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Legal
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Manus 2.0 and Cue give AI agents their own email, phone and wallet

Manus 2.0 is out, and its new Cue app gives each AI agent a phone, an email and a wallet. The launch comes five months after Beijing ordered Meta's $2bn deal for Manus cancelled.

Investors and funding

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Ascerta raises $18M from Dell’s venture arm to show which AI pays off

Ascerta, formerly Pay-i, has raised an $18M Series A led by Dell Technologies Capital. Its platform shows CIOs and CFOs what AI costs, how staff use it and which initiatives pay off.

Corporates and innovation

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CORPORATES AND INNOVATION

At a private AI retreat, the vendor told us the tool won’t save you

Zapier sells automation software to more than three million businesses. Its AI transformation playbook starts with roles, incentives and a $1.2m proof point, not the product.