Former Nvidia staffer turned venture capitalist Amulya Vishwanath told TechCrunch's Equity podcast that robotics is still waiting for its ChatGPT moment. She describes physical AI as being at an early, modular building stage.
New York startup Asymptote Labs raised a $5.5 million seed round led by Tower Research Ventures. It makes Beacon, a free open-source tool that logs AI agent activity, and sells a paid platform that can block risky agent actions.
Security company Blackwall, which sits in front of millions of websites, is now valued at $2.2 billion after a round led by AVP. Its investor argues the company becomes essential as more web traffic comes from AI agents.
A new study finds that 73% of project management offices use AI, yet fewer than 10% anticipate the associated risks. Adoption has not yet deeply changed how project portfolios are managed.
MIT Technology Review compares enterprise AI to the early days of electricity: once it becomes infrastructure, the question shifts from whether to use it to how efficiently it is used.
Dell says it has run fully autonomous agents inside its own operations for nearly two years. The company argues that enterprises adopting agents need a new operating model that reorganizes people and processes, not just new tools.