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We will talk about agents. AI agents.

They will change the way how we do business, how we interract and even how we do our everyday lives.

Agents will build business.

Agents will organize your day.

Agents will fill up your fridge.

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Cyera buys Oasis Security for $1B to protect growing AI agent ecosystems.

Cyera agrees to acquire Oasis Security for $1B to safeguard proliferating AI agents

Data security company Cyera has signed a letter of intent to acquire Oasis Security for approximately $1 billion. The deal will be paid mostly in cash, with the remainder in Cyera shares. Cyera itself recently raised $600 million at a $12 billion valuation and has now accumulated around $2.3 billion in total funding since its founding five years ago.

Oasis Security, founded in 2022, specializes in securing non-human identities — with a particular focus on AI agents. As businesses increasingly deploy AI agents to automate tasks and interact with other software systems, the need to monitor their behavior and manage their access permissions has become a critical cybersecurity challenge. Oasis has raised roughly $195 million from investors including Accel, Craft Ventures, and Cyberstarts.

The acquisition underscores the rapidly growing demand for enterprise cybersecurity solutions designed to defend against AI-powered threats. As AI agents multiply across corporate environments, companies face mounting pressure to put proper safeguards in place — and vendors that can provide those tools are attracting serious investment and consolidation activity.

This deal is the latest in a string of acquisitions by Cyera. The company recently purchased Ryft, which is backed by Index Ventures, as well as Genie Security, a startup that was less than a year old at the time of the deal. Cyera and Oasis share common investors in Accel and Cyberstarts, which may have helped facilitate the transaction.

Following the close of the acquisition, Cyera plans to integrate Oasis's technology into a unified platform combining identity security and data security capabilities. Despite having surpassed $150 million in annual recurring revenue, Cyera has not yet reached profitability — a reminder that even well-funded, high-growth cybersecurity firms face a long road to financial sustainability.

Martha Stewart co-founds Hint, an AI app managing every aspect of your home.

Hint, a new AI startup co-founded by Martha Stewart, offers an AI assistant for homeowners

Martha Stewart has co-founded Hint, an AI app designed to help homeowners manage maintenance schedules, energy use, air and soil quality, insurance claims, and more. Users enter their address, and the app builds a home profile from public records. Appliance photos enable personalized how-to guidance and proactive maintenance reminders.

Stewart is an active co-founder — not a figurehead — regularly reviewing the app's accuracy and design. Backed by $10 million in funding, Hint is free on iOS, with a premium subscription planned. Its AI runs on OpenAI and Gemini, and affiliate revenue from service partners is kept separate from its recommendations.

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Thinking Machines co-founder Lilian Weng left the company citing health reasons, then joined OpenAI

Lilian Weng, co-founder of AI startup Thinking Machines, announced this week that she is stepping down from her role at the company, citing serious health concerns. In an internal Slack message that she also shared publicly on X, Weng explained that the relentless pace of startup life had taken a significant physical toll. "After thinking about it for several months, I ultimately have to admit that the amount of consistent stress and workload have pushed me beyond what my health can sustain physically," she wrote.

Shortly after her departure was made public, OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch that Weng would be rejoining the company, where she previously held the position of VP of AI Safety Research. According to an OpenAI spokesperson, Weng will lead a senior team focused on accelerating the company's internal research efforts, with a particular emphasis on recursive self-improvement — a process by which an AI system iterates on itself to become progressively more capable.

The move has raised eyebrows, given that Weng cited the unsustainable pressures of startup life as her reason for leaving Thinking Machines. However, returning to an established organization where she is not a co-founder may afford her a meaningfully different working environment and a greater degree of insulation from the most acute pressures. At a time when top AI talent is fiercely contested among leading labs, the circumstances of her departure and rapid reappearance at a rival organization make the situation especially noteworthy.

Thinking Machines co-founder and former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati responded to Weng's post on X with a message of support. "We'll miss you, it's been wonderful building Thinky together. I'm glad that you're putting your health first. Thank you for everything," Murati wrote. It remains unclear whether Murati knew at the time that Weng was planning to rejoin OpenAI.

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