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Gumloop lands $50M from Benchmark to turn every employee into an AI agent builder

When Max Brodeur-Urbas co-founded Gumloop in mid-2023, his vision was to help non-technical employees automate repetitive tasks using AI. At that time, the concept of AI agents was still largely experimental and prone to errors. As AI technology has matured, so has Gumloop’s offering. The company claims that it now allows teams at organizations like Shopify, Ramp, Gusto, Samsara, Instacart…
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Meta’s Moltbook deal points to a future built around AI agents

When news broke Tuesday morning that Meta bought Moltbook, the social network for AI agents, it may have left some people scratching their heads. What on earth would Meta – an ad-supported company – want with a social network where the users are bots? Bots, after all, are not the target audience of brand marketers and advertisers. Meta isn’t saying much. Its only official comment…
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Zoom introduces an AI-powered office suite, says AI avatars for meetings arrive this month

Zoom’s AI-powered avatars, which can represent users in online meetings, will be available to use later this month, the company announced on Tuesday, alongside news of other tools and services. Notably, the company is introducing its own AI Docs, Slides, and Sheets apps, an AI agent builder for non-technical people, and a voice translator for meetings. The company said its AI-powered…
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Anthropic sues Defense Department over supply-chain risk designation

Anthropic has made good on its promise to challenge the Department of Defense (DOD) in court after the agency labeled it a supply-chain risk late last week. The Claude maker filed two complaints against the DOD on Monday in California and Washington, D.C., after a weeks-long conflict between Anthropic and the DOD over whether the military should have unrestricted access to Anthropic’s AI…
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