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Manus raises over $500M to rebuild its agent alone

The Chinese agent developer lands a Boyu Capital-led round at a reported $4B valuation after…

Agentic AI Foundation takes on four projects and reaches ten total

OpenAI, Anthropic, Hugging Face and Alibaba each handed over a component of the agent stack.

TypeSafe banks $870M at a $7.5B valuation weeks after Jev launch

TypeSafe, maker of the non-text Jev model, has raised $870M at a $7.5B valuation led…

Anthropic rewrites its usage rules to ban abusive chats and election meddling

Anthropic's updated usage policy outlaws election interference, weapons software, surveillance and prolonged verbal abuse of…

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US science agency funds ten regional AI compute hubs at $100M

The National Science Foundation will fund up to 10 state and regional consortia that pool compute, data and expertise for…

Obsidian hits unicorn status with $85M for AI agent guardrails

Obsidian Security banks $85 million in a Series D that values the AI agent governance startup at $1.1 billion.

Independent labels sign on to Spotify AI covers via Merlin

Merlin, the independent music collective, joins Universal in backing Spotify's opt-in AI remix and covers product.

Open AI Alliance proposes fixed timelines for reporting AI breaches

The Open Secure AI Alliance wants members to disclose incidents confidentially fast and publish findings within 30 days.

AI agent builder Yellow.ai lists on Nasdaq through $550M SPAC deal

Yellow.ai will merge with blank-check firm Bluerock to list on Nasdaq and fund a buying spree of outsourcing companies.

EU AI Act labeling rules go live with fines for unmarked deepfakes

EU transparency rules make AI content labeling law on August 2, with fines up to €15M.

Fake satellite scenes force Google to shelve Earth AI generator

Google's Earth AI image tool lasted a single day before a rollback over fake satellite scenes.

Ray maker Anyscale lands inside AI cloud builder Nscale

The company behind the Ray framework joins Nscale as the AI cloud race moves up the stack.