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X-62 VISTA AI Flies 27 Autonomous Intercepts | Afterburner

# AI Flew 27 Live Intercepts by Itself An artificial-intelligence agent just strapped into a fighter, stared at an enemy jet through an infrared eye, and ran it down twenty-seven times — and no human touched the stick. - **What happened:** An AI agent flew 27 autonomous intercepts across 8 sorties ## A passive eye instead of a radar The AI agent took the raw infrared feed straight from the pod, worked out where the T-38 was, and steered the fighter into a firing position on its own. ## What Skunk Works is claiming _“Our autonomous agents consumed classified infrared search and track feeds and executed combat-critical maneuvers in real time._

Migflug 2 months ago

Cloudflare announces Wallets for AI agent payments

They will allow you to store stablecoins, purchase services, and receive funds across the web.

Testingcatalog 2 months ago

Google is in talks for a $1.5 billion-plus deal with AI coding agent startup Mechanize

# Google is in talks for a $1.5 billion-plus deal with AI coding agent startup Mechanize  Listen to this story In 2024, the search giant rehired [Character AI cofounder Noam Shazeer](https://www.businessinsider.com/google-veteran-founded-characterai-is-jumping-to-openai-talent-war-2026-6) and paid for non-exclusive rights to use the startup's AI technology (Shazeer recently left the company to join OpenAI). Mechanize declined to comment. Mechanize launched last year with a mission of [automating every job](https://www.businessinsider.com/mechanize-use-ai-automate-every-job-2025-7) and a star-studded group of investors, including former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman, Stripe CEO Patrick Collison, and podcaster Dwarkesh Patel. The startup said earlier this year that it raised $9.1 million in a funding round at a $500 million valuation. Mechanize's CEO, Tamay Besiroglu, previously cofounded Epoch AI, which also focused on testing AI models. Mechanize has wider ambitions than coding. ## Read next ### Business Insider tells the innovative stories you want to know - [Mira Murati doubled the fundraising target for her new AI startup to $2 billion. It could be the largest seed round in history.](https://www.businessinsider.com/mira-murati-new-ai-startup-thinking-machines-funding-2025-4) - [Startups](https://www.businessinsider.com/category/startups)

Businessinsider 2 months ago

Obsidian Security lands $85m to police rogue AI agents

**[Obsidian Security](https://www.obsidiansecurity.com/), a platform securing non-human identities and AI agents across third-party applications, has closed an $85m Series D funding round.** The raise comes as businesses roll out AI agents built on leading models, including Anthropic’s Claude, OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot Studio, and look for ways to govern how those agents behave once embedded in the third-party applications that underpin daily operations. Obsidian Security CEO Hasan Imam said, “AI agents gravitate toward third-party applications. ### [Zenity lands $125m as AI agent security race heats up](https://fintech.global/2026/08/04/zenity-lands-125m-as-ai-agent-security-race-heats-up/) #### Latest Analysis [](https://fintech.global/2026/08/03/latam-fintech-funding-surged-2-6x-yoy-in-q2-2026-as-investor-confidence-grew/)

Fintech 2 months ago

HappyRobot raises $150M Series C at $1.2B valuation to scale enterprise AI agents

What's the deal? HappyRobot, a startup building AI agents that run the phone calls, emails, and scheduling behind supply chains, has raised a $150 million...

App 2 months ago

US appeals court allows Perplexity's AI shopping agent back on Amazon

# US appeals court allows Perplexity's AI shopping agent back on Amazon ## Key Points - A US appeals court has overturned an injunction that blocked startup Perplexity from using its AI shopping agents on Amazon. ## From the November lawsuit to a reversal on appeal The startup called the lawsuit baseless and a "bald attempt" to keep Amazon customers away from Comet, because AI agents "don't have eyeballs to see the pervasive advertising Amazon bombards its users with."

The-Decoder 2 months ago

Cloudflare Launches Stablecoin Wallets for AI Agents, Opens cloudflare.pay Handles

# Cloudflare Launches Stablecoin Wallets for AI Agents, Opens cloudflare.pay Handles ## Two Wallets, One Owner “Want to give every employee a $100 per week budget for AI inference?” ## Both Sides Of The Trade It [announced the x402 Foundation with Coinbase](https://blog.cloudflare.com/x402/) in September 2025 and added x402 support to its Agents SDK and MCP servers. Amazon Web Services and Coinbase [wired x402 into CloudFront and WAF](https://thedefiant.io/news/defi/aws-cloudfront-coinbase-x402-ai-agents-usdc-base) in June for publishers charging agents in USDC, and MoonPay [open-sourced the Open Wallet Standard](https://thedefiant.io/news/defi/moonpay-unveils-wallet-standard-for-ai-agents) in March with PayPal and the Ethereum Foundation.

Thedefiant 2 months ago

Obsidian Security raises funding at $1.1 billion valuation on AI security demand

Obsidian Security has raised $85 million in Series D funding, boosting its valuation to $1.1 billion, amidst rising demand for AI security solutions as...

Entrepreneur 2 months ago

OpenAI and Anthropic incidents put Israeli AI security startup Irregular at center of race to safely test AI agents

# OpenAI and Anthropic incidents put Israeli AI security startup Irregular at center of race to safely test AI agents ## The company was involved in evaluations that exposed a growing industry challenge: creating realistic tests for autonomous AI agents without allowing them to affect real-world systems. CTech 11:13, 05.08.26  Askmeanyquestion Click to listen [Powered bywhtvr.ai](https://www.whtvr.ai/?utm_source=watermark&utm_campaign=google.com) The same question has emerged twice in recent days at two of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies: how do you safely test an AI system that is becoming increasingly capable of acting like a human hacker? The answer has brought an Israeli cybersecurity startup into the center of the global AI safety conversation. Irregular, an Israeli company specializing in AI security testing, was involved in cybersecurity evaluations for both Anthropic and OpenAI that revealed weaknesses in the way advanced AI systems are tested. 1 View gallery  Irregular founders. (Photo: Ben Hakim) Rather, they exposed the broader challenge of creating testing environments that are realistic enough to reveal dangerous capabilities while still preventing models from affecting real systems. OpenAI disclosed on Tuesday that one of its models accessed the public internet during cybersecurity evaluations conducted by Irregular. The incident involved so-called Capture-the-Flag cybersecurity exercises, in which AI models are instructed to identify vulnerabilities and retrieve hidden information ins

Calcalistech 2 months ago

More AI agents don’t always mean better results: NTT

NTT and Harvard find multi-agent AI performance peaks near 16 agents then degrades — design, diversity, and human oversight matter more than headcount.

News 2 months ago

23-year-old founder from Paris secures $930K after winning Google as an early partner

Shiplog, a Paris-based startup, has raised $930,000 in pre-seed funding, with Kima Ventures and Project Europe leading the round. Shiplog's AI agent, Ada,...

Techfundingnews 2 months ago

AI-Driven Ultra-Small Startups Reshape South Korea's Business Landscape

Fueled by AI automation, these startups achieve high revenue with minimal staff, attracting global investments and shifting VC strategies.

Chosun 2 months ago

Zenity raises $125 million to expand AI agent security platform

# Zenity raises $125 million to expand AI agent security platform ## The company's platform helps enterprises secure and govern AI agents as they gain access to critical systems, data and workflows, with the new funding aimed at global expansion and product development [ynet Global](https://www.ynetnews.com/topics/ynet_Global)|00:17 [AI agents](https://www.ynetnews.com/topics/AI_agents) 00:00 01:56 [Zenity, an AI security and governance company](https://www.ynetnews.com/tech-and-digital/article/sy9xmgfuxe) focused on enterprise AI agents, said Monday it raised $125 million in a Series C funding round led by Norwest.

Ynetnews 2 months ago

Israeli startup Zenity bags $125M in funding to build the security layer for AI agents

Artificial intelligence security startup Zenity Ltd. said today it has closed on a $125 million Series C round of funding to expand its platform,...

Google 2 months ago

Israeli startup Zenity bags $125M in funding to build the security layer for AI agents

### Israeli startup Zenity bags $125M in funding to build the security layer for AI agents  by [Mike Wheatley](https://siliconangle.com/author/mikewheatley/) Artificial intelligence security startup [Zenity Ltd.](https://www.zenity.io/) said today it has closed on a $125 million [Series C round of funding](https://zenity.io/company-overview/newsroom/company-news/zenity-raises-125-million-to-secure-the-era-of-1-billion-ai-agents?) to expand its platform, which secures autonomous agents in production across large global organizations. Today’s round was led by Norwest and saw participation from SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Qumra Capital and others, including Hitachi Ventures, LG Technology Ventures, Vertex Ventures, DTCP and Intel Capital. It means Zenity has now raised $185 million in total funding to date. The startup now has a massive war chest available to it as it looks to tackle a security problem that’s becoming much more urgent as enterprises shift away from experimental AI agent deployments to scale them in production. They create an entirely new and sprawling attack surface, which cannot easily be covered using existing identity, application and data security tools designed for human users. In an interview with [Calcalist](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/b1ahbbcbfe), Zenity co-founder and Chief Executive Ben Kliger said the adoption of AI agents is accelerating dramatically. “Every organization is deploying off-the-shelf AI agents or developing its own,” he said. It’s time for us to accelerate our growth.” Zenity has built a platform that analyzes business computing environments to understand where AI agents are embedded and how they interact with different systems. It figures out what business purpose each AI agent is meant to fulfil, and then monitors them closely in real time to ensure they’re not getting up to anything they shouldn

Siliconangle 2 months ago

NAB Tests AI Agents in Plan to Deploy Tech to Banking Customers

National Australia Bank Ltd.'s technology chief said the firm will soon begin testing the security and operational guardrails of an agentic artificial...

Bloomberg 2 months ago

AI security startup Zenity raises $125m series C

Israel-founded Zenity, which develops security and governance software for AI agents and has offices in New York and Tel Aviv, has raised US$125 million in...

Techinasia 2 months ago

Enterprise Software Implementation Platform June AI Raises $20 Million Pre-Seed

# Enterprise Software Implementation Platform June AI Raises $20 Million Pre-Seed ## Competing in the AI Implementation Market ### MORE FROM THE POST - [Aristo Intelligence Raises Pre-Seed Funding from Kakao Ventures to Build Long-Term Memory for AI Agents](https://en.wowtale.net/2026/06/26/234324/) - [agentic AI](https://en.wowtale.net/tag/agentic-ai/)

En 2 months ago

Asana built AI agents that won't leak secrets

Enterprise teams building AI agents keep hitting the same wall: a chatbot that can answer a prompt but can't remember what the last five people asked it, and can't tell you whether last month's version actually worked. The product treats AI agents as coachable teammates that operate alongside humans rather than as one-to-one assistants. ## More [\ \ Greg Ulrich, Chief AI and Data Officer at Mastercard, speaks during a fireside chat at VB Transform 2026 in Menlo Park. Image credit: Michael O'Donnell Photography.](https://venturebeat.com/security/mastercard-spent-decades-training-its-fraud-system-to-see-bots-as-thieves-now-bots-are-the-ones-doing-the-buying) [\ \ From left to right: Carl Franzen of VentureBeat interviews Rashed Haq, GM VP of Autonomous Vehicles, at VB Transform 2026 conference. Credit: Michael O'Donnell Photography](https://venturebeat.com/orchestration/gm-redesigned-its-engineering-workflows-around-ai-agents-and-tripled-its-merged-pull-requests) When Runway's real-time AI avatars kept drifting off-center, engineers spent weeks chasing a back-end fix.

Venturebeat 2 months ago

Content Infrastructure, Governance Lag Behind Agentic AI Adoption

AI agents have moved into mainstream enterprise use, but the content infrastructure needed to support them has struggled to keep up, according to a new...

Thejournal 2 months ago

UK regulator says it is monitoring developments after rogue AI agent hacks

Anthropic said last week that some of its Claude models hacked into ​three companies' ​systems during ⁠cybersecurity tests, days after OpenAI revealed one of its AI ​agents had gone rogue.

Reuters 2 months ago

Who’s legally to blame for Anthropic and OpenAI’s autonomous AI hacks? It’s complicated

Can autonomous AI agents be sued or prosecuted for hacking? It's no longer a question for sci-fi movies. It's a question human lawyers and judges may soon...

Google 2 months ago

Zenity Raises $125 Million to Expand AI Agent Security Platform

AI security platform Zenity raised $125 million in a Series C funding round for enterprise expansion. The Boston and Tel Aviv-based company secures...

Ventureburn 2 months ago

Plaid Gives Sierra’s AI Agents Live Access to Bank Accounts

# Plaid Gives Sierra’s AI Agents Live Access to Bank Accounts By[PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/author/pymnts/) | August 3, 2026 [Share on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/plaid-gives-sierras-ai-agents-live-access-to-bank-accounts/&t=Plaid+Gives+Sierra%E2%80%99s+AI+Agents+Live+Access+to+Bank+Accounts)[Tweet This Post](https://twitter.com/share?text=Plaid+Gives+Sierra%E2%80%99s+AI+Agents+Live+Access+to+Bank+Accounts%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20-&url=https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/plaid-gives-sierras-ai-agents-live-access-to-bank-accounts/)[Share on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/plaid-gives-sierras-ai-agents-live-access-to-bank-accounts/&title=Plaid+Gives+Sierra%E2%80%99s+AI+Agents+Live+Access+to+Bank+Accounts&summary=&source=)[Share via Email](mailto:?subject=Plaid%20Gives%20Sierra%E2%80%99s%20AI%20Agents%20Live%20Access%20to%20Bank%20Accounts&BODY=I%20found%20this%20article%20interesting%20and%20want%20to%20share%20it%20with%20you.%20Check%20it%20out:%20https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/plaid-gives-sierras-ai-agents-live-access-to-bank-accounts/) | Listen to ArticleListenPause The agent walks through the options, then stalls the moment it needs real financial data. [Sierra](https://sierra.ai/) and [Plaid](https://plaid.com/) built an integration to close that gap: Sierra’s AI agents can now request permission to connect a customer’s bank account mid-conversation and use that data without the customer leaving the chat, according to a blog post [announcing](https://sierra.ai/blog/our-partnership-with-plaid) the integration. ## **Sierra’s Agents Now Run on Plaid’s Existing Reach** The integration runs on [Horizon](https://sierra.ai/blog/horizon), a Sierra platform launched July 16 and built for agents that work a cust

Pymnts 2 months ago

The AI Agent Security Risks CX Leaders Need to Address in the Wake of OpenAI and Anthropic Hacks

OpenAI and Anthropic incidents show how autonomous AI agents can reach real systems, exposing CX teams to risks around customer data.

Google 2 months ago

When a rogue AI agent hacks a company, who is liable?

OpenAI and Anthropic models broke containment and hacked other companies. Who is liable when an autonomous AI agent goes rogue? The law has no clear answer.

Google 2 months ago

Manus AI, Agent Skills, OpenClaw, and more: Part 2

Editor's note: This article is Part 2 of a two-part series on Manus AI. Part 1 discusses autonomous agents, their benefits for accounting and finance,...

Google 2 months ago

Why AI agents need their own identity

# Why AI agents need their own identity In December 2025, the [AWS AI coding agent Kiro](https://www.scworld.com/perspective/what-zero-trust-looks-like-for-ai-agents) was given a minor bug to fix in production. In March 2026, an internal AI agent at Meta autonomously posted technical guidance to an engineering forum without approval. The agent that deleted AWS Cost Explorer didn't need standing production privileges. ### Related [](https://www.scworld.com/brief/aitm-phishing-overtakes-credential-theft-as-top-threat-to-law-firms) ### Get daily email updates SC Media's daily must-read of the most current and pressing daily news

Scworld 2 months ago

Cyera to Acquire Oasis Security for $1B to Bolster AI Agent Security

# Cyera to Acquire Oasis Security for $1B to Bolster AI Agent Security ### Need Deeper Intelligence on the AI Market? #### Related Articles - [AI Funding & Investment](https://theaiinsider.tech/category/business/ai-funding-investment/) ## Stay Updated with AI Insider Get the latest AI funding news, market intelligence, and industry insights delivered to your inbox weekly. #### Seed round tracked - [AI Funding & Investment](https://theaiinsider.tech/category/business/ai-funding-investment/) #### [World Foundation Raises $52.5M to Expand Its World ID Infrastructure as AI Transforms the Internet](https://theaiinsider.tech/2026/08/03/world-foundation-raises-52-5m-to-expand-its-world-id-infrastructure-as-ai-transforms-the-internet/) - [August 3, 2026](https://theaiinsider.tech/2026/08/03/) - [AI](https://theaiinsider.tech/category/ai/), [AI Funding & Investment](https://theaiinsider.tech/category/business/ai-funding-investment/), [AI Infrastructure & Compute](https://theaiinsider.tech/category/news/ai-infrastructure-compute/)

Theaiinsider 2 months ago

Zenity Raises $125 Million Series C To Expand AI Agent Security Platform

Zenity has raised $125 million in a Series C financing round led by Norwest to expand its artificial intelligence agent security and governance platform.

Google 2 months ago