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Microsoft announced agent discovery covering 60 agent types, a running risk score for each agent, and conditional access that can limit, isolate or stop an agent that drifts. It gave no pricing or dates and pointed customers to Ignite, which opens Nov 17.
Database vendor PingCAP disclosed that an attacker used stolen service account credentials to get into internal systems between September 9 and October 7. The attacker copied TiDB Cloud account, billing and contract data as well as source code.
Tradeweb will pay about $1.89B in cash and $82M in stock. The price covers $1.75B for the business and about $220M for tax assets. Trumid runs an electronic marketplace for US dollar corporate and emerging-market bonds. Closing is targeted for the first half of 2027.
The Tel Aviv startup led by Mobileye founder Amnon Shashua raised $200M co-led by Lightspeed and Bessemer, with Nvidia and Dell Technologies Capital also investing. Maxwell rewrites running code to cut enterprise compute costs.
Forerunner and Menlo co-led the round for Town, which gives each employee an AI assistant that connects to email and calendars and can coordinate with colleagues' assistants. Town launched publicly in June with a $55M Series A.
Books, who ran the SMB business-software maker from 2009 to 2021, returns as CEO on Oct 26. Gruenewald, CEO for almost six years, stays on the board. ECI serves about 25,000 customers.
Curql Collective led the round, which combines $10M of equity with a $3M venture debt facility. ScribeUp's software lets more than 60 banks, credit unions and fintechs offer subscription and recurring-bill management inside their own apps.
Fleet software company Motive launched Agents, which act on safety, maintenance and idling alerts by opening work orders and contacting drivers; available now to existing customers
Integration software maker Boomi has acquired Elementary Data, whose tools monitor data pipelines for quality, lineage and governance problems. Boomi says this will make the data it feeds into customers' AI agents more reliable.
Nasdaq-listed OpenWorld, which builds real-world asset tokenization and enterprise blockchain tools, agreed to buy Blocksight, whose AI agents automate deal structuring, investor onboarding and reporting. Terms were not disclosed; closing is subject to customary conditions.
Anthropic will place 5% of its equity in a new wholly owned Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, pending stockholder approval. The board can add 2% for each 50% rise in value over a set baseline. The fund cannot be used for lobbying or political giving.
Microsoft has ended its deal to anchor Nscale's planned data center in Loughton, Essex, the Telegraph reported, without giving a reason. Nscale, which has been told grid power may not arrive until the 2030s, said its other contracts are unaffected.