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Happy Wednesday!
Here’s your news in newsletter!
In this Issue:
Your Weekly Industry News Recap
The Raise Recap
Your Weekly Industry News Recap
OpenClaw Creator Joins OpenAI: In a shock move, Peter Steinberger is reportedly joining OpenAI to help Sam Altman build the next era of agents. The open-source king is going corporate. 🦀➡️🤖 Read more
Microsoft: AI Agents Will Become Your "UI": Microsoft believes we’re moving away from clicking icons to simply telling agents what we want done. The "Start" menu might finally be dead. 🖥️ Read more
SecureClaw Launches: A new OWASP-aligned security plugin for OpenClaw agents to make sure your personal AI doesn't leak your secrets. Security for the people. 🔒 Read more
NATO Taps AI Consortium: Brandwatch and Blackbird.ai have been selected to help NATO assess the global information environment using AI. 🌍🛰️ Read more
Palo Alto Networks Acquires CyberArk: A massive consolidation in the security space to ensure the "AI Era" stays protected from automated threats. 🛡️ Read more
AI Recommendation Poisoning: Microsoft warns of a new threat where hackers trick AI models into giving bad advice. Don't trust every bot you meet. 🧪⚠️ Read more
Nebius Acquires Tavily: The AI cloud platform is adding "agentic search" to its stack to give users more accurate, real-time data. 🔍 Read more
GitHub Agentic Workflows: GitHub is making it easier for developers to automate boring repo tasks using autonomous AI workers. 👨💻 Read more
This Week’s Raise Recap 📈💰
Blackstone Bets $1B on Anthropic: Private equity giant Blackstone is reportedly boosting its stake in Anthropic by about $1 billion. It’s a massive show of confidence in the "Claude" ecosystem. Read more
Multiverse Hits €1.5B Valuation: This AI model compression startup is seeking a €500M round to make heavy AI run on light hardware. Efficiency is the new gold rush. Read more
Biorce Secures $52.5M: Aiming to reinvent clinical trials with AI, Biorce just landed a big check for international growth. Faster trials mean faster cures. 🧬 Read more
Didero’s $30M Series A: Procurement automation is getting a major AI upgrade to help companies buy smarter and faster. No more manual supply chain headaches. 📦 Read more
Reco Raises $30M: Focusing on SaaS security, Reco is helping enterprises keep their AI-powered apps safe from prying eyes. 🛡️ Read more
Blockbrain's $17.5M Series A: This round will fuel AI-driven decision-making tools for the web3 and fintech spaces. 🧠 Read more
Nixtla's $16M Series A: Time-series intelligence is the name of the game here—predicting the future with agentic forecasting. 🔮 Read more
Algorized Raises $13M: Bringing "Physical AI" to industrial robotics to make factory floors safer and more autonomous. 🤖 Read more
Secai Raises $6.2M: Their "Voxira" AI agent is scaling healthcare automation to give doctors their time back. 🩺 Read more
Breaker’s $6M Seed: A new AI defense startup focused on keeping national security tech sharp and modern. 🛡️🇺🇸 Read more
Stay well, and see you next week!
-✌🏽 Sam
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