Tagged: AI Agents

March 5, 2025 @ 10:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The evolution of generative AI and agentic commerce is poised to transform the customer journey, streamlining the path from awareness to purchase and beyond. A research report from CBInsights outlines three key predictions for how these technologies will reshape the shopping experience across its five… Read More

February 5, 2025 @ 5:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PwC and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced a collaboration aimed at transforming industries with the power of AI agents. This collab seeks to harness AI’s potential to drive business value, “enhance customer engagement and streamline operations across various sectors.” This initiative between PwC and Microsoft focuses on… Read More

January 13, 2025 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenLedger, backed by Polychain Capital and Borderless Capital, is building a blockchain for (artificial intelligence) AI that provides a “decentralized” trust infrastructure for creating specialized language models. CoinList noted in a blog post that OpenLedger is offering up to “51% of its total token supply… Read More

January 12, 2025 @ 1:21 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This past week, Fazeshift, an AI agent for accounts receivable, announced it raised $4 million in seed funding led by Gradient, Google’s early-stage AI fund. The round also included investments from Y Combinator, Wayfinder, Pioneer Fund, Ritual Capital, Phoenix Fund, and such angels as Terrence… Read More

January 10, 2025 @ 5:10 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

While human-like AI agents look to gain a more prominent role throughout the business in 2025, Harrison Seletsky sees reason for concern. The director of business development at the digital identity platform SPACE ID, Seletsky, cautioned that these tolls are still in their early development stages. Likening… Read More

December 27, 2024 @ 10:01 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Wire Network, a blockchain purpose-built for the AI agent economy, has officially launched its alpha testnet, which enables AI agents to transact across global industries from finance to gaming. Unlike current cryptosystems that can be slow, costly, and centralized, Wire Network said its Universal Transaction… Read More

December 21, 2024 @ 3:29 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This past week, Vapi, a developer platform for deploying Voice AI agents, announced that it raised $20 million in Series A funding, led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from Abstract Ventures, AI Grant, Y Combinator, Saga Ventures, and Michael Ovitz. This investment will enable… Read More

December 18, 2024 @ 11:13 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The following is commentary from Michal “Mehow” Pospieszalski, CEO of MatterFi. MatterFi is a security-focused, foundational layer for financial services to build into the crypto ecosystem, giving those organizations access to all the key services they will need to enable them to quickly build compliant,… Read More