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Writer releases autonomous AI ‘super agent’ for enterprise users
Generative artificial intelligence startup Writer Inc. today announced the launch of Action Agent, a powerful AI agent that integrates tool use, knowledge work and deep research capabilities along with enterprise-grade control and transparency. “Other AI chatbots can tell you what to do. Action Agent does it,” said co-founder and Chief Executive May Habib. “It’s the ...
Promptfoo raises $18.4M to build AI security and evaluation platform
Promptfoo Inc., a broadly adopted open-source framework for artificial intelligence evaluation and testing, today announced it has raised $18.4 million in an early-stage funding led by global software investor Insight Partners. The company’s existing investor Andreessen Horowitz also participated in the Series A round. Founded in 2024, Promptfoo provides robust AI security testing and risk ...
PayPal expands crypto payments for US merchants to lower cross-border fees
PayPal Holdings Inc. today announced it has expanded its crypto payments capabilities for merchants and small businesses in the United States with “Pay with Crypto,” which allows them to accept more than 100 cryptocurrencies. “Businesses of all sizes face incredible pressure when growing globally, from increased costs for accepting international payments to complex integrations,” said Alex ...
Drizz launches with $2.7M to provide vision-based testing AI for mobile apps
Drizz Automation Technologies Pvt. Ltd., a company that uses vision-enabled generative artificial intelligence agents to test mobile applications, today announced it launched with $2.7 million in seed funding. The round was led by Stellaris Venture Partners and Shastra VC, with participation from former Cleartrip Chief Business Officer Anuj Rathi and Vaibhav Domkundwar. The company said ...
Trunk Tools raises $40M to revolutionize how construction teams interact with project data
Trunk Tools Inc., an artificial intelligence-powered platform for construction teams, today announced it has raised $40 million in fresh funding to change how project management works. The Series B round, led by Insight Partners, also attracted participation from Redpoint Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Stepstone, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures and Prudence. The new funds bring the total funding ...
Gupshup raises $60M+ to expand its conversational AI and messaging platform
Gupshup Inc., the developer of a conversational artificial intelligence platform for marketing, commerce and support automation, announced Wednesday it has raised more than $60 million in mixed equity and debt financing from Globespan Capital Partners and EvolutionX Debt Capital to expand its operations. Founded in 2004, Gupshup began as a text messaging platform. It now ...
Leena AI announces voice-enabled AI ‘colleagues’ who can work alongside you
Leena AI Inc., the developer of an employee-facing agentic artificial intelligence assistant, today announced the launch of what it’s calling AI colleagues, which can speak out loud and listen using natural, conversational language in the workplace. The company said its AI agents can work and interact just like human employees can and provide support across ...
HeroDevs raises $125M to provide long-term support for legacy open-source software
HeroDevs LLC, a leading provider of security and compliance solutions for deprecated open-source software, today announced it raised $125 million in strategic growth investment from PSG. Deprecated open-source projects are those where the original developers no longer recommend using them or are planning to stop updating them in the future. They are essentially legacy projects ...
Holistic AI report: Red teaming could have prevented Grok 4’s public collapse
Artificial intelligence large language models are being deployed more frequently in sensitive, public-facing roles, and sometimes they go very wrong. Recently Grok 4, the LLM developed by X.AI Corp. and deployed on X, made headlines for all the wrong reasons. During the second week of July, Grok went on what can only be described as ...
Robot guard dog firm Asylon raises $26M for autonomous security
Asylon Inc., a provider of robotic perimeter security, today announced it has raised $26 million in early-stage funding led by global software investor Insight Partners. Veteran Ventures Capital, Allegion Ventures and the GO PA Fund also participated in the company’s Series B funding round. Asylon is best known for its robotic guard dogs, built by ...