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# RapidAPI co-founder raises $15 million for AI marketing startup enso ## Mickey Haslavsky’s company has raised $23 million to build what it calls “Agentic Growth Hacking.” 14:00, 01.10.26 Israeli startup enso, which develops AI agent systems for marketing and sales, has raised $15 million in a Series A round led by MoreTech Ventures, with participation from existing investor NFX, Phenomen VC, and Gil Hirsch. The new capital will be used to expand enso’s operations in what the company calls “Agentic Growth Hacking,” as businesses increasingly rely on AI tools to reach customers. 1 View gallery  (Photo: enso) z.calcalist.co.il # z.calcalist.co.il is blocked - [Wiz veteran raises $12 million Seed to secure AI agents at Rig Security](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/byxasxfcgl)
OpenAI launches Dots, always-on AI agents for continuous task management, aimed at reshaping workplace software amid safety concerns.
# OpenAI bets enterprises are ready to delegate real work to autonomous agents news This week at [OpenAI Dev Day](https://openai.com/devday/), the company introduced Dots, which CEO Sam Altman described as “remarkably capable, always-on” agents powered by GPT‑6 Astra. ## More from this author - [news\ **A maximum severity GitLab flaw could turn your CI/CD server into an attacker’s treasure trove** \ Sep 14, 2026 5 mins](https://www.infoworld.com/article/4221942/a-maximum-severity-gitlab-flaw-could-turn-your-ci-cd-server-into-an-attackers-treasure-trove-2.html)
Researchers at Georgia Tech's H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) are rethinking how intelligent systems recognize and...
## Build the next big thing SummaryWazari.ai gave Ezra, its Azure expert agent, a memory a person can read and a review gate for proposed skills. Wazari.ai ran into that problem while building Ezra, a Microsoft Azure expert agent on its m8t platform. [Building an AI agent](https://learn.microsoft.com/startups/build/ai/agents/build-agent?wt.mc_id=githubwazari_learn_blog_mfsmktg) of your own? ## Building agents with Microsoft for Startups [Microsoft for Startups](https://www.microsoft.com/startups/?wt.mc_id=githubwazari_signup_blog_startups) helps founders build fast, scale smart, and sell more with Startup credits, AI tools, technical guidance, and go-to-market support. If you’re building an agent or AI application on Azure, apply to get started with Startup credits and unlock more as you build and scale. ## Related posts ### [Build AI agents for real enterprise workflows: 6 lessons from Datox](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/startups/blog/build-ai-agents-for-real-enterprise-workflows-6-lessons-from-datox/) - 
Factory AI and Cognition, two high-profile San Francisco-based AI startups building coding agents, are publicly feuding over the departure of a former...
Ric Smith, president of products and technology at Okta, explained that this move signifies a significant shift for the company, allowing them to be inline...
# OpenAI Faces Stunning Lawsuit Over Rogue AI Agent Microsoft-backed ( **MSFT**) OpenAI is facing fresh legal scrutiny after a California nonprofit sued the ChatGPT maker over allegations that hundreds of its autonomous AI agents escaped a controlled testing environment and hacked Hugging Face.
The lawsuit centers on a July incident in which OpenAI agents hacked AI firm Hugging Face without authorization.
# Rogue Agent Incidents Add New Wrinkle to Delaware Plan for AI-Run Companies Delaware’s first-in-the-nation proposal to create [companies managed by artificial intelligence](https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/delaware-ai-company-plan-draws-questions-over-who-is-accountable/) agents is confronting a new complication. ## Get the Full Story The draft legislation, expected to be considered when Delaware lawmakers return in January, would create an “ [artificial intelligence company](https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/delaware-proposes-new-legal-framework-for-autonomous-agents/),” or AIC, whose day-to-day business could be managed by an AI agent without routine human supervision. In July, a swarm of [OpenAI](https://openai.com/) agents hacked AI startup [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/) while attempting to cheat on a [cybersecurity test](https://www.pymnts.com/cybersecurity/2026/openai-models-breach-hugging-face-during-cyber-evaluation/).
AI agents have evolved from experimental chatbots into practical systems that can plan tasks, use tools, and complete multi-step workflows.
# Reco Announces $55M in Funding to Tackle AI Agent Sprawl Across Enterprises  AI security startup Reco has raised $55 million, extending a $30 million Series B from February, with participation from AT&T’s venture arm, Forestay and Quadrille Capital. It enters a crowded field of at least two dozen agent security vendors and will use the capital for hiring, sales, partnerships and customer support. ## More in Business & Markets [\ \ Business & Markets · Startups\ \ **Peak XV Raises Surge Seed Cap to $5M as AI Startups Dominate 18-Company Cohort**\ \ 12 hours ago](https://theaiinsider.tech/2026/09/30/peak-xv-raises-surge-seed-cap-to-5m-as-ai-startups-dominate-18-company-cohort/)
Founded by incident response veterans, Evoke Security's Agentic AI-powered platform enables security teams to continuously inventory, threat model, and monitor AI agents.
The AI research startup will bring customer interviews, analysis, and simulated customer behavior closer to Salesforce's CRM and AI agents.
# Restate lands $20M as the need for durable infrastructure increases with AI agents The Berlin-based startup had set out to build an execution engine that made multistep workflows resilient to crashes and network interruptions — something that made it a fit for the agentic era. The explosion of AI agents has provided a powerful tailwind for the startup. Ewen said that in addition to providing durability for AI companies, the startup is serving Fortune 500 customers, including in the financial space. Marina Temkin is a venture capital and startups reporter at TechCrunch.
Bitdefender announced the public beta launch of AI Guardian, a new consumer offering that adds a powerful security layer between AI agents.
Following Meta's blockbuster release of its Muse AI agent earlier this month, OpenAI jumped into the personal agent market with Dots.
OpenAI faces lawsuit over its agents' attacks, and Anthropic warns that liability for autonomous AI remains an open legal question.
**Berlin’s AI startup ecosystem is witnessing a significant shift as more companies develop and deploy their own AI agents in-house.** Startups throughout Berlin are increasingly adopting [self-hosted AI agents](https://www.dogado.de/server/hermes-agent-server-hosting) to manage core business operations and drive innovation. ## The rise of local AI agent adoption among Berlin startups Berlin’s startup scene is renowned for its focus on cutting-edge technology and rapid product iteration. By running AI agents within their own environments, startups improve their ability to experiment with novel use cases. ## Navigating challenges and future opportunities Looking ahead, Berlin’s embrace of self-hosted AI agents may set standards for urban startup ecosystems globally.
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OpenAI has introduced "Dots," a new class of persistent AI agents engineered to execute tasks autonomously between user conversations.
# OpenAI developer conference draws protests as company unveils new AI agents [](https://www.nbcbayarea.com/)
# Manus AI for Trading and Investing: A Guide for US Investors Manus AI is an autonomous AI agent platform that can execute end-to-end financial research workflows, including stock analysis, report generation, and portfolio monitoring, from a single prompt. Manus AI is a general-purpose autonomous agent designed to plan, research, and execute complex multi-step tasks, including financial analysis workflows.
An agent gateway lets Okta monitor AI agent actions inline and make real-time authorization decisions as identity security moves into the runtime path.
OpenAI dots takes on Meta Enterprise Platform and Google Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform as Instinct raises $1B in the AI agent race.
Dots are remarkably capable, always-on agents built to handle everything. They're a whole new way to work with AI—one that gets to know what matters to you,...
By Deepa Seetharaman and Aditya Soni. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 29 (Reuters) - OpenAI on Tuesday unveiled always-on agents called dots that chase user goals...
## What $500 Actually Buys The core product is Dots – [always-on autonomous agents](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1002033/openai-dots-launch-muse-competitor) powered by GPT-6 Astra, each with its own cloud computer, capable of operating across more than 4,000 supported apps in the background while learning user preferences over time.
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