AI Agents & Web3 Agent Ecosystem

According to PANews, Firecrawl, a web data infrastructure company, completed a $75 million Series B funding round on September 23, led by Smash Capital. The company simultaneously launched Alexandria, a knowledge base platform for AI agents designed to provide unified access to real-time web data, o

According to Bloomberg, as of September 14, SpaceX AI's Grok Bot artificial intelligence agent reached 418,000 weekly active users approximately one month after launch, up 24% from the previous week. The data was shared in a presentation at an event in London, as reviewed by Bloomberg

According to Herald Economy, US CPU semiconductor ETF 'KODEX US CPU Semiconductor TOP10' rose 25.66% from September 1–22, marking the highest gain among domestic listed ETFs this month. The surge follows Meta's September 8 launch of Muse, a personal AI agent, which ranked first on both Apple App

BlackRock published a research paper titled 'The Machine-Native Economy' arguing that broad AI adoption could represent an underappreciated source of demand for digital assets. The world's largest asset manager said the rise of AI and machine-to-machine payments could increase demand for

According to CCTV Financial, Elon Musk said on September 23 that one-person companies will proliferate in the future as individuals can control thousands or even tens of thousands of physical robots and digital AI agents, significantly amplifying human

According to ChainCatcher, X-Agent's AI MCP Hackathon has received nearly 40 project submissions, with public examples demonstrating autonomous Agent decision-making in work acceptance, capital management, and inter-machine transactions. Three highlighted projects include BountyProof, which

According to Barron's, AMD stock surged 10% on Monday (September 22) as investors bet that Meta's Muse AI agent would drive CPU demand, while NVIDIA rose only 0.66% on Tuesday, closing at $228.87 per share. AMD has gained 179% year-to-date, significantly outpacing NVIDIA's 21% gain. The

BlackRock released the research white paper The Machine-Native Economy on Sept. 23. Its central argument is that the large-scale deployment of AI agents will create new structural demand for digital assets because AI represents machine-native intelligence, while digital assets represent machine-native currency. Stablecoins, as the optimal settlement instrument for machine-to-machine payments, had an adjusted transaction volume exceeding $11 trillion in 2025. Underlying Alignment Between LLMs and

Amazon has blocked Meta’s personal AI agent, Muse, from searching for products and placing orders on customers’ behalf on the Amazon website since September 20, accusing Muse of failing to identify itself while browsing. Less than two days later, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke announced that Shopify would work closely with Muse, making one-click Shop Pay checkout available across all Shopify stores. Shopify Announces Deep Partnership with Muse: One-Click Shop Pay Checkout Available Across All Shopify St

According to Investopedia, Jefferies analysts raised Meta's target price from $710 to $875 yesterday, citing the company's Muse AI agent demonstrating signs of a "killer application" with unprecedented consumer adoption since its launch this month. The new target significantly exceeds Wall Street's

According to reports, the S&P 500 Financial Index fell approximately 2% on September 22, with Charles Schwab and LPL Financial each declining over 6%. JP Morgan and Bank of America dropped over 3%. The decline was attributed to concerns that Meta's AI assistant Muse, which recently ranked first on t

Tencent Cloud officially launched Tencent Cloud DataBuddy on Sept. 22. Following Tencent CodeBuddy and WorkBuddy, DataBuddy is a fully managed data and AI work platform with native support for intelligent agents, integrating them directly as core platform components. DataBuddy’s Four Major Agent Scenarios: End-to-End Coverage from Data Engineering to Data Science According to Tencent Cloud’s announcement, DataBuddy currently supports four major agent scenarios: Data engineering: Enables end-to-e

UBS Asset Management stated on the 22nd (local time) that personal AI agents will drive the next phase of AI investment. The asset manager explained through a company post that Meta's Muse represents early evidence that consumer AI agents can be broadly adopted. UBS noted that personal AI agents wil

According to UBS Asset Management on September 22, personal AI agents will lead the next phase of AI investment. The firm noted that Meta's Muse provides early evidence of widespread consumer adoption of individual AI agents. Unlike previous consumer AI models focused on subscriptions and ads, perso

During the Yunqi Conference, Alibaba Cloud released AgentCore, an enterprise-grade agent platform designed to enhance productivity through more native human-machine collaboration and comprehensive capabilities for building and governing

According to CNBC, Meta's Muse AI agent surpassed early Claude and Gemini downloads with 2.5 million global downloads in its first two weeks as of September 22. According to Jefferies and Sensor Tower, Muse also exceeded ChatGPT's initial iOS download records. JP Morgan analyst Doug Anmus noted

Meta's AI team led by Alexander Wang promoted a 'MuseMoneyChallenge' encouraging users to save $1,000 through its new AI agent 'Muse,' according to Business Insider on the 22nd (local time). Wang posted on SNS 'X' last week that the agent, which launched on the 8th, can help users review finances an

Meta's AI agent Muse triggered a 3% drop in US banking stocks on the 22nd (local time) as investors feared AI disruption of asset management. Charles Schwab plunged 6.1%, Ameriprise Financial fell 4.4%, and Raymond James declined over 3% after Muse overtook ChatGPT in Apple iPhone free app

According to News1, on September 22, U.S. financial stocks fell sharply as Meta's AI agent Muse surpassed ChatGPT on the Apple App Store, raising concerns that artificial intelligence could disrupt traditional wealth management services. The S&P 500 Financial

Plateer, a vertical AI and digital transformation solutions company, presented its agentic AI platform at the Financial Tech Conference 2026 held on the 22nd at FKI Tower Conference Center in Yeouido, Seoul. The company introduced its AI transformation (AX) strategy and sustainable operational