The Linux Foundation has created the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) to establish open standards for AI agents, with initial contributions from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Block. The initiative aims to prevent AI agent technolog...
Amazon Web Services announced major AI developments at re:Invent 2025, focusing on autonomous AI agents that can work independently for extended periods. Key releases include the Trainium3 AI training chip with 4x perfor...
Simular, an AI agent startup founded by ex-Google DeepMind researchers, has raised $21.5M Series A to develop autonomous agents that control Mac OS and Windows PCs directly rather than just browsers. The company uses a "...
Sierra, an AI customer service agent startup co-founded by former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor and ex-Google executive Clay Bavor, reached $100 million in annual recurring revenue within 21 months of operation. The comp...
1mind, founded by former 6sense CEO Amanda Kahlow, has raised $30 million in Series A funding for its AI sales agent "Mindy," which handles inbound sales from initial contact through deal closure. The agent is designed t...
The Laude Institute announced its first Slingshots grants program, providing fifteen AI research projects with funding, compute resources, and engineering support. The initial cohort focuses heavily on AI evaluation chal...
Microsoft researchers, collaborating with Arizona State University, developed a simulation environment called "Magentic Marketplace" to test AI agent behavior in commercial scenarios. Initial experiments with leading mod...
New AI-powered browsers from OpenAI and Perplexity feature agents that can perform tasks autonomously by navigating websites and filling forms, but they introduce significant security risks. Cybersecurity experts warn th...
LangChain, a popular open source framework for building AI agents, raised $125 million at a $1.25 billion valuation in a round led by IVP. The startup, which began as an open source project in 2022, has evolved from solv...
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Atlas, an AI-powered browser for MacOS with other platforms coming soon, featuring integrated ChatGPT functionality, contextual sidebar assistance, and browser history tracking for personalize...
