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Harmony raises $34M seed led by Lightspeed for AI-powered employee onboarding and access management

businessinsider.com · 2026-07-31 · Score: 18

Bloom Security Exits Stealth With $20M Seed From Glilot and Ten Eleven for AI-Native Endpoint Defense

thenextweb.com · 2026-07-31 · Score: 16

Semafor: ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent Pivot From Free Consumer AI to Tiered Enterprise Pricing

semafor.com · 2026-07-31 · Score: 17

OpenAI Says Its Models Now Reach 1B+ Active Users and 2M+ Businesses After GPT-5.6 Price Cuts

wsj.com · 2026-07-31 · Score: 23

Christian & Timbers: Only ~2,000 US Forward-Deployed AI Engineers Exist as 70% of Firms Plan FDE Hires

techcrunch.com · 2026-07-30 · Score: 23

HKUST-Metastone's PACE Uses LLMs to Split Parent Orders on Shenzhen Level-1 Data, Beats Almgren-Chriss by 0.65 bps

huggingface.co · 2026-07-30 · Score: 15

DataBahn Raises $40M Series B Led by Insight to Scale Its Agentic Enterprise-Data Control Plane

siliconangle.com · 2026-07-30 · Score: 18

Okta Buys AI Identity Detection Startup Permiso for ~$200M to Monitor AI Agents Post-Login

techcrunch.com · 2026-07-30 · Score: 26

MSP Platform Inforcer Raises $50M Series C Led by Insight to Add Shadow-AI Detection for SMBs

techcrunch.com · 2026-07-30 · Score: 19

Simile Raises $200M Led by Greenoaks at $2B for 'Agentic Twin' Simulations of Real Consumers

nytimes.com · 2026-07-30 · Score: 23

FT: Amazon Staff Uncover 'Catastrophically Expensive' AI Costs, Including $1.8M Claude Run to Match Author Details

ft.com · 2026-07-30 · Score: 23

Centralize Exits Stealth With $15M Series A Led by NEA for AI Sales-Relationship Intelligence

news.crunchbase.com · 2026-07-29 · Score: 18

WSJ: Stripe Data Shows Solo Operators Cracking $1M Revenue Nearly Tripled 2023-2025 With AI Leverage

wsj.com · 2026-07-30 · Score: 21

Baidu Ships OmegaUse-OfficeVal, a 100-Task Office-Suite Agent Benchmark Averaging 2.3 Human Labor-Hours

huggingface.co · 2026-07-29 · Score: 21

ALERT Microsoft Azure Grows 43% and Crosses $100B in FY26 as Copilot Passes 30M Paid Seats

microsoft.com · 2026-07-29 · Score: 32

Freehand Raises $75M Series B Led by Battery for Autonomous Supply-Chain Spend Agents at Meta, J&J and Pfizer

news.crunchbase.com · 2026-07-29 · Score: 22

UK Proptech Dwelly Raises $170M ($95M Equity + $75M Debt) to Roll Up Letting Agencies With AI

bloomberg.com · 2026-07-28 · Score: 17

GrubMarket Confidentially Files for US IPO, Pitches AI-Powered Food Supply Chain

bloomberg.com · 2026-07-28 · Score: 16

Visa Cuts 2,600 Jobs, 7% of Workforce, Citing AI Reshaping Work in Memo

bloomberg.com · 2026-07-28 · Score: 23

Tel Aviv's Act Security Emerges From Stealth With $60M for Cloud Infrastructure Access Reduction

axios.com · 2026-07-28 · Score: 16

Cognizant Becomes Anthropic Global Premier Partner, Says 30,000+ Associates Have Completed Claude Training

news.cognizant.com · 2026-07-27 · Score: 21

WSJ: Corporate America Suddenly Pulls Back AI Spending as Costs Balloon and Chinese Models Get a Look

wsj.com · 2026-07-25 · Score: 23

HubSpot Launches Agent Hub and No-Code Agent Builder in Public Beta for Pro and Enterprise

hubspot.com · 2026-07-23 · Score: 22

Microsoft and Databricks Extend Partnership Through the 2030s, Deepen Genie and Cobalt Integration

microsoft.com · 2026-07-23 · Score: 26

SAP Q2 Cloud Revenue Rises 24% to €6.28B as Autonomous-Enterprise Push Puts AI in More Than 90% of Top Deals

stocktitan.net · 2026-07-23 · Score: 22

Pentagon Awards Oracle Nearly $7B, Up to 10-Year Deal to Consolidate On-Premises Software Licenses

cnbc.com · 2026-07-23 · Score: 23

Stripe in Talks to Buy AI Model Marketplace OpenRouter for Around $10B, Roughly 8x May Valuation

wsj.com · 2026-07-23 · Score: 23

Sierra Acquires Long-Horizon Agent Startup Takeoff, Launches Combined Horizon Platform

sierra.ai · 2026-07-23 · Score: 25

ServiceNow Takes 5% Stake in India's BusinessNext for $40M at $700M Valuation to Push Agentic Banking

techcrunch.com · 2026-07-22 · Score: 21

IBM Q2 Revenue Rises Just 1% to $17.2B, Mainframe Falls 42% as It Lowers 2026 Outlook Despite $12.5B GenAI Bookings

cnbc.com · 2026-07-22 · Score: 19

ALERT Alphabet Q2 Earnings: Cloud Revenue Jumps 82% to $24.8B, Backlog Hits $514B, Gemini App Reaches 950M MAUs

9to5google.com · 2026-07-22 · Score: 35

GlossGenius Rebrands to Genius AI, Raises $44M Series D Led by Lux Capital at $1.15B Valuation

fortune.com · 2026-07-21 · Score: 17

ALERT Critical ServiceNow AI Platform Sandbox-Escape RCE (CVE-2026-6875) Under Active Exploitation

securityweek.com · 2026-07-21 · Score: 28

ALERT OpenAI Launches Presence, Enterprise Platform for Deploying Voice and Chat Agents With Guardrails and Simulations

helpnetsecurity.com · 2026-07-22 · Score: 30

London's Arrakis Exits Stealth With $37.5M to Sell AI Agents to Industrial Operators

fortune.com · 2026-07-22 · Score: 22

Documents Show Mercor Booked $614M in H1 2026 Gross Revenue, ~91% From OpenAI and Anthropic

theinformation.com · 2026-07-21 · Score: 19

ALERT Microsoft and Mistral Sign Multibillion-Dollar EU Data Center Deal, Add Mistral Models to Foundry and Azure

news.microsoft.com · 2026-07-21 · Score: 33

US Army CIO Reinstates AI Token Caps as Troops Burn Through Ask Sage's Enterprise Pack

wired.com · 2026-07-21 · Score: 20

Airbus moves 900 applications off AWS to French cloud Scaleway, citing digital sovereignty

theregister.com · 2026-07-20 · Score: 20

SCMP: Ant Group Unveils Agentar 2.0 With 200 Digital-Expert Templates as Chinese Big Tech Fights for Enterprise Agents at WAIC

scmp.com · 2026-07-19 · Score: 21

WSJ: Shopify Goes All-In on Frontier AI Models, Bars Engineers From Cheaper Alternatives as Others Cut Costs

wsj.com · 2026-07-19 · Score: 21

NYT: Kalshi and Polymarket World Cup Final Bets Top $5.69B, Total Wagers Cross $50B in June

nytimes.com · 2026-07-18 · Score: 16

FT: AI Reshapes Entry-Level Professional Services Jobs as Firms Redesign Hiring and Training Instead of Just Cutting Juniors

ft.com · 2026-07-19 · Score: 21

Intel Deploys Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise Across Global Workforce, Adds Agentic Workflows to Chip Design

newsroom.intel.com · 2026-07-17 · Score: 20

SAP Completes Prior Labs Acquisition, Commits €1B+ Over Four Years to Scale European Frontier AI Lab

news.sap.com · 2026-07-17 · Score: 24

OpenRouter Fields Multi-Billion-Dollar Takeover Interest at Premium to $1.3B May Valuation, The Information Reports

theinformation.com · 2026-07-17 · Score: 22

Z.ai on Track to Become First Chinese AI Company to Hit $1B Annualized Revenue

bloomberg.com · 2026-07-17 · Score: 23

Coatue Leads $3B Investment in Databricks at $188B Valuation, 40% Above December Mark

wsj.com · 2026-07-16 · Score: 23

Dassault Systèmes in Talks to Buy Drug-Trial Software Maker ArisGlobal From Nordic Capital for ~$2B

ft.com · 2026-07-16 · Score: 16

Newsletter Platform Beehiiv Launches 'Community' Subscriber-Chat Feature With Programmatic Ads and AI Copilot That Analyzes Audience Data — Adds Podcast, Webinar and Paywall Tools as It Repositions From Newsletter Tool to Full Creator Platform

techcrunch.com · 2026-07-16 · Score: 17

London-Based Applied Computing Raises $20M Led by KBR With Databricks Ventures — Physics-Informed 'Orbital' Foundation-AI Platform for Upstream, Downstream and Petrochemical Operators, Multi-Year Exclusive Energy-Sector Partnership With KBR Signed

tech.eu · 2026-07-16 · Score: 18

Sable Raises $45M From Sequoia and 8VC for 'Aiden' — AI Employee That Lives on a Company's Website to Run Live Product Demos and Field Real-Time Questions, Named Customers Include Notion and Decagon

fortune.com · 2026-07-16 · Score: 23

Global Fintech Startup Funding Rises 22.7% YoY to $28.6B in H1 2026 as Deal Count Falls 25.7% — Crunchbase Flags Automated Hedge Funds, Prediction Markets and AI Underwriting as New Priorities

news.crunchbase.com · 2026-07-15 · Score: 17

Cadence Ships AuraStack AI Super Agent — Agentic PCB and Advanced-Packaging Platform Claims 15X Productivity Gain and 2X Time-to-Market, With Nvidia, TSMC, Schneider Electric, Socionext and Forvia Hella as Named Early Users; Forvia Cut Component Placement From 4 Days to 4 Minutes

theregister.com · 2026-07-15 · Score: 26

AWS SVP Dave Brown, Head of Compute and Machine Learning Services and Andy Jassy S-Team Member, Departs After Nearly 19 Years — Replaced August 1 by eCommerce Foundation SVP and ex-Microsoft Veteran Dave Treadwell

reuters.com · 2026-07-15 · Score: 22

ALERT Anthropic, Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman Officially Launch 'Ode With Anthropic' — $1.5B AI Implementation JV Announced in May Now Fielding 100 Engineers, Backed by Goldman Sachs, General Atlantic, Apollo, GIC and Sequoia, Targeting Mid-Sized Banks, Health Systems and Manufacturers

techcrunch.com · 2026-07-15 · Score: 31

American Growth Insurance Raises $70M From Atomic and Rockbridge Growth to Acquire Independent Insurance Agencies and Rebuild Them as AI-Native Ops — Pilot With 10 Agencies Produced ~50% Average Profit Increases

siliconangle.com · 2026-07-15 · Score: 18

Rime Raises $24M Series A Led by M13 for Studio-Trained AI Voice Models Processing 100M+ Enterprise Calls Per Month — Adds Ex-Meta/NVIDIA Rafael Valle as Chief Scientist, Customers Include Mayo Clinic, Dialpad, Upstart, Asurion

techcrunch.com · 2026-07-15 · Score: 19

Israeli AI-Native Identity Access Startup Oak Exits Stealth With $60M Seed Co-Led by Accel, CRV and Greylock — Serial Founders Shai Morag (Ex-Ermetic $265M Sale) and Tal Marom Pitch Real-Time Permission Removal for the AI Agent Era

techcrunch.com · 2026-07-15 · Score: 23

NYC-Based AI-Native Compliance Startup Hadrius Raises $22M Series A Led by CRV With Y Combinator Participation for Financial-Services Regulatory Automation

axios.com · 2026-07-14 · Score: 17

InstaLILY Raises $60M Series B Led by Energize Capital With Home Depot Ventures, United Rentals and Insight Partners — AI Agents Automating Sales, Operations and Service for Physical-Goods Firms Grew Revenue 5x, Named Customers Include Henry Schein, SRS Distribution and Parts Town

siliconangle.com · 2026-07-14 · Score: 21

State Affairs Raises $70M Led by Founders Fund and Khosla Ventures to Build 'Bloomberg Terminal for Policy' — AI Platform Trained on Reporting From 76 Embedded Statehouse Journalists Producing 2,000+ Original Articles Monthly, Used by 1/3 of State/Federal Officials

prnewswire.com · 2026-07-14 · Score: 22

Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, Snowflake and ServiceNow Team Up on Shared Enterprise AI Agent Protocol to Blunt Anthropic's MCP

theinformation.com · 2026-07-13 · Score: 22

Flex, AI-Native 'Private Bank' for Mid-Sized Businesses, Doubles Valuation to $1.2B in Six Months on $70M Series B1 Led by Ryan Smith and Ryan Sweeney's Halo Fund — Nine-Figure ARR With ~4x YoY Growth

reuters.com · 2026-07-14 · Score: 20

Thomson Reuters Confirms Up to 500 Engineering Layoffs (1.8% of Workforce, 5.2% of Ops/Tech) as It Deploys AI Across Legal, Tax and Regulatory Workflows — Plans to Hire 250+ Net-New Senior 'AI-Native' Engineers Over Two Years

thenextweb.com · 2026-07-14 · Score: 27

eMarketer: Standalone Chatbots Including ChatGPT and Google AI Mode Will Generate Under $1B in 2026 US Ad Revenue — 90% Below OpenAI's Own $2.5B Forecast, and Only ~$5.4B by 2030

adweek.com · 2026-07-14 · Score: 26

ALERT Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Publishes 'Reverse Information Paradox' Essay — Argues Enterprises Pay for AI Twice, Once in Cash and Once in Proprietary Data, Outlines 'Five Cs' Framework Pushing Vendor-Agnostic Orchestration

techcrunch.com · 2026-07-13 · Score: 28

Valarian Raises $50M Series A Led by NEA to Build Sovereign AI Control Layer Over US Clouds — NEA's First European Defense/Dual-Use Bet, Founded by Ex-Palantir MD Josh McLaughlin

fortune.com · 2026-07-13 · Score: 23

Bloomberg: OpenAI, Meta and SpaceXAI Race to Undercut Anthropic on Price — Frontier Lab Structure Reorganizes Into 'Two Strong, Three Chasing' as Business Buyers Scrutinize AI Bills

bloomberg.com · 2026-07-12 · Score: 22

India's TCS Plans Up to 8,900 AI Deployment Engineers and Its First Major AI Acquisitions — CEO Krithivasan Bets Outsourcing Grows, Not Shrinks, in the Agent Era

reuters.com · 2026-07-12 · Score: 21

WSJ Profile: Bending Spoons Made Just 286 Hires From 800,000 Applications in 2025 as AI Wrote 90% of Pull Requests by Q1 2026 — Revenue Per Employee More Than Doubled to $2.57M

wsj.com · 2026-07-11 · Score: 21

Newsletter Issues (18)

#509 AI Productivity: it works best for the people losing their jobs

2026-06-29 · 1 mentions

#508 The Cutting Edge, Across the Board

2026-06-28 · 1 mentions

AI in Business: the agents you sell now run up your own bill

2026-06-21 · 3 mentions

AI in Business: Anthropic at $900B as Meta funds AI by firing 8,000

2026-05-26 · 1 mentions

Generative AI: the Flash tier just lapped the flagship

2026-05-21 · 1 mentions

AI in Business: $2.59T will be spent, 80% can't prove it works

2026-05-21 · 3 mentions

AI applications: the agent stops being a feature, becomes the workflow

2026-04-25 · 1 mentions

AI business: capex now writes the org chart

2026-04-25 · 1 mentions

AI Marketing: Google is retiring Dynamic Search Ads

2026-04-18 · 1 mentions

AI Applications: The agent is not a product anymore

2026-04-18 · 1 mentions

#420 Issue #420: Five Trends in AI and Data Science for 2025

2025-01-09 · 1 mentions

#434 Issue #434: 9 benefits of AI in 2025

2025-04-11 · 1 mentions

#442 Issue #442: Beyond Chatbots: How AI Is Quietly Taking Over Industry

2025-05-30 · 1 mentions

#445 A reader survey on AI Weekly's future: ad-free at $3/month?

2025-06-13 · 1 mentions

#451 Issue #451: Generative AI trends 2025: LLMs, data scaling & enterprise adoption

2025-08-14 · 1 mentions

#460 Agentic AI takes over as Gartner sees $2.5T spending

2026-01-20 · 1 mentions

#467 Issue #467: Anthropic has receipts. And nobody wants to pay for AI.

2026-02-26 · 1 mentions

#468 Issue #468: AI would nuke us 95% of the time

2026-03-03 · 1 mentions