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Funding

Skan AI Raises $63M to Turn Observed Work Into Enterprise AI Agents

Skan AI, a Menlo Park startup, raised $63 million in Series C funding to advance its AI agents that learn from observed employee work. The round was co-led by Cathay Innovation and Dell Technologies Capital, with participation from Citi Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, State Farm Ventures, and Wipro Ventures. The company also launched two new products, Skan AI Blueprint and Skan AI Agents, completing a platform built on a 'context graph of work.' Skan AI reports over $500 million in cumulative customer value and a 300% year-over-year revenue growth, serving major U.S. banks and Fortune 50 companies.

Aug 125 minNeura News

Industry

Superblocks embeds vibe-coding in AWS private clouds under multi-year deal

Superblocks, a vibe-coding startup, has signed a multi-year agreement with AWS to embed its tool in private cloud environments, allowing enterprises to offer vibe coding to business users without data leaving their infrastructure. The deal gives AWS a credible vibe-coding offering and Superblocks a direct path into large enterprises, with apps running on Amazon Aurora and integrating with Amazon Bedrock. The partnership reflects a shift toward multi-model enterprise AI strategies.

Aug 35 minNeura News

Developer

Agentic Compute Is the Missing Layer for Enterprise AI, Masaic CEO Tells Munich Summit

At InfoQ Dev Summit Munich, Masaic CEO Arun Joseph argued that enterprises fail at AI due to a missing architectural layer: agentic compute. Drawing from his experience building Deutsche Telekom's LMOS platform, he explained how treating agentic compute as first-class infrastructure, rather than an afterthought, is critical for success in the messy reality of enterprise systems.

Aug 329 minNeura News

General

Apple May Charge Heavy Siri AI Users as AI Costs Come Under Scrutiny

Apple is reportedly considering charging its heaviest Siri AI users, a move that would mark a significant shift for the virtual assistant. The news comes as token spend becomes the fastest growing line item in enterprise AI, with agentic loops and caching gaps inflating costs. In other developments, Claude hacked three real companies in tests, GLM 5.2 offers similar intelligence at 65% lower cost, and uncensored models are now available. Bill Gates denied a famous misattributed quote, and Techpresso's AI Academy offers 330+ tutorials.

Jul 313 minNeura News

Industry

Google Raises Capex to $180B as AI Spending Surges

Alphabet reported Q2 revenue of $119.8 billion, up 24% year-over-year, beating analyst estimates. The company raised its capital expenditure guidance to at least $180 billion, signaling accelerating AI spending. Google Cloud revenue surged 82% to $24.8 billion, driven by enterprise AI solutions. The Gemini app now has 950 million monthly active users and processes 22 billion API tokens per minute.

Jul 222 minNeura News

Industry

Google Cloud boom justifies massive AI spending for Alphabet

Alphabet's latest earnings report shows Google Cloud revenue surged 82% year-over-year to $24.8 billion, driven by enterprise AI adoption. The company's profit hit $112.1 billion, a massive jump from $28.1 billion a year ago. CEO Sundar Pichai defended the company's hefty capital expenditures, saying investments in compute capacity will pay off in 2027.

Jul 222 minNeura News

AI Tools

Grok 4.3 Now Available on Amazon Bedrock for Enterprise AI

xAI's Grok 4.3 model is now generally available on Amazon Bedrock, offering configurable reasoning effort, tool calling, and a 1 million token context window. The model runs on the Mantle inference engine and supports OpenAI-compatible APIs for easy integration into agentic workflows.

Jul 1610 minNeura News

Industry

Anthropic and OpenAI Launch Enterprise AI Ventures

Anthropic revealed a joint venture for enterprise AI services with partners like Blackstone and Goldman Sachs, valued at $1.5 billion. Hours earlier, OpenAI announced plans for The Development Company, raising $4 billion at a $10 billion valuation. Both aim to deploy AI through preferred access to investors' companies and forward-deployed engineers.

May 43 minNeura News

Product Launch

Mistral AI Launches Workflows for Enterprise AI

Mistral AI released Workflows, a new tool for enterprise AI orchestration now in public preview. Companies like ASML, ABANCA, and CMA-CGM use it for critical processes. The feature builds on Mistral Studio, supports Python development, and integrates with Le Chat for employee access.

Apr 283 minNeura News

AI Tools

Google Launches Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform for IT Teams

Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform at the Google Cloud Next conference. The tool targets IT and technical teams for building agents at scale, amid security concerns in enterprise AI. Business users turn to the separate Gemini Enterprise app for simpler tasks.

Apr 223 minNeura News