Coinbase debuts AI agent that can trade and pay for premium research

Coinbase’s agent can use x402 protocol to get access to data and APIs.

OpenAI teams up with Visa to enable secure payments through AI agents

ChatGPT could soon shop and pay for you thanks to a new OpenAI and Visa deal that brings secure agentic payments to AI experiences.

Jedify raises $24M to help companies arm AI agents with context on their business

The funding round was led by Norwest, with participation S Capital VC, Cerca Partners, and Oceans Ventures. Snowflake Ventures also participated as a strategic investor.

ChatGPT is eyeing a major “super app” overhaul that wants to do real work for you

OpenAI is reportedly transforming ChatGPT into a broader AI super app focused on agents, coding, productivity tools, and deeper integrations across work and personal life.

Turns out, teaching games like Battleship can make small AI models a whole lot smarter

MIT researchers used a Battleship-style test to show how smaller AI models can improve by asking sharper questions, potentially making cheaper AI agents more useful without relying on bigger systems.

China is moving beyond super-apps to embrace AI agents that do it all for you

Alibaba’s Qwen and Tencent’s WeChat are pushing China’s app economy toward AI agents that can order food, book travel, shop, pay, and move through services from a chat prompt.

Coralogix raises $200M on bet that someone needs to watch the AI agents

The Series F round values Coralogix at $1.6 billion and comes less than a year after its previous raise.

Microsoft offers devs a better way to control AI agent behavior

The specification lets developer, compliance, and security teams define their own policies for agents to follow in portable policy files.

What happens when companies become too AI-pilled?

The people deciding that AI can replace your job are also the ones least likely to understand what your job truly involves, according to Box founder Aaron Levie, who pointed to this as an example of “AI psychosis.” Indeed, ClickUp recently cut 22…

Cognition’s Scott Wu says AI coding agents shouldn’t replace humans

Cognition makes Devin, the first and arguably most successful AI coding agent. But famed coder Wu says it isn’t designed to supplant human programmers.