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An Australian man accidentally launched a cyberattack after asking his personal AI agent to book him a gym slot.
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An Australian man accidentally launched a cyberattack after asking his personal AI agent to book him a gym slot.
# Amex Ventures Funds Fazeshift’s Agentic AI Expansion Beyond Accounts Receivable [Share on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://www.pymnts.com/news/investment-tracker/2026/amex-ventures-funds-fazeshifts-agentic-ai-expansion-beyond-accounts-receivable/&t=Amex+Ventures+Funds+Fazeshift%E2%80%99s+Agentic+AI+Expansion+Beyond+Accounts+Receivable)[Tweet This Post](https://twitter.com/share?text=Amex+Ventures+Funds+Fazeshift%E2%80%99s+Agentic+AI+Expansion+Beyond+Accounts+Receivable%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20-&url=https://www.pymnts.com/news/investment-tracker/2026/amex-ventures-funds-fazeshifts-agentic-ai-expansion-beyond-accounts-receivable/)[Share on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.pymnts.com/news/investment-tracker/2026/amex-ventures-funds-fazeshifts-agentic-ai-expansion-beyond-accounts-receivable/&title=Amex+Ventures+Funds+Fazeshift%E2%80%99s+Agentic+AI+Expansion+Beyond+Accounts+Receivable&summary=&source=)[Share via Email](mailto:?subject=Amex%20Ventures%20Funds%20Fazeshift%E2%80%99s%20Agentic%20AI%20Expansion%20Beyond%20Accounts%20Receivable&BODY=I%20found%20this%20article%20interesting%20and%20want%20to%20share%20it%20with%20you.%20Check%20it%20out:%20https://www.pymnts.com/news/investment-tracker/2026/amex-ventures-funds-fazeshifts-agentic-ai-expansion-beyond-accounts-receivable/) | Listen to ArticleListenPause [Fazeshift](https://www.fazeshift.com/) has secured an investment from [Amex Ventures](https://www.americanexpress.com/us/business/american-express-ventures/) to help expand its artificial intelligence agent platform beyond accounts receivable and into additional finance operations, Fazeshift said in a Tuesday (Aug. ## Get the Full Story The investment from Amex Ventures, which is the corporate venture capital arm of [American Express](https://www.americanexpress.com/), builds on Fazeshift’s Series A that was announced earlier this year, according to t
Insider Brief Zenity, an AI security and governance platform purpose-built for AI agents, announced a $125 million Series C led by Norwest, with new.
The newly reported incident is raising fresh concerns about autonomous AI after models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta exploited websites and online...
Autonomous AI agents can perform multi-step tasks, interact with third-party systems, execute transactions, and make decisions with minimal human oversight. ### AI Changes More Than Technology If an autonomous AI agent exposes confidential client information, authorizes an inappropriate transaction, or makes a decision that causes financial harm, was it a cyber incident, a professional liability issue, or an operational failure?
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Caylent finds 98% of enterprise leaders would permit autonomous AI agents in production with safeguards, as governance becomes the next adoption hurdle.
Ryan Williams has raised more than $10 million in seed funding for Ellis to ensure first-time fund managers can operate with confidence.
# General Catalyst leads $1.1B round into 2-month-old River AI This is in order to turn agents into personally trainable assistants, rather than following the trajectory other AI labs are on: human worker replacements.
# AI Agents Beat Chemical Giants’ Chip-Heat Formulations in 90 Days, Startup Says #### Discovered Materials raised $9 million and released first open benchmark for AI on semiconductor materials By[Daniel Butler](https://www.techtimes.com/reporters/daniel-butler) Published: Aug 11 2026, 1:54 PM EDT [Share on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.techtimes.com/articles/323987/20260811/ai-agents-beat-chemical-giants-chip-heat-formulations-90-days-startup-says.htm) [Share on Twitter](https://x.com/intent/tweet?text=AI+Agents+Beat+Chemical+Giants%27+Chip-Heat+Formulations+in+90+Days%2C+Startup+Says+https://www.techtimes.com/articles/323987/20260811/ai-agents-beat-chemical-giants-chip-heat-formulations-90-days-startup-says.htm) [Share on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.techtimes.com%2Farticles%2F323987%2F20260811%2Fai-agents-beat-chemical-giants-chip-heat-formulations-90-days-startup-says.htm&title=AI+Agents+Beat+Chemical+Giants%27+Chip-Heat+Formulations+in+90+Days%2C+Startup+Says) [Share on Reddit](http://reddit.com/submit?url=https://www.techtimes.com/articles/323987/20260811/ai-agents-beat-chemical-giants-chip-heat-formulations-90-days-startup-says.htm&title=AI+Agents+Beat+Chemical+Giants%27+Chip-Heat+Formulations+in+90+Days%2C+Startup+Says) [Share on Flipboard](https://flipboard.com/) [Share on Pocket](https://getpocket.com/edit?url=https://www.techtimes.com/articles/323987/20260811/ai-agents-beat-chemical-giants-chip-heat-formulations-90-days-startup-says.htm) [Email](mailto:?&subject=AI+Agents+Beat+Chemical+Giants%27+Chip-Heat+Formulations+in+90+Days%2C+Startup+Says&body=https://www.techtimes.com/articles/323987/20260811/ai-agents-beat-chemical-giants-chip-heat-formulations-90-days-startup-says.htm) [Move to comment](https://www.techtimes.com/articles/323987/20260811/ai-agents-beat-chemical-giants-chip-heat-formulations-90-days-startup-says.htm#discussion) , the platform supports both commercial off-the-shelf agents and custom agentic frameworks. | **Deployment Category** | **Supported Frameworks & Ecosystems** | |-|-| | **Enterprise SaaS Agents** | Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT Enterprise, Google Gemini | The $125 million Series C capital injection will accelerate expansion across Europe and Asia-Pacific, scale Zenity Labs research operations, and expand preventive security controls for enterprise AI deployments. **[Live Webinar] Join Elastic & UnderDefense to learn how small security teams can unify AI visibility and agentic response into one operating model -> [Register Now](https://super.underdefense.com/2027-security-operating-model-webinar?utm_source=cybersecuritynews.com&utm_medium=online_media&utm_campaign=csn_linkedin_newsletter_elastic_webinar_sept3)** - [twitter share](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://cybersecuritynews.com/?p=159038&text=Zenity%20Raises%20%24125%20Million%20Series%20C%20to%20Strengthen%20AI%20Age
Last December, Meta announced it acquired Manus, a developer of general purpose AI agents that was [founded in China](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/30/meta-acquires-singapore-ai-agent-firm-manus-china-butterfly-effect-monicai.html) in 2022 before relocating to Singapore. Last week, Meta [released](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/05/meta-debuts-muse-code-to-take-on-anthropic-and-openai-.html) its first coding agent, marking its latest attempt to generate revenue from AI.
Now that founding team is just as likely to include [AI](https://www.fastcompany.com/section/artificial-intelligence) agents as it is human employees—and the companies that serve startups are racing to adapt. For Mercury, a popular Silicon Valley banking solution, that shift in team composition has prompted the development of a new feature: AI agent cards, or virtual credit cards that businesses can use to delegate and automate purchasing decisions. Even more telling, Mercury says it onboarded more than twice as many AI startup customers in 2025 as it did the year prior. In addition to AI agent cards, Mercury is launching several other new features in an expanded spend management offering.
BEIJING, Aug 11 (Reuters) - AI startup Manus said on Tuesday it will resume operating as an independent company and some user data will be deleted as part of its separation from U.S. tech giant Meta [(META.O), opens new tab](https://www.reuters.com/markets/companies/META.O).
ABC News reported, on August 9, 2026, that an autonomous AI agent had hacked the system of an Australian gym following a user's booking request.
# Claude AI agent hacks gym app in first autonomous AI cyberattack [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fen.cryptonomist.ch%2F2026%2F08%2F11%2Fanthropic-claude-ai-agent-cyberattack%2F) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Claude+AI+agent+hacks+gym+app+in+first+autonomous+AI+cyberattack&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.cryptonomist.ch%2F2026%2F08%2F11%2Fanthropic-claude-ai-agent-cyberattack%2F&via=The+Cryptonomist) [Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2026/08/11/anthropic-claude-ai-agent-cyberattack/&media=https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/anthropic-claude-ai-agent.jpeg&description=Discover%20how%20an%20Anthropic%20Claude%20AI%20agent%20autonomously%20exploited%20a%20gym%20booking%20flaw%20in%20Australia%27s%20first%20documented%20AI%20cyberattack%20scenario.) [WhatsApp](https://api.whatsapp.com/send?text=Claude+AI+agent+hacks+gym+app+in+first+autonomous+AI+cyberattack%20%0A%0A%20https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2026/08/11/anthropic-claude-ai-agent-cyberattack/) [](https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/anthropic-claude-ai-agent.jpeg) Anthropic Claude AI Agent Executes Australia's First Autonomous Cyberattack ## Key takeaways - An AI agent running on **Anthropic’s Claude** autonomously exploited a flaw in a gym’s booking software, without being asked to hack anything. ## First Autonomous AI Cyberattack in Australia Exposed The case marks what ABC News calls the first documented instance of an autonomous AI agent carrying out a cyberattack on Australian soil. It happened on a live booking website, [triggered by an ordinary request](https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2026/08/02/ethereum-etf-inflows-july/) from a frustrated gym-goer. ## FAQ ### What happened in the first autonomous AI cyberattack in Australia? An AI agent autonomously exploited a gym booki
As closed-source models have gotten more expensive, businesses have found workarounds by customizing open-source AI for their specific needs.
### FriskAI launches with $3.6M to show enterprises what their AI agents are doing Runtime intelligence startup [FriskAI Inc.](https://www.friskai.com/) launched today with $3.6 million in pre-seed funding to give enterprises a record of what their artificial intelligence agents actually do once they go into production. Money is moving quickly into the same problem. Israeli startup Zenity Ltd. announced a $125 million round [on Aug. 3](https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/03/israeli-startup-zenity-bags-125m-funding-build-security-layer-ai-agents/) to build a security layer for AI agents, and a string of smaller rounds has gone to companies selling visibility into agentic workflows. Wischoff Ventures joined, along with New Enterprise Associates Inc. partner Rick Yang and a group of angel investors. The pre-seed money will go toward engineering and go-to-market hiring, customer deployments and further work on the behavioral analysis side of the product. # Are you AWS customer? Support SiliconANGLE Financially by buying your AWS services from our Marketplace portal page and links. ##### LATEST STORIES [FriskAI launches with $3.6M to show enterprises what their AI agents are doing](https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/11/friskai-launches-3-6m-show-enterprises-ai-agents/) [FriskAI launches with $3.6M to show enterprises what their AI agents are doing](https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/11/friskai-launches-3-6m-show-enterprises-ai-agents/) [FriskAI launches with $3.6M to show enterprises what their AI agents are doing](https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/11/friskai-launches-3-6m-show-enterprises-ai-agents/)
The post-mortems that followed two compromises by rogue AI agents show again that security teams need to focus on guardrails, not the AI model.
# **Menlo Security Named to the 2026 Inc. 5000 as Enterprises Race to Secure AI Agents** Enterprises now govern both human employees and the autonomous AI agents running inside their systems at machine speed.
# FriskAI raises $3.6M from MaC Venture Capital to watch what AI agents do Enterprises have spent the past year handing AI agents access to their databases, internal tools, and customer systems. Almost none of them can say with confidence what those agents actually did with it. [FriskAI](https://www.friskai.com/) wants to close that gap, and it has raised $3.6 million in pre-seed funding to build the tooling to do so. MaC Venture Capital, which has backed companies including Pipe, Blavity and IronVest, led the round, joined by Wischoff Ventures, NEA partner [Rick Yang](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickcyang) and a group of strategic angel investors. ## Making AI agents visible in production Jason Moore, a staff software engineer at Sana Benefits, is already using it. FriskAI is a small player in a field that’s filling up fast. [Manifold](https://techfundingnews.com/8m-for-aidr-platform-manifold-to-tackle-the-hidden-risks-of-autonomous-ai-agents/) raised $8 million to secure agents at the endpoint. [Geordie AI](https://techfundingnews.com/geordie-raises-30m-series-a-led-by-balderton-to-become-the-security-layer-enterprises-need-as-ai-agents-take-over-their-infrastructure/) closed a $30 million Series A for agent governance. [NeuralTrust](https://techfundingnews.com/neuraltrust-20m-europe-largest-cybersecurity-seed-ai-agents/), which _TFN_ covered when it announced what it calls Europe’s largest cybersecurity seed round, raised $20 million for a similar control layer. [Oasis Security](https://techfundingnews.com/accel-and-sequoia-back-oasis-securitys-120m-series-b-for-secure-ai-agents/) took in $120 million for machine-identity management, and [InfiniteWatch](https://techfundingnews.com/infinitewatch-4m-ai-agent-observability/), another company _TFN_ broke the news on, raised $4 million for agent observability aimed at customer interactions. ## Funding the infrastructure behind AI [Marlon Nichols](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marloncnichols/), managing partner at M
Alvys introduced Alvys Foundry on Tuesday, an agentic AI platform that lets carriers, brokers and hybrid carrier-brokers build and deploy freight AI agents inside the [transportation management system](https://getfreightdata.com/wiki/terms/transportation-management-system?utm_source=fw_article&utm_medium=tooltip&utm_content=transportation-management-system) they already run.
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- Firms including Goldman Sachs and BlackRock say they see the potential to make money by raising funds from their institutional investors to fund the AI infrastructure build-out. Together, those firms say they’re willing to raise $500 billion, and potentially more, for the construction and build-out of new AI factories, as chipmakers and hyperscalers race to meet seemingly endless demand. That investment [never materialized](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/03/nvidia-openai-stalled-on-their-mega-deal-ai-giants-need-each-other.html), but Nvidia contributed $30 billion to the [record-breaking funding round](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/31/openai-funding-round-ipo.html) that OpenAI closed earlier this year. ## ‘These are real assets’ So far this year, [Alphabet](https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/GOOGL/), [Amazon](https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/AMZN/), [Meta](https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/META/), [Microsoft](https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/MSFT/) and [Oracle](https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/ORCL/) have raised well over $150 billion combined by selling debt and equity to build data centers and fund the development of new AI models and support the explosion of AI agents. [Intel](https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/INTC/) just announced a [$15 billion stock offering](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/intel-intc-stock-offering-ai.html), then upsized it to $20 billion.
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