer tools) [claim](/claim/clm_1AC2A0B05050.md) - 2026-10-15 Python on Vercel (Vercel; API platforms) [claim](/claim/clm_758BF134D5F0.md) - 2026-10-12 AWS Lambda Web Functions (Amazon; API platforms) [claim](/claim/clm_B691769B656A.md) - 2026-10-08 Amazon Kids Tablets (Amazon; Hardware) [claim](/claim/clm_C942DA739046.md) - 2026-10-07 Ring Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam 2K (Amazon; Hardware) [claim](/claim/clm_F26DFD439DCA.md) - 2026-10-02 Supabase Compute (Supabase Compute; API platforms) [claim](/claim/clm_C03FA4CAF912.md) ## By company | Company | Launches | Updates | Deals | Latest launch | |---|---:|---:|---:|---| | [Supabase](/record/supabase.md) | 14 | 27 | 8 | Notebooks (2026-10-30) | | [Amazon](/record/amazon.md) | 11 | 16 | 2 | Amazon ECS Gateway (2026-10-20) | | [Vercel](/record/vercel.md) | 5 | 28 | 4 | Geist Serif (2026-10-30) | | [Google](/record/google.md) | 4 | 10 | 9 | AlloyDB Omni 18.4.0 (2026-10-29) | | [Meta](/record/meta.md) | 3 | 8 | 4 | Meta VR Glasses (2026-09-23) | | [Kagi](/record/kagi.md) | 3 | 7 | 1 | Orion 1.0 for macOS (2025-11-25) | | [Hugging Face](/record/hugging-face.md) | 3 | 3 | 0 | Gradio Server (2026-04-01) | | [NVIDIA](/record/nvidia.md) | 3 | 3 | 2 | cuDSS (2026-10-21) | | [Anthropic](/record/anthropic.md) | 2 | 6 | 2 | API version 2026-10-21 (2026-10-21) | | [Brave Software](/record/brave-software.md) | 2 | 5 | 0 | Email Aliases (2026-08-27) | | [Cloudflare](/record/cloudflare.md) | 2 | 5 | 0 | PHP Capture the Flag challenge (2026-10-27) | | [Apple](/record/apple.md) | 2 | 2 | 0 | MacBook Neo (2026-03-11) | | [Microsoft](/record/microsoft.md) | 2 | 2 | 0 | Microsoft Marketplace (2025-09-25) | | [National Institute of Standards and Technology](/record/nist.md) | 2 | 2 | 2 | Advisory committee meeting (2026-08-13) | | [OpenAI](/record/openai.md) | 1 | 4 | 0 | OpenAI Terraform provider (2026-07-29) | ## What they ship: themes, share of 151 product updates Too few updates to compare half-years (at least 40 in each). | Theme | Share | Updates | |---|---:|---:| | [Developer platforms](/trends/developer-platform.md?in=tech) | 50% | 76 | | [Enterprise, security and governance](/trends/enterprise-security.md?in=tech) | 17% | 26 | | [Devices](/trends/devices.md?in=tech) | 9% | 13 | | [Operating systems and apps](/trends/os-apps.md?in=tech) | 9% | 13 | | [Commerce and ads](/trends/commerce-ads.md?in=tech) | 5% | 7 | | [Pricing and access](/trends/pricing-access.md?in=tech) | 5% | 7 | | [Compute and infrastructure](/trends/compute-infra.md?in=tech) | 3% | 4 | | [Media and entertainment](/trends/media-entertainment.md?in=tech) | 3% | 4 | | [Coding](/trends/coding.md?in=tech) | 2% | 3 | | [Search and retrieval](/trends/search.md?in=tech) | 2% | 3 | | [Connectors and integrations](/trends/connectors.md?in=tech) | 1% | 2 | | [Finance and legal](/trends/finance-legal.md?in=tech) | 1% | 2 | | [Safety and policy](/trends/safety-policy.md?in=tech) | 1% | 2 | | [Voice and audio](/trends/voice-audio.md?in=tech) | 1% | 2 | | [Agents and automation](/trends/agents.md?in=tech) | 1% | 1 | | [Image, video and 3D](/trends/image-video.md?in=tech) | 1% | 1 | ### Releases by kind (62) - Developer tools: 19 (31%) - API platforms: 17 (27%) - Hardware: 8 (13%) - Consumer apps and features: 7 (11%) - Enterprise products: 4 (6%) - Programmes: 3 (5%) - Other: 3 (5%) - Research and benchmarks: 1 (2%) ## Deals and money (78) Amounts as the posts state them: never converted, never estimated. - [Partnerships](/trends/partnership.md?in=tech): 35 - [Acquisitions](/trends/acquisition.md?in=tech): 14 - [Other deals](/trends/other.md?in=tech): 12 - [Customers](/trends/customer.md?in=tech): 6 - [Offices and new markets](/trends/expansion.md?in=tech): 5 - [Grants and credits given](/trends/grant-program.md?in=tech): 3 - [Funding raised](/trends/funding-round.md?in=tech): 1 - [Investments made](/trends/investment-out.md?in=tech): 1 - [Spending committed](/trends/capital-commitment.md?in=tech): 1 - Funding raised, disclosed: $500M (1) - Grants and credits given, disclosed: $22.7M (3) - Spending committed, disclosed: $10M (1) - Acquisitions, disclosed: $5.7B (1) ### Latest deals - 2026-10-29 [Salesforce](/record/salesforce.md) Acquisition: bought Rune Technologies [claim](/claim/clm_0A1E127548F4.md) - 2026-10-29 [Meta Platforms](/record/meta.md) Partnership: INCA, Canada [claim](/claim/clm_250AD535D94F.md) - 2026-10-28 [Instacart](/record/instacart.md) Other: DoorDash, Inc. [claim](/claim/clm_1C34354153D9.md) - 2026-10-28 [Google Play](/record/google-play.md) Grants or credits: $1M across 10 African studios, Africa: $1M [claim](/claim/clm_405C3EE188E5.md) - 2026-10-28 [DoorDash](/record/doordash.md) Acquisition: bought by Maplebear Inc. [claim](/claim/clm_B437C8A9D800.md) - 2026-10-27 [Google](/record/google.md) Partnership: NASA [claim](/claim/clm_ECE1F205E7C1.md) - 2026-10-26 [Google](/record/google.md) Partnership: USO [claim](/claim/clm_9C842AE59625.md) - 2026-10-23 [Vercel](/record/vercel.md) Customer: Interfaze [claim](/claim/clm_0CB4897F5656.md) - 2026-10-22 [Spotify](/record/spotify.md) Partnership: Harry Styles [claim](/claim/clm_1064ECC00AFE.md) - 2026-10-22 [Google](/record/google.md) Partnership: Voltus [claim](/claim/clm_2D27E7B375D6.md) - 2026-10-22 [Zapier](/record/zapier.md) Customer: Vetano [claim](/claim/clm_3C0F38F003F5.md) - 2026-10-22 [Spotify](/record/spotify.md) Partnership: Grammy in the Schools [claim](/claim/clm_80C5D7EC2E6F.md) - 2026-10-21 [Snowflake Inc.](/record/snowflake.md) Partnership: Vivix [claim](/claim/clm_6544A4CD36B5.md) - 2026-10-21 [Snowflake Inc.](/record/snowflake.md) Partnership: Siemens [claim](/claim/clm_B3777D1175FF.md) - 2026-10-21 [Google](/record/google.md) Partnership: The Cat in the Hat [claim](/claim/clm_D1F8D081E5D2.md) - 2026-10-21 [Google](/record/google.md) Partnership: Prune Nourry [claim](/claim/clm_E1656F208C1E.md) - 2026-10-20 [U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission](/record/us-securities-and-exchange-commission.md) Partnership: Autorité des Marchés Financiers [claim](/claim/clm_8426303863BB.md) - 2026-10-20 [Salesforce](/record/salesforce.md) Acquisition: bought Braze: $5.7B [claim](/claim/clm_AA3B44A25E87.md) - 2026-10-19 [Braze](/record/braze.md) Other: Salesforce, Inc. [claim](/claim/clm_9A6184437FFE.md) - 2026-10-16 [Stripe](/record/stripe.md) Office or new market: stablecoin cards, Global [claim](/claim/clm_143136DC111D.md) ### Partners and customers by kind of organization (37) - Software companies: 10 (27%) - Other: 7 (19%) - Governments and public bodies: 4 (11%) - Industry and energy: 4 (11%) - Retail and consumer brands: 3 (8%) - Non-profits: 3 (8%) - Universities and research institutes: 2 (5%) - Media and publishers: 2 (5%) - Cloud providers: 1 (3%) - Banks and financial firms: 1 (3%) ## How this is counted Only checked claims, dated from 2023-01-01 on. Sources start on different days, so shares within a quarter compare better than counts across quarters. 0 checked claims await their tags; 1646 more await their check. All deals: [/trends/deals.md?in=tech](/trends/deals.md?in=tech). Sources read and since when: - openai-news: since 2015-12-11, 1340 posts - google-blog-ai-archive: since 2018-07-03, 50 posts - kagi-blog: since 2019-11-09, 46 posts - autorite-concurrence-news: since 2020-07-29, 8 posts - nvidia-newsroom-archive: since 2020-10-05, 60 posts - anthropic-news: since 2021-05-28, 273 posts - glean-blog: since 2021-09-10, 188 posts - meta-newsroom-archive: since 2021-12-01, 60 posts - microsoft-blog-archive: since 2022-03-08, 60 posts - replicate-blog: since 2022-05-16, 121 posts - stability-news: since 2022-08-10, 117 posts - amazon-news-archive: since 2023-01-05, 60 posts - cursor-blog: since 2023-06-11, 121 posts - sec-8k-officers: since 2023-06-20, 162 posts - ollama-blog: since 2023-08-01, 63 posts - fireworks-blog: since 2023-08-17, 143 posts - mistral-news: since 2023-09-27, 93 posts - cohere-blog: since 2023-10-19, 167 posts - groq-newsroom: since 2023-10-26, 23 posts - xai-news: since 2023-11-03, 90 posts - sec-8k-events: since 2024-01-08, 421 posts - supabase-blog: since 2024-04-15, 190 posts - microsoft-ai-news: since 2024-04-22, 38 posts - gemini-app-release-notes: since 2024-09-04, 60 posts - poolside-blog: since 2024-10-02, 20 posts - duckduckgo-blog: since 2024-11-20, 15 posts - openrouter-blog: since 2024-12-05, 166 posts - deepseek-news: since 2025-01-15, 13 posts - uk-aisi-news: since 2025-02-14, 16 posts - claude-apps-release-notes: since 2025-08-06, 60 posts - google-deepmind: since 2025-11-20, 100 posts - huggingface-blog: since 2025-12-11, 190 posts - gemini-api-release-notes: since 2025-12-19, 60 posts - nist-news: since 2025-12-22, 40 posts - openai-api-changelog: since 2026-03-16, 60 posts - palantir-blog: since 2026-04-07, 10 posts - character-ai-blog: since 2026-04-14, 15 posts - claude-platform-release-notes: since 2026-05-28, 60 posts - midjourney-updates: since 2026-06-16, 15 posts - google-search-central: since 2026-06-18, 11 posts - harvey-blog: since 2026-06-18, 190 posts - hubspot-news: since 2026-06-25, 10 posts - semrush-news: since 2026-06-26, 6 posts - brave-blog: since 2026-06-29, 10 posts - amd-news: since 2026-07-23, 10 posts - samsung-newsroom: since 2026-08-27, 51 posts - mozilla-blog: since 2026-09-01, 20 posts - sec-press: since 2026-09-03, 27 posts - vercel-changelog: since 2026-09-08, 190 posts - microsoft-news: since 2026-09-16, 11 posts - aws-news: since 2026-09-17, 20 posts - edpb-news: since 2026-09-23, 10 posts - stripe-blog: since 2026-09-28, 11 posts - n8n-blog: since 2026-10-01, 17 posts - uk-dsit-news: since 2026-10-01, 24 posts - azure-blog: since 2026-10-07, 11 posts - meta-newsroom: since 2026-10-08, 14 posts - cnil-news: since 2026-10-09, 11 posts - github-blog: since 2026-10-12, 12 posts - cloudflare-blog: since 2026-10-14, 23 posts - salesforce-news: since 2026-10-15, 14 posts - snowflake-blog: since 2026-10-15, 21 posts - cma-news: since 2026-10-16, 28 posts - google-keyword: since 2026-10-19, 40 posts - zapier-blog: since 2026-10-19, 45 posts - spotify-newsroom: since 2026-10-20, 10 posts - amazon-news: since 2026-10-21, 26 posts - google-cloud: since 2026-10-21, 35 posts - nvidia-newsroom: since 2026-10-21, 24 posts - github-changelog: since 2026-10-22, 22 posts - databricks-blog: since 2026-10-23, 17 posts - eu-commission-press: since 2026-10-26, 31 posts - wikimedia-diff: since 2026-10-26, 30 posts --- AsOf is a temporal fact ledger: a structured, dated, sourced record of what is true and what changed, built for AI retrieval.