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Azoma raised $11.2 million to help big brands get found by AI shopping assistants, a sign that being seen by AI may soon matter for anyone who sells products.
Read more: Startup raises $11.2 million to help brands win over AI shopping assistantsAnthropic, maker of the Claude chatbot, reported an $80.7 billion half-year loss, but most of it is a paper charge. Its real costs are still huge.
Read more: Anthropic's $80.7 billion loss is mostly an accounting entryNine Chinese agencies back AI shopping and delivery agents but plan risk-based rules. Which agents face strict checks is not yet clear.
Read more: China plans safety rules for AI shopping assistants, by how risky they areTemplafy has launched Templafy Team, which lets work teams build and share their own AI document helpers. It comes with a 14-day free trial.
Read more: Templafy lets work teams build shared AI helpers for documents1Password says its yearly recurring revenue passed $500 million, as businesses adopt AI coding tools and agents that need safe access to accounts.
Read more: 1Password tops $500M in yearly revenue as AI tools drive demandKarta AI, an Indian startup, raised $3 million for voice AI that answers bank and insurer calls. Callers can still ask for a human, and fraud calls go to one.
Read more: Indian startup raises $3 million for AI that answers bank callsTuesday Labs will take a $200 refundable deposit on Voxel, a home robot expected to cost about $20,000, with US delivery in 2028 or later.
Read more: A $20,000 home robot butler is taking deposits, but won't arrive until 2028Anthropic's Claude Security now rechecks company code as it changes and tracks whether flaws get fixed. It is in beta, so human review still matters.
Read more: Anthropic's Claude Security now checks company code nonstop for flawsThe UK is putting £100 million into an AI Biosecurity Lab backed by three major AI companies, a sign that governments want closer checks on AI risks.
Read more: UK puts £100 million into a lab to study AI's biological risksUtopai, an AI film studio, raised $60 million at a $1 billion value, a sign that money is flowing into AI video, not just chatbots.
Read more: AI film studio Utopai raises $60M at a $1 billion valueAn Android Police writer says Google's Gemini Notebook turns fast YouTube videos into summaries, mind maps and audio recaps, which could save rewatching.
Read more: Turn YouTube Videos Into Study Guides With Google's Gemini NotebookFinTech Studios released an update that lets Claude, Perplexity and ChatGPT set up recurring, cited market and regulatory updates for you.
Read more: AI chat assistants can now keep watching markets for youSeatGeek's new ChatGPT app shows official and resale tickets side by side, which could make price comparison faster, though you still check out on SeatGeek.
Read more: You can now search for concert and game tickets inside ChatGPTA sharp tech selloff has led SK Hynix, Firmus and Oura to delay or drop public listings, which matters if you own tech stocks or funds.
Read more: Tech stock slump makes AI companies pull back stock market debutsImmobiliare.it, Italy's largest property site, built on one AI voice helper for listings and now runs a linked team of them. Here is what it means for business owners.
Read more: Italy's top property site now uses a team of AI voice helpersTwo serious flaws in PHP, software that runs a large share of the web, were disclosed this week. A free fix exists, and attackers moved within hours.
Read more: Two serious flaws found in software behind most websitesEvervault launched Browser Tokens, which give AI agents a stand-in card or password so the real details never pass through the AI.
Read more: New tool lets AI shop for you without seeing your real cardAmazon's CEO says its cloud is sold out for 2026 and largely sold out for 2027, which could mean waits or higher costs for businesses adding new projects.
Read more: Amazon's cloud is sold out this year and mostly booked for 2027Google's Gemini app on Android now has a shorter menu and one combined settings page, and the update arrives without downloading anything.
Read more: Google's Gemini app on Android gets a cleaner menu and one settings pageRobinhood's chief information officer says users can now have AI agents invest for them, so it pays to know what an agent can do with your money.
Read more: Robinhood users can now let AI agents invest for themAEREDIUM launched two tools that let businesses set rules for AI agents that write code or move money, with every action approved, denied or held for review.
Read more: New tools let companies set limits on what AI agents can doGoDaddy's CEO says small businesses should use AI for routine work, such as websites and marketing, while keeping control of what makes their brand different.
Read more: GoDaddy's CEO: let AI do the busywork, but keep your brand yoursOpenAI has opened its fast, low-cost Decisions API to all customers. It picks between options in a fraction of a second, which could trim business costs and wait times.
Read more: OpenAI opens a much faster, cheaper AI for quick yes-or-no choicesUber is rolling out OpenAI's ChatGPT Work to about 30,000 office staff, weeks after cutting 3,300 corporate jobs. Here is what the tool does and why it matters.
Read more: Uber gives 30,000 office workers ChatGPT weeks after layoffs
