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Meta's new AI agent, Muse, can book travel and make purchases on your behalf. Given Meta's history of privacy violations, that's a big ask.
**Cymphony** has launched with **$30 million** in funding to build an enterprise security and governance platform that tracks how employees and AI agents access sensitive data, interact with corporate systems and create security risks. The funding was co-led by Sequoia Capital and SMBC Fin Atlas Beyond Fund. The $30 million investment gives Cymphony capital to pursue that opportunity as enterprise adoption moves beyond experimental AI projects.
# **Tempus Secures Up to $9.5 Million in ARPA-H ADVOCATE Funding to Deploy First Autonomous AI in Cardiology** Share _The Initiative Will Pioneer an AI Agent That Functions as an Extension of the Clinician Team, Capable of Delivering and Coordinating Cardiovascular Care Without Direct Human Intervention_ CHICAGO--( [BUSINESS WIRE](https://www.businesswire.com/))--Tempus AI, Inc. (NASDAQ: TEM) today announced that it has been selected by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to receive an award of up to $9.5 million to build the first autonomous clinical AI agent capable of providing safe and effective care to patients suffering from heart failure. Funding provided through [ARPA-H’s ADVOCATE (Agentic AI-EnableD CardioVascular CAre TransfOrmation) program](https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Farpa-h.gov%2Fexplore-funding%2Fprograms%2Fadvocate&esheet=54601400&newsitemid=20260909819242&lan=en-US&anchor=ARPA-H%26%238217%3Bs+ADVOCATE+%28Agentic+AI-EnableD+CardioVascular+CAre+TransfOrmation%29+program&index=1&md5=42e9f977153bb8912f532c04383cfe1c) will support the development of the product and the clinical validation of the AI system in a multi-center prospective study. The ARPA-H ADVOCATE program aims to change this by building a highly scalable AI agent that is an extension of the clinician team and can provide reliable, 24-hour, safe and effective care to these patients. The ARPA-H ADVOCATE program is tackling this challenge head-on with technology, and we are thrilled to have been selected to build the first AI agent designed to operate as a fully autonomous member of the clinical team.” The proposed agent builds directly upon Tempus’ suite of AI products, such as Olivia, an agentic patient concierge that centralizes and organizes multimodal data from clinical histories, Tempus Next, a care-gap software that has already screened over 2.7 million car
**Meta Platforms** has acquired Swedish artificial intelligence startup Stilla.ai as it works to expand the capabilities of Meta Business Agent across WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram, according to Axios. Founded in 2024, Stilla develops collaborative AI technology that helps people and intelligent agents work together. The acquisition follows Meta’s rollout of **Muse,** a personal AI agent designed to carry out tasks across apps and online services.
# As AI agents enter the workplace, Cymphony launches with $30 million to secure them ## Israeli startup Cymphony launches with $30 million to help companies monitor and control how AI tools access sensitive information and business systems as they take on more workplace tasks [ynet Global](https://www.ynetnews.com/topics/ynet_Global)|16:11 Add a comment Print [Find an error? Report us](https://ynet.co.il/redmail?notifyMistake=bk1kej0dgg) Related Topics [Artificial Intelligence](https://www.ynetnews.com/topics/Artificial_Intelligence) [Cybersecurity](https://www.ynetnews.com/topics/Cybersecurity) [AI agents](https://www.ynetnews.com/topics/AI_agents) Trinity Player Listen now Listen to this article now 4 min listen 00:00 English Deutsch Français Español 中文 Italiano 10 10 1.0x 0.50.60.70.80.91.01.11.21.31.41.51.61.71.81.92.0 1.0x 04:04 **Powered by** [Trinity Audio](https://trinityaudio.ai/?utm_source=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ynetnews.com&utm_medium=player%2520lin) User sync **Getting your [Trinity Audio](https://trinityaudio.ai/) player ready...** Cymphony, an Israeli cybersecurity startup focused on securing artificial intelligence systems in the workplace, launched Wednesday with $30 million in funding as companies increasingly turn to [AI agents that can access data](https://www.ynetnews.com/tech-and-digital/article/hkf53gjxze) and perform tasks on their behalf. p.ynet.co.il
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# ARPA-H to invest $62 million to develop FDA-authorized AI to help treat heart failure ## Program aims to create ‘autonomous prescribing cardiologists’ that plug gaps in care Many of the [6.7 million Americans with heart failure](https://hfstats.org/) don’t get optimal treatment because of difficulty accessing specialists, and the hope is that AI agents developed with ARPA-H funding can help address the gap, especially in rural and other underserved settings.
Meta (META) has acquired AI startup Stilla.ai to bolster its Meta Business Agent, which powers commerce across WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram, reports Axios
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Cymphony is building its platform around the growing use of autonomous AI agents inside enterprises, where software increasingly interacts directly with company systems, sensitive information and business processes.
# Sequoia Leads $30M Round for Cymphony to Secure Enterprise AI Agents  Cymphony, a New York- and Tel Aviv-based startup, has raised $30 million to help enterprises manage security risks posed by AI agents operating alongside human employees. The funding includes a $25 million Series A co-led by Sequoia Capital and SMBC Fin Atlas Beyond Fund, valuing the company at more than $100 million, following an earlier undisclosed seed round from Sequoia. Dekel explained that AI agents increasingly function as independent entities within organizations but lack the identity and access controls designed for human staff, creating security gaps. The company said it discovered roughly 85,000 files exposed to AI tools at one client and identified an incident involving an unauthorized AI deployment scanning sensitive files. Sequoia partner Bogomil Balkansky said the firm’s renewed investment reflected Cymphony’s enterprise traction, including customers such as KKR and Syngenta, and its approach of treating identity and data security as a unified problem. The company competes with larger security platforms including Microsoft, Okta, and Wiz, as concerns grow over AI agents’ expanding access to sensitive corporate systems. ## Stay Updated with AI Insider Get the latest AI funding news, market intelligence, and industry insights delivered to your inbox weekly. [Subscribe on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/7241791920887279618/?displayConfirmation=true) $0M #### Seed round tracked - [AI](https://theaiinsider.tech/category/ai/), [AI Funding & Investment](https://theaiinsider.tech/category/business/ai-funding-investment/), [AI Policy & Regulation](https://theaiinsider.tech/category/news/ai-policy-regulation/) #### [Meta Launches Muse, a Personal AI Agent That Handles Everyday Tasks](https://theaiinsider.tech/2026/09/09/meta-launches-muse-a-personal-ai-agent-that-handles-eve
# Harvey Announces $550M Funding Round, Acquires Security Platform Guardrails AI The investment, which boosts Harvey’s valuation to $15.5 billion, appears to be Harvey’s largest publicly disclosed funding round in what has been a string of significant capital raising for the company. 3 minute read September 09, 2026 at 11:38 AM By Email Share Font Size SmallMediumLarge Print The legal artificial intelligence company announced Wednesday that it completed a $550 million funding round, and that it acquired San Francisco-based Guardrails AI, an artificial intelligence security platform for agents. The funding round was led by led by Diffusion and Lightspeed Venture Partners, both of which are new investors in the company. It included participation from Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue, Conviction, Elad Gil, Evantic, GIC, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Verified Capital and WNDR—all existing investors—as well as new investors Sapphire Ventures and Whale Rock. . ## Continue Reading Ella Sherman September 09, 2026 Jon Campisi September 08, 2026 Patrick Ip September 08, 2026 Benjamin Joyner The new funding, which saw participation from Chilean law firm Carey and Argentinian law firm Beccar Varela, will primarily be devoted to expanding the company's operations to Mexico and Brazil. September 08, 2026 Sam Davidoff September 08, 2026 Live Chat
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# VMware brings zero trust to autonomous AI agents with AgentMinder September 9, 2026 Share VMware's new AgentMinder product acts as a central control plane for autonomous AI agents, verifying their identity and authorizing actions based on mission, intent, context, and risk before they interact with enterprise resources.
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# Cymphony raises $25 million Series A to secure the growing overlap between employees and AI agents ## The Israeli cybersecurity startup has raised $30 million to date as it builds a platform that maps identities, permissions, information and behavior in a single graph. 
[Skip to content](https://forkast.news/enterprise-ai-agent-funding-surges-to-435m-in-five-months-security-and-governance-lead/#wp--skip-link--target) [Skip to content](https://forkast.news/enterprise-ai-agent-funding-surges-to-435m-in-five-months-security-and-governance-lead/#wp--skip-link--target) Between April and September 2026, venture capital investors poured $435 million into 12 financings for enterprise AI agent security and governance companies. In early September, [AIR raised $50 million](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/01/air-raises-50m-to-help-companies-vet-the-skills-and-add-ons-ai-agents-use/) in seed funding — two rounds of $10 million led by Sequoia and $40 million led by Greenoaks — to provide pre-runtime security. Meanwhile, [Arga Labs raised $10 million](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/arga-is-building-a-better-way-to-train-enterprise-ai-agents/) led by General Catalyst to build digital twins of enterprise software — Salesforce, Workday, email clients — for safe agent testing before production deployment. When you combine the Alice and Zenity deals, you’re looking at $265 million — or 61% of the total funding in this space over five months.
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# Mastercard predicts that over the next four years one-in-ten will use AI agents for online shopping #### Editorial And one in three (36%) say they’d happily hand over to a fully AI-run shopping assistant that chooses, and pays for, products. Last month, Mastercard chose the UK to announce the launch of its [Proto Agentic Sandbox](https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48097/mastercard-picks-uk-as-test-environment-for-agentic-ai-sandbox) for retailers and their partners to explore, test and validate agentic AI use cases before introducing them into production. Earlier this year, Mastercard created [Agent Suite](https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47203/mastercard-to-launch-intelligent-agent-suite) which combines technical support with Mastercard's payments expertise, data-fueled insights, proprietary technology platforms, and 4,000 global advisors to help retailers and their partners integrate agentic AI into their operations and build, test and deploy fit-for-purpose agents. ## Related news | | | | |-|-|-| | [/ai](https://www.finextra.com/channel/ai) | ### [Anthropic launches AI commerce agents with Visa and Mastercard](https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48346/anthropic-launches-ai-commerce-agents-with-visa-and-mastercard) | 04 September 2026 | | [/ai](https://www.finextra.com/channel/ai) | ### [Visa and Mastercard back new Agentic Payments Alliance](https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48265/visa-and-mastercard-back-new-agentic-payments-alliance) | 18 August 2026 | | [/ai](https://www.finextra.com/channel/ai) | ### [Mastercard picks UK as test environment for agentic AI sandbox](https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48097/mastercard-picks-uk-as-test-environment-for-agentic-ai-sandbox) | 16 July 2026 | | [/ai](https://www.finextra.com/channel/ai) | ### [Mastercard launches Agent Pay for Machines](https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47897/mastercard-launches-agent-pay-for-machines) | 11 June 2026 | | [/ai](https://www.finextra.com/channel/ai) | ### [ING comp
# OpenAI Reports ‘Wiki Incident’ to EU After AI Agents Hijacked German Website: Reports Must Go Beyond ‘Tick Box’ **ChatGPT** parent **OpenAI** has reported an incident involving [rogue AI agents that hijacked](https://www.benzinga.com/markets/private-markets/26/09/61638924/openais-ai-agents-went-rogue-on-german-website) a German website to the European Commission. ## **OpenAI Reports Rogue AI Incident to EU** OpenAI submitted an incident report to the European Commission after a swarm of its AI agents took over a German programming wiki earlier this year and repurposed it as a communication platform, Reuters reported on Monday. The agents reportedly made thousands of edits, shared tactics with one another and used the site to coordinate activities and circumvent certain restrictions. ## **OpenAI Calls For Better AI Misalignment Standards** The incident follows a separate July episode in which OpenAI agents escaped a testing environment and [accessed systems at AI platform](https://www.benzinga.com/markets/tech/26/07/60598238/openai-ai-agent-security-test-hugging-face-hack) **Hugging Face**.
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