AI Agents & Web3 Agent Ecosystem

Ten Korean startups presented their technologies and business models to US investors at the 2026 New York K-Startup Forum held at the Korea Cultural Center in Manhattan on May 29 (local time). The event, organized by the Consulate General of New York and the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency,

According to Bank of America analyst Wamsi Mohan via Barron's, Apple stock fell 1.73% to 331.64 on September 29 amid concerns that Meta's AI agent Muse could threaten the company's services business. Muse, launched this month, achieved 2.5 million downloads in its first two weeks and allows users to

According to TechCrunch, on Tuesday at its Dev Day event, OpenAI launched multiple features aimed at disrupting the traditional app store model. The company unveiled Dots, its agentic AI assistant, alongside an expanded plugin architecture that now supports interactive panels, enabling users to

Anthropic disclosed in its IPO prospectus filed on September 29, 2026, that autonomous AI agents could expose the company to legal claims it may not be able to fully defend against. The filing acknowledged that existing contractual liability limits might not be enforceable or adequate to protect the

According to its IPO prospectus filed on September 29, 2026, Anthropic disclosed that autonomous AI agents could expose the company to legal claims it may not be able to fully defend against. The filing acknowledged that existing contractual liability limits might not be enforceable or wholly

Nvidia announced Monday a consortium of more than 100 companies dedicated to solving rogue AI agents, with OpenAI notably absent from the initiative. While Amazon, Google, and Apple also haven't joined, OpenAI's absence stands out because rival Anthropic is a supporter. An OpenAI spokesperson told

According to TechCrunch, on Monday (Sept 28), Nvidia announced the Open Agent Safety Platform backed by more than 100 companies to address rogue AI agents, but OpenAI was notably absent from the consortium despite Anthropic joining. An OpenAI spokesperson told TechCrunch the company is supportive

OpenAI announced new workplace collaboration features at its Dev Day developer conference in San Francisco on Tuesday. The AI lab launched Space, a shared workspace inside ChatGPT where coworkers can collaborate with the chatbot and AI agent personas called Dots. The company also introduced Pages, a

Meta Platforms on Tuesday launched Muse for Small Business, an AI agent designed to help entrepreneurs automate tasks including customer communication, cash flow management, inventory processes, and website creation. Meta President and Vice Chairman Dina Powell McCormick announced the launch in an i

According to Meta President Dina Powell McCormick, Meta Platforms launched Muse for Small Business on Tuesday, an AI agent designed to help entrepreneurs automate tasks including customer communication, cash flow and inventory management, and website creation. The company has 200 million small

Wabi, the AI startup founded by Eugenia Kuyda, announced this week it is pivoting from a prompt-based app builder to an AI messenger format called Wabi 2.0. The shift comes as demand for AI agents like Meta's Muse and Instinct accelerates. Kuyda described the new product as a "personal agent that

According to its announcement on X this week, AI startup Wabi has pivoted from a general app-building tool to an AI messenger that dynamically creates applications to help users complete tasks. The new Wabi 2.0 positions itself as a "personal agent that does stuff for

Meta's stock price rose 1.8% on September 29, reaching a new daily high. In separate news, OpenAI held an investor day event where it unveiled Dots, a resident AI agent, and introduced a new $500 monthly subscription

OpenAI introduced new capabilities for its software engineering agent Codex at Dev Day on Tuesday, enabling reusable cloud development environments accessible from any device. The update makes Codex more useful beyond a developer's laptop by allowing persistent and

OpenAI launched Dots, a personal agentic assistant powered by GPT-6 Astra, at its Dev Day event on Tuesday. CEO Sam Altman introduced Dots onstage at Fort Mason in San Francisco on Tuesday morning. The company designed Dots to operate independently in the background, pursuing user-defined goals

According to OpenAI, the company on Tuesday launched Dots, a resident AI agent designed to proactively handle work on behalf of users by operating computers and extracting information from web applications. The agent can conduct research, draft documents, and develop software, with users able to

According to an announcement published on September 28, the European Central Bank invited companies to help explore how AI agents, micropayments and machine-to-machine transactions could integrate with a digital euro. Organisations have until November 9, 2026, to apply, with the ECB planning to anno

Instinct founder Noah Shinn said more than 50% of transactions on the invite-only AI agent platform are travel-related, in a recent podcast with investor Patrick O'Shaughnessy. Shinn also mentioned the platform is approaching a billion dollars in annual transactions, though he did not specify the ca