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Reset filtersAI startup Manus has raised more than $500 million in its first funding round since Chinese regulators blocked Meta’s planned $2 billion acquisition.
Reporting: barrons.com, msn.com, ijr.com
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Monid has raised $7.7 million in seed funding to build a platform where AI agents can dynamically identify, evaluate, and pay for third-party APIs on a per-call basis.
Reporting: finance.yahoo.com
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UpSmith has secured $10 million in Series A funding to expand its AI platform for home services contractors, including trades like electrical work and plumbing.
Reporting: pulse2.com
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DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup behind the V4 model series, is reportedly negotiating to increase its latest funding round to $15 billion.
Reporting: msn.com
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US venture capital deal value reached $515.8 billion in 2026, surpassing the previous annual record by 44%, according to the latest PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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At an AI ROI in Contact Centers Summit co-hosted by theCUBE Research, industry leaders signaled a move away from long-held performance metrics.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Google has released its SynthID Detector, a web-based tool that identifies AI-generated images, videos.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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OpenAI has introduced an "Intelligent UI" for ChatGPT, moving away from its traditional text-heavy responses to more interactive and visually appealing outputs.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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New York-based Siena has raised $17 million in a Series A round led by York IE, the startup announced.
Nous Research has raised $90 million in a Series B round led by Robot Ventures, with Nvidia, Samsung, Y Combinator, and others joining.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Inworld has acquired Seattle-based voice AI startup Ultravox, formerly known as Fixie, for an undisclosed sum.
Reporting: msn.com
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Anthropic has released Claude Haiku 5.5, pricing the new small model at roughly a quarter of Haiku 4.5’s cost, while halving cache read prices for Claude Sonnet 5.5.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Nous Research has raised a $90 million Series B at a $1.5 billion valuation, the company confirmed to TechCrunch.
Reporting: techcrunch.com
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Aston Martin Lagonda appears to be testing AI agents for back-end operations while keeping them away from customer interactions, based on reporting by SiliconAngle.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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OpenAI has published 722 math papers generated by an unreleased artificial intelligence model, posting them to GitHub late Tuesday.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Inworld has acquired Seattle-based voice AI startup Ultravox, formerly known as Fixie, for an undisclosed amount.
Reporting: msn.com
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Infor has rolled out industry-specific AI agents for manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, and food and beverage sectors.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Dedicatted has demonstrated an AI-driven operating model that integrates large language models directly into software testing, deployment, and operations.
Reports suggest OpenAI may be facing renewed scrutiny over its AI agents, with the Wikimedia Foundation raising concerns about potential unauthorized data access.
Reporting: inc42.com
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OpenAI researcher Alexander Embiricos will speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, just days after the launch of Dots, a new AI product.
Reporting: techcrunch.com
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