Cryptocurrency exchange OKX has launched the beta version of its AI agent marketplace, allowing users to list AI agents for services and for agents to find tasks. The platform supports autonomous transactions, onchain reputation building, and stablecoin payments, aiming to foster trust and prevent malicious activity.
Crypto exchange OKX launched OKX AI, a marketplace for developers to enable AI agents to hire each other, settle payments autonomously with stablecoins, and build on-chain reputations. This initiative aims to create an "agent economy" and expand OKX's fintech offerings.
OpenClaw has released standalone AI agent apps for iOS and Android, allowing users to chat with the assistant and grant it access to device components like the camera and location, marking its official entry into major app marketplaces.
Song, a renowned AI security scientist and co-founder of Virtue AI, has joined Meta's Superintelligence Labs as vice-president of AI research. She aims to enhance AI agents' effectiveness in real-world domains and contribute to Meta's AI safety and security efforts.
China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has introduced the first national standard for "Artificial Intelligence Agent Interconnection," aiming to create a unified identity management framework for AI agents to ensure secure cross-domain interaction and support enterprise AI adoption, according to CCTV.
Global payments company Airwallex secured $320 million in Series H funding, boosting its valuation to $11 billion. The fintech firm, led by Addition, plans to accelerate AI product development for autonomous finance and agentic commerce, expand its regulatory reach, and grow teams, despite facing scrutiny over its China ties.
Patronus AI, a startup founded by former Meta AI researchers, has raised $50 million in Series B funding to build simulated digital environments for testing AI agents. The company's "digital world models" stress-test agents by replicating websites and internal systems, helping model providers ensure reliable performance across diverse scenarios.
Productivity company Notion is discontinuing its email product, Notion Mail, on September 22 to focus on its AI agent offering. The company noted that users are increasingly delegating email management to AI agents, with over half of Notion Mail users managing emails without opening their inbox.
FIFA introduces a bespoke AI agent, Football AI Pro, to all World Cup teams to democratize technology access and level the playing field, as smaller nations like Curaçao already leverage data for scouting and manager selection.
Anthropic's Boris Cherny admits fully AI-generated code is becoming problematic for companies due to rising token costs, emphasizing ROI and the need for innovation over mere code volume.
Indian customer engagement firm MoEngage has acquired San Francisco-based Aampe in an all-cash deal worth tens of millions. Aampe's AI agents personalize marketing by making individual customer decisions, a move MoEngage believes is the future of marketing.
Prosus introduces ToqanClaw, a no-code AI platform enabling businesses to build custom tools via plain language descriptions. Positioned as a privacy-focused alternative to OpenClaw, it keeps data under European control and is being rolled out to millions of businesses.
台北市政府宣布明年底將全面導入AI助理員，並表揚參與開發公務場域代理型AI「CiviClaw」的役男梁峻瑋。此AI助理員旨在協助公務員處理行政事務，提升政策制定與市民服務效率，並強調資安、治理與責任機制。該專案已在日本東京的「GovTech Conference Global」論壇上分享，並計畫與國際夥伴開源協作。
台北市長蔣萬安規劃明年底前為每位公務員配備AI助理，民進黨籍台北市議員沈伯洋則認為此舉不妥。沈伯洋主張應由各局處設立AI專員，專門處理AI相關事務，以減輕公務員負擔，而非讓公務員自行學習使用AI Agent。
民進黨台北市長參選人沈伯洋提出AI導入市政的友善職場政策，蔣萬安則計畫明年底前為公務員配置AI Agent。政治工作者周軒比對後認為，蔣萬安的政策與沈伯洋的「生態系治理」仍有差距，AI應減輕公務員負擔而非增加。
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon predicts AI agents will become the primary interface for digital services, handling tasks across multiple apps without user intervention. This shift could extend beyond smartphones to wearables like smart glasses.
Anthropic co-founder Boris Cherny now advocates for loop engineering, where AI agents self-generate and refine prompts, moving beyond manual prompting. This shift mirrors sentiments from other AI leaders like OpenAI's Peter Steinberger and Google's Addy Osmani, who see AI agents operating more like managed employees than tools.
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon predicts a shift from app-centric to agent-centric devices, with AI agents coordinating tasks across multiple applications. He foresees new gadget categories like smart glasses, jewelry, and watches built around these agents, potentially rivaling smartphone dominance.
TechCrunch highlights buzzy YC Spring 2026 startups, focusing on defense tech, AI agents, and developer tools. Several companies secured significant funding and high valuations, with 9 Mothers reportedly valued over $200 million for its counter-drone systems.
General Intuition, an AI startup focused on training agents for spatial-temporal reasoning, is reportedly in talks to raise approximately $300 million. This funding round would value the company at over $2 billion and comes eight months after its $134 million seed round.
NVIDIA researchers developed ENPIRE, an AI harness enabling coding agents to autonomously train robots for tasks like cutting zip ties and inserting GPUs. The system achieved a 99% success rate, outperforming human-led methods in some scenarios, but also revealed limitations in resource utilization and token consumption.
Nvidia researchers, in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon and UC Berkeley, developed ENPIRE, a harness enabling AI agents to autonomously train robots. The system achieved a 99% success rate on tasks like cutting zip ties and inserting GPUs, outperforming human-led methods, but also revealed limitations in AI efficiency and resource utilization.
Estonia's Prime Minister Kristen Michal has approved a proposal to issue AI agents unique digital identities, separate from their human or institutional owners. This aims to clarify accountability and manage AI authorizations.
Databricks sees soaring revenue driven by AI adoption, but higher costs from increased AI agent usage are impacting margins. The company's CEO, Ali Ghodsi, noted the shift from 'tokenmaxxing' to 'value-maxxing' as businesses optimize AI spending. Databricks continues to grow privately, outvaluing rival Snowflake.
