AIR and Minds are partnering with Reap and Pivota to let agents use verified customer benefits and complete purchases within approved spending limits. The collaboration will begin with a single-merchant demonstration.
The Federal Reserve has appointed a16z co-founder Marc Andreessen to co-lead a new AI task force as policymakers assess artificial intelligence's impact on productivity, jobs, inflation and the US economy.
Nearly 90 startups reached unicorn status in the first half of 2026 as venture capital poured record funding into AI infrastructure, robotics, enterprise software and the technology powering the next wave of innovation.
MoonPay has expanded its crypto onramp to Claude, becoming the first platform available across ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Perplexity as AI assistants evolve into the next gateway for digital finance.
Sentient Foundation has launched a $42 million grant and investment program to fund developers, researchers, and startups building open-source AGI, one of the largest commitments dedicated to keeping AI accessible and decentralized.
World has expanded AgentKit, enabling AI agents to connect to verified World IDs and act on behalf of real users as demand grows for trusted agent-based interactions online.