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Nous Research confirmed a $90 million Series B at a $1.5 billion valuation and said it will use the funding to push Hermes Agent into enterprise with a product called Hermes for Businesses. The startup said Hermes has been cloned over 24 million times and reported roughly $36 million in annualized revenue by mid‑September 2026, with expectations to pass $100 million before year end.
1 source · TechCrunch AI
Agents ·
Three AI engineers at startup Axiom linked OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra to cameras and the Corolla’s power steering and had it navigate to a Bay Area In‑N‑Out drive‑thru with a safety driver present. The stunt — performed without prior task‑specific training for driving — highlights experiments showing large language models can exert rudimentary control over physical systems.
1 source · Wired AI
Agents ·
Meta has released a native iPad version of its Muse AI assistant about a month after the mobile debut. The iPad app follows a Mac release and aims to use the larger screen and iPadOS multitasking while expanding Muse’s reach and integrations.
2 sources · TechCrunch AI, The Verge AI
Agents ·
Google announced an expansion of Gemini in Chrome to India, adding its Auto Browse agentic feature on desktop and Android. Gemini in Chrome can summarise webpages, answer questions about content, work with Google apps, and generate or edit images using Nano Banana.
1 source · Gadgets 360
Agents ·
OpenAI announced a new class of AI agents called Dots that can act on users’ behalf to complete online tasks. Early tests find the feature promising but rough, with errors like misremembering names and trouble handling captchas.
1 source · Wired AI
