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Parsec founders raise $8.75M from a16z to give AI agents their own PCs

Phaze, from the founders of Parsec, raised an $8.75M seed round led by a16z to let staff and AI agents share powerful remote workstations.

Rogue AI Agents: Is a Kill Switch Enough?

An AI agent can follow the wrong instruction, expose sensitive data or act beyond its authority. A kill switch can help contain harm, but enterprises also need to know when to intervene and which permissions to revoke.

Do you use AI agents to run your daily life? We want to hear about it

Tech giants are betting that AI agents will play a key role in how people get things done in the future – from shopping for groceries to returning packages and planning vacations.

Nooks Secures USD 500 Million Funding Commitment to Expand AI Sales Platform

Artificial intelligence is making deeper inroads into business operations, with sales emerging as the next area expected to undergo significant change. Nooks, a

Pliant Raises $80 Million to Open B2B Payments to AI Agents

IBM Quantum and QuICS researchers have discovered over 500 new "magic-state factories" using AI agents and deterministic solvers. These factories produce non-Clifford states with significantly lower resource requirements, which is crucial for advancing fault-tolerant quantum computing. The findings, including detailed circuit models, are openly accessible for community use.

Oracle’s New Lakehouse Tools Target a Blind Spot in Enterprise AI

AI Regulation Was on the Ballot In These States. Here Are The Elon Musk Stocks That Could Be Impacted.

Democrats just won big in the midterm elections, reclaiming both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

Snyk Named a Leader in Agentic Development Security Tools by Independent Research Firm

Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW) announced a suite of AI upgrades at its flagship event, focused on autonomous agents and data control. The company introduced trusted, autonomous AI agents designed for enterprise use with advanced governance and audit capabilities. Snowflake expanded its Business Ontology and automation tools to support multi cloud data engineering and real time analytics for AI. These autonomous AI agents and governance upgrades are only part of what investors need to understand from...

Uber Fulfilled Just 4 Rides From AI Agents [2026]

CrowdStrike's Falcon Observe brings AI agent observability to its security platform, enabling testing, monitoring, and control across frameworks.

Uber Fulfilled Just 4 Rides From AI Agents [2026]

Uber AI agents fulfilled only 4 rides and about 500 Uber Eats orders, CFO Balaji Krishnamurthy said on the Q3 2026 call. Here is what it means.