Modern Relay raises $3M to build shared infrastructure layer for AI agents in the enterprise

Modern Relay today announced a $3 million funding round from Point Nine, Emerge, Amino Collective, Common Magic, and angels, including Charlie Songhurst (board member at Meta), Michael Boehler (former…

Synera raises $40M to bring agentic AI into engineering workflows at NASA, BMW, Airbus, and Hyundai
Synera raises $40M to bring agentic AI into engineering workflows at NASA, BMW, Airbus, and Hyundai

The Bremen startup’s platform deploys teams of AI agents that autonomously execute engineering tasks across more than 75 existing tools, without replacing any of them. Revaia led the Series B; Capgemini joined through its ISAI Cap Venture vehicle. All …

Helical secures $10M to advance virtual AI lab for pharma research

Helical, a biotechnologycompany developing a virtual AI lab for pharmaceutical research anddevelopment, has raised $10 million in seed funding. The round was led byredalpine, with participation from G…

Stanford’s annual AI report finds a widening gap between AI insiders and everyone else
Stanford’s annual AI report finds a widening gap between AI insiders and everyone else

The 2026 AI Index from Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered AI documents a deepening disconnect between expert optimism and public anxiety. Gen Z anger about AI is rising fast. Employment in AI-exposed fields among younger workers is already declini…

Coming soon: 10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now

Each year we compile our 10 Breakthrough Technologies list, featuring our educated predictions for which technologies will have the biggest impact on how we live and work. This year, however, we had a dilemma. While our final picks encompass all our core coverage areas (energy, AI, and biotech, plus a few more), our 2026 list…

OpenAI’s $852 billion valuation is under scrutiny from its own investors as the company pivots to enterprise
OpenAI’s $852 billion valuation is under scrutiny from its own investors as the company pivots to enterprise

Some backers say OpenAI has revised its product roadmap twice in six months and risks losing focus ahead of an IPO expected as early as Q4 2026. OpenAI’s new CRO has accused Anthropic of overstating its $30B run rate by $8B through gross accounting on …

Half of all US employees now use artificial intelligence at work, crossing landmark threshold for first time — Gallup data shows daily and weekly usage hitting all-time high of 28% in Q1 2026, with 65% feeling positive about its impact on productivity

50% of American adults in employment use AI at least once a year, with 28% using it daily or weekly, according to a new Gallup survey. While AI-focused companies are seeing huge disruption, 65% of those employees felt posi…

Obriy AI raises $500K to take multi-agent enterprise automation global

Obriy AI, a platform for building tools that optimise complex business processes using AI agents, announces the successful raising of $500,000 from N1 Investment Company, an investment firm specialisi…