#AI Agents

OpenAI rehires key talent from Thinking Machines Lab amidst allegations of misconduct. Discover how AI labs are paying $100/hr to train agents using professional data.

Berlin-based AI startup Parloa raises $350M in Series D funding, reaching a $3B valuation in less than a year. Learn how they plan to disrupt the customer service market.

Apple confirms a multiyear partnership with Google to integrate Gemini AI into Siri by 2026, ending speculation about OpenAI or Anthropic deals.

On January 13, 2026, Salesforce launched the rebuilt Salesforce Slackbot AI agent 2026 powered by Claude. This 'super agent' saves users up to 20 hours a week.

Amazon reveals its plan for Amazon Alexa+ AI assistant 2026 at CES, leveraging 600 million devices. Learn how AI agents and existing hardware define their strategy.

Anthropic unveils Claude Cowork, a new AI agent feature for non-coding tasks. Available exclusively on the macOS app for Claude Max subscribers at $100/month.

Google announces Universal Commerce Protocol 2026 to standardize AI shopping agents. Partnering with Shopify and Target, Google enters a $5T battle with OpenAI and Amazon.

Google introduces the Google UCP AI agent shopping standard, a new open protocol for seamless shopping via AI agents like Gemini. Partnerships include Shopify and Walmart.

Discover Orchestral AI, the new synchronous framework designed for scientific reproducibility and cost-effective AI agent development in 2026.

Databricks unveils Instructed Retriever, boosting RAG performance by 70%. Learn how this new architecture solves metadata reasoning for enterprise AI agents.

Silicon Valley giants are battling to dominate the 2026 AI operating systems race. Explore how AI agents are threatening the app-based business model and why OpenAI's Jerry Tworek is departing.

MiroMind's new MiroThinker 1.5 delivers trillion-parameter reasoning performance with just 30B parameters. Explore its Scientist Mode, $0.07 inference cost, and open-weight MIT license.