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How Far Some Chatbot Users Will Go to Save Their AI Companions

Octopus Deploy’s Dan Garfield on Argo CD, Guardrails, and Octo Doctor

Hatz AI Secures $24M Series A to Grow Its Engineering Teams

Hatz AI announced on November 12, 2026 that it had raised $24 million in Series A funding to expand its AI platform for managed service providers (MSPs) and recruit engineers. Nadia Partners, Vestigo Ventures and The

Island Waters Accounting Uses NumbersGame to Build Its Own AI Agents for Close, Reporting and CFO Advisory

Founder Shawn Elliott connected Claude to client QuickBooks Online and Xero books, cutting monthly accounting and

AMD Reveals the Capabilities of Ryzen AI Halo

Rain Launches Agent Vaults: AI Agent Payments on Single-Use Visa and Mastercard Cards

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.

United Airlines blocks AI agents from booking flights

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.

Blocking AI agents is the right near-term move for banks

AI inference chip startup Fractile raises $720M at reported $7B value with no chip shipped

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 valued at $8.5 bn after new fundraising

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,