Dodge AI raises $2.65 million to automate enterprise software maintenance
Dodge AI has raised $2.65 million for agents that investigate enterprise software incidents and document the custom rules behind business systems.
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Ascerta raises $18 million to measure the business value of AI
Ascerta raises $18 million to expand software that connects enterprise AI spending with business results. Its platform covers coding agents and reserved capacity.
OpenAI expands ChatGPT plugins with app panels and event triggers
OpenAI expands ChatGPT plugins with interface extensions and event triggers. Desktop support, staged web access and reliable delivery remain important limits.
OpenAI outlines Private Intelligence with a fall inference preview
OpenAI outlines Private Intelligence and a fall Private Inference preview. Its safety processing documentation clarifies retention duties and protection boundaries.
DoorDash adds AI planning tools for delivery workers
DoorDash is rolling out AI recommendations in the Dasher app and testing DashBuddy Voice Mode. Its earlier text assistant remains focused on general guidance.
DoorDash opens an AI ordering connector for workplace meals
DoorDash is opening a limited beta for corporate ordering through AI agents, alongside expanded access to its personal command line tool.
OpenAI rolls out dots for ongoing work across connected apps
OpenAI dots can work across connected apps between conversations. The rollout comes with plan and region limits, separate task usage and memory controls to review.
ChatGPT Space gives teams shared Pages with AI collaborators
ChatGPT Space and Pages bring people and AI into shared documents. Mobile editing, collaborative slides and a Keep Updated control remain unavailable at launch.
Codex Cloud adds reusable environments for coding tasks
Codex Cloud adds reusable project environments. OpenAI documents machine sizes, a seven day recovery window and limits on browser use and code hosts.
OpenAI adds browser control to the Agents API
OpenAI adds browser control to the Agents API. Website approvals, authentication limits and separate compute charges shape how developers should integrate it.
Codex Security Cloud brings repository scans to the background
Codex Security Cloud scans GitHub repositories and monitors new commits. Its documentation explains validation, proposed patches and public review visibility.
Anthropic sets November 30 deadline for Claude Sonnet 4.5
Claude Sonnet 4.5 remains available until its November 30 retirement. Anthropic recommends Sonnet 5.5 and gives developers a migration checklist.
DeepSeek releases Ascend kernels as TileLang adds Huawei support
DeepSeek and TileLang published Ascend 950 support on September 30. The code brings new hardware options and important compatibility limits.
OpenClaw Enterprise brings shared controls to persistent AI agents
OpenClaw Enterprise adds a control plane for persistent agents. Its public documentation separates available governance features from unfinished work.
Sign in with ChatGPT brings plan usage to other apps
Sign in with ChatGPT lets eligible subscribers use their allowance in partner apps. Here is how permissions, usage caps and optional credits work.
MiniMax sets a week of unlimited M3.1 use in Code
MiniMax announces unlimited M3.1 Flash Preview use in Code from October 1 to 7. Existing subscribers should check what an M Plan upgrade would remove.
What ZCode and Freebuff offer users trying GLM and DeepSeek models
Two days after GLM-5.3 launched, ZCode offered qualifying users up to 100 million free tokens. Freebuff is separately letting people try DeepSeek V4 Flash and V4 Pro without burning their own API key. Both deals are capacity-limited.
SpaceXAI releases Grok 4.6 for complex agent tasks
Grok 4.6 is out of the rumor window. SpaceXAI says the model is built to stay with long jobs, matches GPT-5.6 Sol on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, and is live in Cursor, Grok Build, and the API with a week of double included usage.
SpaceXAI launches Grok Bot beta with persistent cloud computers
Chat agents pause when you close the laptop. SpaceXAI (formerly xAI) wants that habit dead. Per the August 11 launch post, Grok Bot enters early beta as a team of always-on agents with their own cloud computers. They sign into…
OpenAI brings ChatGPT, Work, and Codex to a Linux preview
Linux developers finally stop being the tab that everyone forgets. Per TechCrunch, OpenAI released a preview ChatGPT desktop app for Linux that packs ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, and Codex into one native client. The company called Linux one of the most-requested…
NVIDIA releases NeMo Switchyard to route agents across AI models
Always-on agents are becoming systems of models, and pinning every step to one frontier SKU is how you burn the budget. Per NVIDIA’s Nemotron Lightning / Switchyard blog, the company open-sourced NeMo Switchyard: a routing library that sends each agent…
Databricks acquires Electric to bring Postgres to AI agent workflows
Databricks just bought the company that puts a full Postgres inside WebAssembly, because AI agents do not want one shared database. They want thousands of tiny ones they can spin up, branch, and throw away. What Databricks acquired Per The…
How ChatGPT and Gemini Spark bring AI assistance to Chrome
The chat box is no longer the product. OpenAI’s Chrome extension can read open tabs, YouTube captions, and Google Docs in place. Google’s Gemini Spark update goes further and tries to browse and click for you.
Claude Code makes auto mode the default for coding tasks
Anthropic is done pretending most developers read every shell prompt. Per the Claude Code blog, auto mode becomes the default on Pro, Max, and Team plans starting August 14, routing each tool call through a permission classifier instead of a…