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So What’s New With Claude Opus 4.8?
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8 on May 28, an incremental upgrade over Opus 4.7 that the company is shipping at the same price.
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Rep AI Raises $6.2 Million to Build a Unified AI Platform for E-Commerce
Rep AI, an e-commerce AI startup, has raised $6.2 million in a strategic follow-on funding round led by Silicon Road Ventures. Existing backers Osage Venture Partners and Flashpoint Venture Capital also took part, alongside Zendesk as a strategic investor.
New York’s Daloopa Raises $47 Million to Fix the Trust Problem in AI Finance
Daloopa, a New York financial data infrastructure company, has raised $47 million in Series C funding. Brighton Park Capital led the round. Squarepoint Capital, Touring Capital and Nexus Venture Partners also took part.
Syn Ventures Leads $4.8M Seed in AI Security Startup CodeIntegrity
The San Francisco startup builds a runtime control layer that sits between unpredictable AI models and enterprise systems, enforcing hard limits on what autonomous agents can do.
Google’s New AI Search Tools Aim to Surface Publishers’ Original Reporting
The changes push user-chosen publishers into AI-generated answers and add a label marking the original reporting other stories cite, a notable change for publishers worried about AI eroding referral traffic. Google is extending its Preferred Sources feature into AI Overviews…
Kopa.ai Raises €2M to Free E-Commerce Teams Buried in Busywork
Kopa.ai, a Lithuanian startup building AI agents that run day-to-day e-commerce operations, has raised €2 million in seed funding co-led by XTX Ventures and Practica Capital.
Shivanku Misra Joins Marriott as VP, Data, AI and Emerging Technologies
Marriott International has appointed Shivanku Misra as Managing Vice President, Data, AI and Emerging Technologies, a newly created global technology leadership role. Misra announced the move on LinkedIn.
Anthropic India Appoints Siddiq Zaman as Head of Partnerships
Anthropic India has appointed Siddiq Zaman as Head of Partnerships, India. Zaman announced the move on LinkedIn, and Irina Ghose, Managing Director of Anthropic India, confirmed the hire on the platform.
AI Intelligence Startup Quantum Tiger Raises Pre-Seed at $2 Million Valuation
Quantum Tiger, an AI startup building what it calls operational intelligence infrastructure for enterprises, has closed its pre-seed round at a valuation of $2 million. The round was backed by a Middle East-based family office, and the investment amount was not disclosed.
Insurers Race to Adopt AI Even as Most Doubt It Is Ready, GlobalData Says
Insurers are moving quickly to adopt AI, but most professionals in the sector doubt the technology is ready for broad use, according to a new GlobalData poll.
