Vercel's recap of its Ship 2026 events in five cities frames the company's next phase around infrastructure built for AI agents. CEO Guillermo Rauch described generated interfaces, agents that find and fix bugs on their own, and software that improves from production data.
CarbonAI's $12 million round, led by Cowboy Ventures, funds AI agents for underwriting, due diligence and post-close monitoring of commercial real estate loans. The EU AI Act treats consumer credit decisions as high-risk but not corporate lending, a distinction that blurs when a sponsor provides a personal guarantee.
Google DeepMind describes how Google Antigravity for Science is being used to speed up the search for new antimicrobial peptides.
The Verge criticises a growing wave of consumer gadgets that record everyone around them, whether or not they consent. With AI personal assistants such as Meta's Muse, users are asked to hand over not only their own data but other people's too.
Cerebras argues that agentic workflows make speed a precondition for whole classes of AI applications. The chipmaker, which raised $5.5 billion in its May 2026 IPO, built its business on much faster processors.
Rivian plans to bring AI agents to its vehicles. More details are expected at the company's AI & Autonomy Day event in December.