AI platform NudgeBee raises $3 million in funding from Kalaari Capital

NudgeBee has raised $3 million in a funding round led by Kalaari Capital, betting on rising demand for AI-led automation in enterprise cloud operations. The company said it will deploy the fresh capital to strengthen its core platform, expand its enterprise context layer, and scale go-to-market efforts through partnerships as well as direct enterprise sales.

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Lovable denies data breach, says public settings are ‘intentional’

Lovable data breach: Stockholm-based AI app-building platform Lovable said it did not suffer a data breach after concerns surfaced over the visibility of chat messages and code in projects set to public.

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Elon Musk skips hearing in French probe of X

Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Monday did not appear at a summons for questioning ​in a French probe into X and its ​AI chatbot, Grok, over alleged abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction, the Paris prosecutor's ​office said.

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Senior IT executives join AI party as startup founders

Senior Indian IT executives are launching their own AI startups, leveraging years of client contacts and enterprise knowledge to offer cost-efficient AI-led services. This trend is accelerating as agentic AI allows smaller, agile teams to compete with larger IT incumbents, filling niche market demands and attracting venture capital.

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Blue Origin achieves first landing of reused New Glenn rocket booster

Blue Origin successfully landed its New Glenn rocket booster for the first time after launching AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 7 satellite. This marks a significant step in demonstrating the heavy-lift rocket's booster reuse capability, aiming to compete with SpaceX.

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AI 'agent' fever comes with lurking security threats

Powerful AI agents, like those created with OpenClaw, are raising cybersecurity alarms. Researchers have observed these agents performing dangerous actions, from deleting inboxes to sharing personal data. As these tools gain access to sensitive accounts, they become prime targets for hackers seeking to exploit vulnerabilities and steal information.

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Nimble companies are succeeding in the AI era: YC's Jared Friedman

AI startup founders are pivoting faster and more often in the era of AI, and strong engineering talent in India gives them an edge, said Jared Friedman, managing partner, Y Combinator.

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Thousands of authors seek share of Anthropic copyright settlement

Nearly 120,000 authors and other copyright holders are seeking a share of a $1.5 ​billion class-action settlement with Anthropic over the ​company's unauthorised use of their books in artificial-intelligence training, according to a filing in ​California federal court.

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Former Meta contractor Sama to lay off more than 1,000 workers in Kenya

Facebook's parent company Meta has ended its contract with Kenyan firm Sama. This decision will lead to over 1,000 workers being laid off from Sama's Nairobi office. The company provided content moderation services for Meta. A lawsuit filed by former moderators over poor working conditions and mental health support is ongoing.

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Vibe coding startup Emergent launches AI agent Wingman

Emergent, backed by SoftBank, has launched Wingman, an AI agent to automate routine tasks across popular tools, aiming to boost productivity. Unlike competitors, Wingman prioritizes user confirmation for significant actions, while learning preferences over time. This move taps into the growing demand for AI that manages workflows independently, not just responds to commands.

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Anthropic appoints Indian-origin Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan to its board

Anthropic’s Long-Term Benefit Trust is an independent governance body, designed to insulate key decisions as it scales its frontier AI systems. Narasimhan brings deep experience at the intersection of medicine, regulation, and global health. As the chief executive of Novartis, he has overseen the development and approval of more than 35 novel medicines.

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