News Roundups
Daily roundups of software acquisitions, funding, and product launches — in the categories we actually review.
Anthropic launches Claude Duet, a proactive agent that keeps working when you step away
Anthropic's Claude Duet, LSEG's $3.5B Octus deal, Daytona's $60M agent cloud, BILL's payment-risk AI, and more.
Town raises $108M so AI assistants can work with each other, not just for you
Town's $108M round for team AI assistants, BOB raises $5.5M for a text-message bookkeeper, Coast raises $35M for field-business finance, and more.
QuickBooks Free hooks 20,000 small businesses as Intuit widens its front door
QuickBooks Free's 20,000 early users, Legora's $550M legal-AI round, VideoGen's first model, and more.
Pigment raises $250M at $2.3B to push autonomous enterprise planning
Pigment's $250M raise, Oracle's AI Agent Studio for industry, Singulate's small-business newsletter tool, and more.
Salesforce buys Braze for $5.66B to own real-time customer engagement
Salesforce's $5.66B Braze deal, Zoom's Unified Context Layer, Google's new Gemini hub for small business, and more.
Town raises $108M to bring AI assistants to whole teams
Town's $108M Series B, Kapital's $30M Woz deal, monday.com's Harmony voice agent, and more.
Replit makes OpenAI its default over Anthropic
Replit makes OpenAI its default, Google brings voice search to Workspace Gmail, Meta walks back AI-scraping terms, and more.
RapidCanvas raises $29M Series B to move enterprise AI into production
RapidCanvas's $29M Series B, Kustomer scores every support conversation, Builder.io open-sources a framework for agents, and more.
Ramp raises $1.85B at a $60B valuation
Ramp's $1.85B raise at a $60B valuation, Zenzap's $44M stealth launch, Asure's payroll acquisition, and more.
Proofpoint to buy Varonis for $6.3B
Proofpoint's $6.3B Varonis deal, Tabby's AI bookkeeping assistant, Higgsfield's 10-minute videos, and more.