Curated AI news from the last 24 hours — models, agents, enterprise, and developer tools.
Google announced a unified agent in Gemini that can take on multi-step work, rolling out to businesses first and consumers later. It selects a model by default, and users can pick third-party models, starting with Anthropic's Claude.
techcrunch.com ↗AI agent developer Manus raised more than $500M in its first round since separating from Meta, at a reported valuation of about $4B. It also launched Cue, an app giving personal agents their own email, phone number, wallet and computer.
techcrunch.com ↗Vesta raised $30M to deploy swarms of AI agents that automate mortgage origination for lenders. The round reflects growing adoption of agents in regulated financial workflows.
techcrunch.com ↗Nous Research confirmed a $1.5B valuation after raising $90M and is moving into enterprise with Hermes for Businesses. The launch extends its open-model work into agents for business users.
techcrunch.com ↗SiliconANGLE's weekly roundup covers OpenAI's annualized revenue coming in below what it had signaled, which pressured AI-linked tech stocks. It also touches on recent model releases and new US restrictions affecting tech-sector green cards.
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