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Superhuman Inc., the company formerly known as Grammarly, said today it has agreed to acquire GPTZero Inc., the startup whose detection tools tell teachers, editors and hiring managers when a piece of writing came from a machine. The acquisition price was not …
Coval raises $28M as enterprises push voice agents into production
Voice artificial intelligence testing startup Coval Inc. revealed today that it has raised $28 million in new funding to expand its platform as more enterprises put voice agents into production. Founded in 2024, Coval offers software that runs simulations, tracks live performance …
Modulate launches AI music detection as synthetic tracks flood streaming
Voice artificial intelligence company Modulate Inc. today launched a tool that flags AI-generated music straight from the audio. The product, an application programming interface called AI Music Detection, scores how likely a clip is to contain AI vocals or AI instrumentals and …
Commvault deepens Microsoft tie-up with native Azure resilience service
Data protection provider Commvault Systems Inc. today said it has signed a multiyear partnership with Microsoft Corp. that will see its data security and cyber recovery technology offered as a native service inside the Azure cloud platform. Under the deal, Azure customers …
Snyk launches Evo Agentic Development Security to police AI coding agents
Cybersecurity company Snyk Ltd. today launched Evo Agentic Development Security, a new layer of its artificial intelligence security platform built to police the autonomous coding agents that increasingly build enterprise software without much human oversight. The product, which Snyk shortens to Evo ADS, aims …
Okta expands Cross App Access ecosystem to secure AI agent connections
Identity and access management company Okta Inc. today said more than 25 software makers have signed on to its Cross App Access framework, which routes the connections artificial intelligence agents make to enterprise applications through a company’s identity controls. The early adopters …
Exabeam launches Praxen, an open-source tool to verify AI agent behavior
Security intelligence and management solutions company Exabeam Inc. today introduced Agent Behavior Verification, a pre-deployment security discipline for artificial intelligence agents, and released Praxen, an open-source tool that tests an agent against the job it was hired to do before it ever goes live. …
Beehiiv adds Cloudflare AI Crawl Control so writers can block or allow bots
Cloudflare Inc. and newsletter platform beehiiv Inc. today launched an integration that hands independent publishers a single toggle to decide whether artificial intelligence crawlers can reach their work. The integration bakes Cloudflare’s AI Crawl Control into the beehiiv dashboard. Writers face a …
Linux Foundation extends DNS to AI agents with new Agent Name Service
The Linux Foundation said today it plans to launch the Agent Name Service, an open standard that gives artificial intelligence agents trusted identities through the same Domain Name System that already runs the internet. Using ANS, a system or a person can …
Partly raises $50M at a $500M valuation to crack the US auto parts market
Partly Group Ltd., a New Zealand startup using artificial intelligence to change up the automotive parts business, announced today that it has raised $50 million new funding at a $500 million valuation. It’s also opening its first U.S. operation, betting that the …