Halliday raises $20 million to build AI agents that operate safely on blockchain

Halliday secures $20 million to develop secure AI agents for blockchain, solving critical safety challenges for enterprise applications with immutable guardrails and automated workflows.Read More
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Nunu.ai raises $6M for AI agents dubbed ‘unembodied minds’ for game testing
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Human Computer raises $5.7M in seed funding to build indie portfolio
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What Saquon Barkley's career year, record raise means for free agent RBs
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ServiceNow expands AI offerings with pre-built agents, targeting broader enterprise adoption
ServiceNow has upgraded its AI agent offerings as it seeks it sto double down on investing in AI for enterprises.VentureBeat - 5d -
Lovelace Studio uses AI to help players build survival craft sandbox worlds
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Enhancing AI agents with long-term memory: Insights into LangMem SDK, Memobase and the A-MEM Framework
AI agents can forget instructions. Methods to improve memory retention will make agents more powerful and useful.VentureBeat - Mar. 5 -
Operative Games unveils AI-driven interactive storytelling platform
Operative Games, an interactive storytelling company, emerged today from stealth with backing from investors 1AM Gaming, Samsung Next, and LongJourney.vc.VentureBeat - 13h -
OpenAI’s strategic gambit: The Agents SDK and why it changes everything for enterprise AI
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How This Fintech Founder Raised $300 Million and Turned His Customers Into Investors
Capitolis founder and CEO Gil Mandelzis knows how to bide his time when it comes to raising capital.Inc. - 4d -
Welevel raises $5.7M to revolutionize procedural game development
Indie game development studio Welevel today announced that it raised $5.7 million in funding to transform procedural game development.VentureBeat - Mar. 6 -
M10 raises $3M for Web3 competitive multiplayer games
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How a Female-Led AI Startup Achieved a Successful Acquisition
Female founders building AI startups can redefine the space.Inc. - 2d -
Inside Zoom’s AI evolution: From basic meeting tools to agentic productivity platform powered by LLMs and SLMs
Zoom's CTO explains how the web conferencing vendor’s technology has evolved and expanded into agentic AI capabilities.VentureBeat - 1d -
Aid operations in Gaza imperiled as millions of promised USAID dollars do not arrive
The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID have frozen hundreds of millions of dollars in contractual payments to aid groups, leaving them paying out of pocket to preserve the fragile Gaza ceasefire, ...ABC News - Mar. 7 -
How to Build a Trust-Driven, Successful CEO/COO Partnership
Visionaries dream, operators execute. And businesses soar.Inc. - 5d -
Jaguars sign free agents to 'raise the floor.' They'll use the draft to raise ceiling of the team
Jacksonville’s approach to free agency was much different than what the floundering franchise tried to accomplish in recent years. The Jaguars signed nine free agents, including four plug-and-play ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
The ‘secret’ agents of super-prime property
In the rarefied world of the most expensive homes, where discretion is everything and sales can be a magnet to opportunists, a clutch of under-the-radar agents is oh-so-quietly operatingFinancial Times - 4d -
This cinema stock is a ‘safe bet in a volatile market’ — and it’s not AMC or Cinemark
High-end movie-theater operator IMAX Corp. is well-positioned to shine in a tough macroeconomic environment, according to analyst firm Benchmark.MarketWatch - 6d -
In AI Agent Battle, Meta Seeks Total Dominance as OpenAI Plans to Charge $20K for Some Models
If your company isn’t already using AI, the arrival of “agent” tools may change your mind. Meta wants this to happen, and OpenAI is planning on hefty prices for some advanced systems.Inc. - Mar. 7 -
Nous Research just launched an API that gives developers access to AI models that OpenAI and Anthropic won’t build
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In the battle for blockchain leadership, American innovation is the answer
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Elon Musk Seeks to Put $100 Million Into Trump Political Operation
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At least 20 killed in Russian missile strikes on eastern Ukraine
At least 20 people were killed when Russia's military launched a flurry of missile and drone attacks in eastern Ukraine Saturday, damaging multiple apartment buildings in the town of Dobropillya. ...CBS News - Mar. 8 -
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