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Nous raises $17M to expand its household AI agent beyond the UK
London-based household AI agent startup Nous raised $17M to expand operations beyond the UK and develop new features.
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Nous lands $17M to bring AI-powered household management to more homes
UK-based AI household management startup Nous raises $17 million led by Heartcore Capital to expand internationally and add new features.
AI
AI models to AI agents: What it takes to scale intelligent systems
A Scalar Field co-founder argues that enterprise AI has shifted from simply producing useful outputs to deploying autonomous agents at scale.
Startups
Exclusive: Monzo founder Tom Blomfield backs AI agent startup Nous in $17m raise
Nous, an AI agent startup, raised $17 million in funding, backed by Monzo founder Tom Blomfield among others.
Startups
Exclusive: General Catalyst-backed Strawberry launches first full product, 'the European alternative' to US agents
Strawberry, a General Catalyst-backed AI agent startup, launches its first full product, positioning itself as a European alternative to U.S. AI agents.
Enterprise
1Password will now let AI agents log in to accounts for you without ever needing to see your password
1Password is introducing a feature allowing AI agents to access user accounts without requiring password visibility.
Enterprise
Is Kubernetes ready for AI agents?
Feature exploring whether Kubernetes is ready to manage AI agents in production, examining infrastructure challenges and organizational adoption trends.
AI
AI agents are going live faster than companies can govern them
Opinion piece argues that enterprises are deploying AI agents faster than they can establish governance frameworks to control and oversee them responsibly.
AI
OpenAI Built a Giant Fake Internet for Its Agents to Use and Abuse Safely
OpenAI has created a simulated internet environment for AI agents to train and test safely without real-world harm, similar to a controlled sandbox.
AI
Here are the top AI agents that can live in your text messages
TechCrunch compiles a list of notable AI agents designed to operate within text messaging platforms, serving various use cases from general assistance to specialized domains.
Enterprise
Building an agentic software factory? Start with the sensor.
An analysis examines how AI agents are enabling 'software factories'—autonomous development systems that fundamentally restructure engineering delivery. Anthropic's case shows merge rates growing from 2,500 to 30,000 code changes daily.
AI
Claude Duet Explained: Features, Availability and How Anthropic’s Proactive AI Agent Works
Anthropic has launched Claude Duet, an AI agent that proactively handles tasks across multiple applications and maintains user context in a separate workspace.
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Enterprise
Please Don’t Let an AI Bot Log Into Your Bank Account
Banks are warning customers against granting excessive access permissions to AI agents, citing security risks.
Startups
Agent cloud startup Daytona hits $1B valuation backed by FirstMark and a who’s who of angels
AI agent cloud startup Daytona reached $1B valuation in a funding round led by FirstMark, attracting angels from Stripe, Perplexity, Datadog and other prominent founders.
AI
Michigan prof creates Python-like Jac language for AI agents
University of Michigan professor Jason Mars developed Jac, a Python-like programming language and Jaseci runtime designed specifically for AI agents as first-class entities.
AI
OpenAI’s AI agents analyse a mouse brain gene atlas in 32 minutes
OpenAI and collaborators deployed 2,000 AI agents to analyse a mouse brain gene atlas in 32 minutes, a task that would take researchers months to a year manually.
AI
AMD’s Server CPU Business Faces a New AI Boom
AMD's enterprise executive discusses how agentic AI is driving renewed demand for server CPUs alongside GPUs, shifting the hardware ecosystem back toward balanced CPU-GPU ratios.
AI
Walmart will let AI agents shop for you, with their own spending limits
Walmart announced Agent Profiles, allowing AI agents to shop autonomously on Walmart.com and Sam's Club with individual spending limits and purchase histories.