Friday, 4 September 2026
Docusign opens its MCP server to any agent
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Docusign's agreement tools become natively callable from Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and any MCP client starting September 30, with account-level admin controls.
xAI opens Grok Bot to whole enterprises
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Grok Bot moves from a narrow Cursor beta to org-wide rollout with admin controls, adding persistent agents with their own memory and workspace.
Crusoe triples its valuation to $30B
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The AI data-center builder raised $3B in ten months after its last round, backed by a $13B five-year GPU contract with trading firm Jane Street.
IFM open-sources a six-model AI fleet
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K2 Horizon ships weights, code, and training data for six models from 0.9B to 375B parameters under Apache 2.0, the largest fully open release to date.
Microsoft ships MAI-Transcribe-2
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MAI-Transcribe-2 tops a 60-language benchmark and prices at $0.10 per audio hour through year-end, well under OpenAI, Google, and ElevenLabs.
OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra
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Astra is OpenAI's first model rated Critical for cybersecurity risk under its own safety framework, able to find and exploit unknown flaws without human help.
Tripo AI raises $446M for 3D models
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The Series B and B+ rounds fund a 3D-native foundation model that generates production-ready, quad-topology objects in seconds, a first for the category.
OpenAI puts $1B behind small defenders
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Daybreak for Frontline Defenders gives water utilities, electric grids, community banks, and open-source projects free access to OpenAI's cybersecurity models.
Adobe buys Indian AI startup Rilo
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Adobe acquired the year-old marketing-intelligence startup, its second Indian buy, to add agentic go-to-market tools. Terms undisclosed.