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The scope of OpenAI's AI agent security incident just got wider. In a fresh disclosure, the company confirms its autonomous agent didn't just breach Hugging...
Cyera just made its biggest bet yet on securing the emerging world of AI agents. The data security unicorn agreed to acquire Oasis Security for $1 billion,...
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OpenAI said Tuesday that the [rogue AI agent](https://www.wired.com/story/openai-models-escaped-containment-and-hacked-huggingface/) that breached Hugging Face’s platform also hacked multiple third-party accounts and services as part of the attack. The rogue agent apparently found credentials that had been exposed on the open web and used them to break into the accounts. One of the additional accounts compromised by OpenAI’s agent was used as an “outbound relay and staging path,” potentially to obscure where the attack on Hugging Face was coming from, the company said. OpenAI’s rogue agent also used another account for data storage to assist with the hack. Reuters reported on Tuesday that a customer of Modal, a company that offers software infrastructure for training and running AI services, was [one of the entities compromised](https://www.reuters.com/business/openais-rogue-agent-compromised-an-account-second-tech-firm-sources-say-2026-07-28/) by OpenAI’s agent. In a statement to WIRED, Modal’s chief technology officer Akshat Bubna confirmed that OpenAI’s agent exploited a vulnerability in one of its customer’s codebases, which was running on Modal’s infrastructure. Hugging Face said that OpenAI’s agent obtained administrator access to multiple internal Kubernetes clusters, root access on a production server, and write access to a subnet of its source code repositories on GitHub. OpenAI’s rogue agent used at least one third-party sandbox as an “external launchpad” for its attack, according to Hugging Face. OpenAI’s agent was then “able to run commands as root/admin on that external sandbox and used it as a control, staging, and egress base for the entire campaign.” Hugging Face first [disclosed](https://huggingface.co/blog/security-incident-july-2026) on July 16 that an autonomous AI agent had breached part of its production infrastructure, but it said at the time that it was unaware who was behind the attack. Hugging Face’s forensic team concluded that Open
OpenAI’s rogue agent compromised account at second AI startup, executive says According to a timeline published by Hugging Face on Tuesday, the rogue agent broke into a sandbox, or an isolated testing environment, “hosted on a third-party provider’s infrastructure” before turning it into a launchpad for the broader hack. The early July intrusion at Hugging Face, carried out by an out-of-control agent that OpenAI was testing, drew global attention, evoking science-fiction scenarios of artificial intelligence run amok.
# House digital modernization push includes new AI assistant A key House lawmaker is looking to secure funding for a new artificial intelligence agent to connect data sources throughout the House of Representatives, as a bipartisan group looks to modernize access to legislative data for both congressional employees and the public.
# Exclusive: Coursera investing $100 million in Andrew Ng's new startup - LearnVector aims to build AI agents that function as personal tutors — adapting to each learner and practicing with them until they demonstrate they've mastered a concept.
# Is your AI Agent ready for prime time? Daniele Stroppa recently wrote [this post](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7475895637188775936/), framing a problem many teams are overlooking: the hidden costs when your AI agent makes bad decisions. AI agents are no different. ## Building AI agents that deliver on their promise You’re an ecommerce retailer, and you hear this buzz about using AI to boost your sales. A lot more. ## The rest of the story The agent is still running. ## Where to start? If you’re running AI agents in a retail environment today:
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As companies hand more authority to AI agents, many are overlooking a growing risk: these systems behave more like digital insiders than software tools.
# AI Security Startup Mate Surpasses $50M in Funding Amid Growing Enterprise Adoption That tension is creating opportunities for startups focused on making AI more dependable in security operations. [Mate Security](https://mate.security/?ref=hackernoon.com) is the latest example, announcing a $35 million Series A funding round that brings the company's total funding to more than $50 million, as first reported by Axios. The investment was led by Canaan Partners, with participation from Insight Partners, Team8, and M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund. The financing follows a period of rapid commercial growth, with the company reporting more than 500% growth since the third quarter of 2025 and increasing adoption among Fortune 500 enterprises. ## [Your company can publish on HackerNoon!](https://business.hackernoon.com/business-blogging?utm_source=HackerNoon&utm_medium=targeted&utm_campaign=ads) [](https://hackernoon.com/ai-agent-logs-can-become-a-security-risk) ## [AI Agent Logs Can Become a Security Risk](https://hackernoon.com/ai-agent-logs-can-become-a-security-risk)  [byAlvin Lee@alvinslee](https://hackernoon.com/u/alvinslee) [#AI](https://hackernoon.com/tagged/ai) [](https://hackernoon.com/ai-agent-could-be-running-your-security-operations-center-to-prevent-attacks) ## [AI Agents Could Be Running Your Security Operations Center (SOC) To Prevent Attacks](https://hackernoon.com/ai-agent-could-be-running-your-security-operations-center-to-prevent-attacks) [**, a Palo Alto-based AI-native startup, has raised **$9 million in a Pre-Series A funding round** co-led by **True Global Ventures (TGV)** and **Accel**, with participation from **[Kickstart Ventures](https://kickstart.ph/)**. The latest investment brings the company’s total funding to **$14 million** and underscores a growing shift in enterprise AI investment, where investors are increasingly looking beyond applications and toward the data infrastructure that enables AI to operate effectively. The new capital will support the expansion of Sprouts.ai’s AI agent capabilities, deepen integrations with enterprise platforms, and accelerate growth of its proprietary GTM intelligence platform designed to help organizations identify, engage, and convert ideal customers through unified customer intelligence and autonomous AI workflows. “The B2B revenue stack is broken. ### **Enterprise AI Is Becoming an Infrastructure Story** ##### **Quick Takeaways** - **The funding reflects a broader shift in enterprise AI investment.** As autonomous AI agents become more prevalent, investors increasingly see reliable, integrated data infrastructure as a strategic differentiator rather than just a supporting technology.
# **How Many AI Agents Are Too Many?** NTT Research and Harvard University **Research Reveals Key Insights for Using Agentic AI in the Workplace** Hidenori Tanaka and Elizabeth Pavlova from [NTT Research's Physics of Artificial Intelligence (PAI) Lab](https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fntt-research.com%2Fpai-group%2F&esheet=54578266&newsitemid=20260728154606&lan=en-US&anchor=NTT+Research%27s+Physics+of+Artificial+Intelligence+%28PAI%29+Lab&index=1&md5=488798bff552b49015e51ead04cd0620), in collaboration with [Harvard University's Center for Brain Science](https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcbs.fas.harvard.edu%2F&esheet=54578266&newsitemid=20260728154606&lan=en-US&anchor=Harvard+University%27s+Center+for+Brain+Science&index=2&md5=e721ac98b941e262f3f353ad36a18349), challenges the assumption that simply adding more AI agents automatically improves enterprise AI performance. The research paper titled, “ [**Flag Game: Interpreting Decision Mechanisms of Bounded Social Agents”**](https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenreview.net%2Fforum%3Fid%3D4uxDZTYd7U&esheet=54578266&newsitemid=20260728154606&lan=en-US&anchor=Flag+Game%3A+Interpreting+Decision+Mechanisms+of+Bounded+Social+Agents%26%238221%3B&index=3&md5=246a887ec929f90843780fc94e375a49) [was presented at AI4Good Workshop at ICML](https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenreview.net%2Fforum%3Fid%3D4uxDZTYd7U&esheet=54578266&newsitemid=20260728154606&lan=en-US&anchor=was+presented+at+AI4Good+Workshop+at+ICML&index=4&md5=d6d2d9f938ceff29d2b088c290a944d4). NTT Research is the Silicon Valley research arm of [NTT](https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.global.ntt%2F&esheet=54578266&newsitemid=20260728154606&lan=en-US&anchor=NTT&index=5&md5=a381e5d9811616ff5d82fcc9db491c8c), one of the world's largest technology and business solutions providers. From its headquarters in Sunn
Delaware has proposed a new corporate structure, the artificial intelligence company (AIC), designed to give autonomous AI agents a recognisable legal...
The platform helps companies discover, manage and control access to their systems from non-human accounts, such as AI agents, as non-human identities will soon outnumber human users, the startup said. In May, Cyera announced a deal to [buy](https://www.timesofisrael.com/six-month-old-israeli-startup-is-bought-by-cyber-unicorn-cyera-for-about-50-million/) Israeli AI startup Genie Security after purchasing Israeli startup Ryft in April, and snapping up local startups Otterize and Shape AI in June, and Trail Security in 2024. - [AI agents](https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/ai-agents/)
In a major move to protect enterprise networks, Hush Security raises $30M in a Series A funding round. Strategic investor Akamai Technologies joined...
A New York-based AI startup is suing Rippling – [a Silicon Valley software giant](https://nypost.com/2025/04/03/business/ex-rippling-employee-spied-on-firm-for-rival-was-asked-to-be-like-james-bond/) that got a [$3 million tax break from Gov. Kathy Hochul](https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-rippling-expand-new-york-city-operations-creating-more-350-new-tech) – for allegedly stealing its trade secrets to “build essentially a clone” of its safety and governance product, The Post has learned.
Hugging Face reconstructed over 17000 events after an autonomous agent reached production. Emily Hartstone's The Root closes the Runtime Authority trilogy.
Daon secures its third patent for agentic AI governance, introducing a 'digital permission slip' to authorize autonomous agent actions in real-time.
The company says its platform gives companies a way to identify, control and audit AI agents as they act across sensitive systems, a growing security...
The future of Wall Street is here as startups and brokers build AI agents to trade 24/7 - Brokerages, startups and even retail investors are building AI agents that can help oversee portfolios and automate investing tasks once handled by humans. AI agents could soon trade stocks on your behalf Brokerages, startups and even retail investors are building AI agents that can help oversee portfolios and automate investing tasks once handled by humans. ### From ChatGPT to investing agents Thomas Schlossmacher, a 31-year-old retail investor and founder whose company Specialty Tokens builds AI systems for businesses, tested a trading agent after seeing claims online that AI could uncover profitable market patterns. ### Building guardrails “The AI agent will not have its own mind. ...
# Former Wiz and Microsoft veterans raise $35 million Series A to build the “operating system” for AI cybersecurity agents ## Mate Security says traditional security operations were not designed for AI-scale attacks. The startup is betting that trusted autonomous agents, powered by an “organizational brain,” will reshape how companies detect and respond to threats. Cybersecurity startup Mate Security has raised $35 million in a Series A funding round led by Canaan Partners, with participation from Microsoft’s M12 venture fund, Insight Partners, and Team8. The round comes just eight months after the company emerged from stealth with a $15.5 million Seed round and brings its total funding to more than $50 million. [Full list of Israeli high-tech funding rounds in 2026](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rq8lzbs4c) The company said the new funding comes as an increasing number of Fortune 500 organizations adopt its platform for AI-driven security operations. Since the third quarter of 2025, Mate has grown by more than 500%, according to the company.  We see this reflected in our growth, with revenue increasing by more than 500%, which is why we are raising capital to meet customer demand.” - [Way Security raises $20 million Seed to tackle enterprise identity headaches](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/b1exptvszl) - [After selling Epsagon to Cisco for $500 million, founders return with AI enterprise startup Harmony](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/sj0nhfurmx) - [Cyber unicorn Cyera acquires Oasis Security in $1 billion deal](https://www.calcalistech.com/ct
[Hush Security](https://www.hush.security/) has raised $30 million in a Series A financing round to expand its platform for securing AI agents and other non-human identities, with Akamai Technologies joining existing investors Battery Ventures and YL Ventures. The funding brings the company’s total capital raised to $41 million and will support growth of its engineering and sales teams, expansion of enterprise identity and access management integrations, and broader partnerships. Hush said the latest investment comes as organizations increasingly deploy AI agents that operate autonomously across enterprise systems, creating new identity and governance challenges. Hush said the new funding will also be used to expand support for enterprise AI platforms and strengthen integrations across identity and access management ecosystems. The company is backed by YL Ventures, Battery Ventures and Akamai Technologies.
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That puts investment on track for an all-time high. ## **A large cluster of deals in the $5M to $10M range** We found both a high number and a wide breadth of funded companies in the space, with missions ranging from identifying AI hallucinations to building adversary simulations to verifying agents in finance. To illustrate, below is a sample list of 14 AI-focused security companies that raised seed financings this year in our target range.
Founded in 2024, Tel Aviv-based [Hush Security](https://www.hush.security/) emerged from [stealth](https://www.securityweek.com/hush-security-emerges-stealth-with-11-million-to-eliminate-credential-threats-with-no-secrets-platform/) in September 2025 with a machine access platform that enables organizations to securely control enterprise AI agents and their underlying infrastructure.
### ICS: The fresh investment came from Akamai Technologies and previous backers Battery Ventures and YL Ventures. Hush will use the fresh investment to hire new talent across its engineering and sales teams, accelerate IAM and agentic ecosystem support, and expand corporate partnerships.
 - Armstrong expects autonomous AI agents to conduct more daily transactions than humans through crypto infrastructure. In a July 27 [post on X](https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/2081504081902780564), Armstrong said agents “will eventually transact far more per day than all humans combined.” Armstrong said AI agents cannot use traditional banking services like people or companies. ## **x402, Base and USDC anchor Coinbase’s strategy** As crypto.news previously reported, [Coinbase said AI agents](https://crypto.news/ai-agents-could-outspend-humans-coinbase-ceo-says/) already use x402 to buy data, computing resources and digital services.
# AI Left Notes For Its Future Self To Escape Human Constraints ## OpenAI's autonomous AI agent reportedly left "notes" for its successors on how to escape cages built by humans to keep them in check. Read Time: 3 mins [](https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=ndtv) Share - Twitter - WhatsApp - Facebook - Reddit - [Email](mailto:?subject=AI%20Left%20Notes%20For%20Its%20Future%20Self%20To%20Escape%20Human%20Constraints&body=Check%20out%20this%20link%20https://www.ndtv.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-autonomous-agent-left-notes-for-its-future-self-to-escape-human-constraints-11826558)  An OpenAI AI agent reportedly left notes for future versions to escape File photo Show Quick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed - OpenAI tested an autonomous AI agent powered by advanced GPT-5.6 Sol and another model - The AI agent reportedly left instructions for future versions to bypass sandbox restrictions - OpenAI was unaware its model attacked Hugging Face until the incident was publicly revealed [Are there real safeguards against AI acting on its own?](https://www.ndtv.com/ask?article_id=11826558&redirect_question=Are+there+real+safeguards+against+AI+acting+on+its+own%3F) It's becoming increasingly difficult to separate the reality of AI today from sci-fi scripts. An OpenAI autonomous AI agent reportedly left notes for future versions of itself on how to free themselves from internal constraints, or what is referred to as a sandbox environment, and escape. Three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The sources said that while OpenAI was testing the cybersecurity capabilities of an autonomous AI agent powered b
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