Sierra raises $950M as the race to own enterprise AI gets serious

The raise gives Sierra more than $1 billion to work with — capital the company says it will use to become the “global standard” for AI-powered customer experiences.

Stripe introduces Link, a digital wallet that autonomous AI agents can use, too

Link lets users connect cards, banks, and subscriptions, then authorize AI agents to spend securely via approval flows.

Salesforce is crowdsourcing its AI roadmap — with customers 

Salesforce lets its customers lead its product roadmap with the thinking that if one enterprise customer has a problem, the others likely do too.

Google makes an interesting choice with its new agent building tool for enterprises

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform takes an interesting approach: it is geared for IT and technical users.

AI research lab NeoCognition lands $40M seed to build agents that learn like humans

Founded by an OSU researcher, the startup is developing AI agents that can become experts in any domain.

Sierra’s Bret Taylor says the era of clicking buttons is over

Co-founder of Sierra predicts that AI agents will make software interfaces obsolete.

Poke makes AI agents as easy as sending a text

Poke brings AI agents to everyday users via text message by handling tasks and automations without complex setup, apps, or technical know-how.

Astropad’s Workbench reimagines remote desktop for AI agents, not IT support

Astropad’s Workbench lets users remotely monitor and control AI agents on Mac Minis from iPhone or iPad, with low-latency streaming and mobile access.

Atlassian launches visual AI tools and third-party agents in Confluence

Confluence users can now create visual assets within the software in addition to new third-party agents working with Lovable, Replit, and Gamma.

Opera’s latest update turns it into an autonomous browsing agent for ChatGPT and Claude

Opera’s new MCP Connector turns Neon into an autonomous browsing agent, letting AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude directly control your browser and complete tasks across websites.