AI agent payments get a spending-control layer as Rain launches Agent Vaults, which fund AI agents with stablecoin balances and issue single-use Visa and Mastercard cards with amount, merchant and expiry fixed before each purchase.
The industry won't be able to fend off customers' use of outside AI agents forever. Right now, though, bankers have an opportunity to begin creating the policies and procedures that will govern them in the future.
AI inference chip startup Fractile announced a $720 million Series C on November 11, led by Thrive Capital, Founders Fund, Lightspeed and Redpoint. The UK government puts the valuation above 5 billion pounds while a Reuters source says about $7 billion,
German AI robotics start-up Agile Robots said Thursday that a new funding round valued the company at $8.5 billion (7.7 billion euros), providing additional firepower for a global expansion. The funding would be used to support expansion in the United States,
Biomatter announced on November 12, 2026, that it had closed an oversubscribed $18 million Series A led by Astanor, with participation from existing investors UVC Partners, Inventure and Metaplanet. The company will
AI agent management requires IT executives to obtain visibility into how agents operate within their enterprise and continuously monitor agents' actions.