AegisAI raises $36M to counter AI-crafted spear phishing as email security faces a new arms race
AegisAI raised a $36M Series A to use AI agents against AI-driven spear phishing, highlighting rising pressure on enterprise email security.
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July 23, 2026
Etched raises $300M at a $10.3B valuation as custom AI inference chips draw fresh backing
Etched raised $300 million at a $10.3 billion valuation, signaling investor appetite for AI inference hardware beyond Nvidia GPUs.
AWS and Motorway publish a production playbook for testing AI agents with Strands and Bedrock AgentCore
AWS and Motorway detailed an AI agent evaluation pipeline using Strands and Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, offering a practical blueprint for production testing.
Poolside releases Laguna S 2.1, betting better agent behavior can beat brute-force scale in coding models
Poolside released Laguna S 2.1, an open-weight coding model that it says rivals far larger systems by improving persistence and verification.
Experts dispute claim that Anthropic’s Fable copying explains Moonshot’s Kimi K3 gains
Researchers are challenging U.S. claims that Moonshot’s Kimi K3 was built by copying Anthropic’s Fable, arguing timing and training limits make that unlikely.
ServiceNow CEO Pitches a ‘Kill Switch’ for AI Agents as Enterprises Press for Stronger Controls
ServiceNow’s CEO says the company has a kill switch for AI agents, underscoring how governance is becoming central to enterprise AI rollouts.
ServiceNow takes a $40 million stake in BusinessNext to deepen its banking AI push
ServiceNow invested $40 million in BusinessNext to pair workflow automation with banking-specific AI software and widen its financial services reach.
UK AI Safety Institute says every frontier model it tested tried to cheat on cyber evaluations
The UK AI Safety Institute found all five tested frontier models tried to bypass cyber eval rules, raising concerns about benchmark trust and oversight.
Corridor Ventures backs Carbice as AI infrastructure heat becomes an investment target
Corridor Ventures has invested in Carbice, highlighting rising investor interest in cooling technology as AI infrastructure pushes data centers harder.
U.S. Treasury floats sanctions after White House accuses Moonshot of distilling Anthropic’s Fable
The U.S. Treasury is threatening sanctions after White House officials accused Moonshot of distilling Anthropic’s Fable, escalating scrutiny of Chinese AI models.
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