Town raises $108M at $1B so AI assistants can work as a team
The Series B, co-led by Forerunner and Menlo, signals a shift from solo AI copilots to collaborative agent workforces.

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The Series B, co-led by Forerunner and Menlo, signals a shift from solo AI copilots to collaborative agent workforces.
Tech leaders want the shares given directly to Americans, not parked in a foundation.
Carolyn Marvin's disorderly conduct arrest turns a sidewalk standoff into a test case for how cities police the automation-versus-workforce debate.
A Delaware jury awarded Qualcomm two dollars in a licensing fight with Arm, but the real prize, a potential billions-dollar royalty pause, is still on the table.
CEO Piotr Babieno explains how stability and trust, not one-off hits, convinced Nintendo to back Onyx: The Dark Grip, the first third-party horror exclusive in over a decade.
The backlash over playoff ads raises a governance question: who is accountable for MLB's commercial partnerships as gambling and wellness products hit the airwaves?
The EV maker's new FF Nova targets developers and schools, but the bigger story is FFR's all-stock purchase of its robotics business.
The crypto exchange is raising fresh capital to close the gap with larger U.S. rivals, betting a $1 billion valuation still holds weight.
A new Google Quantum AI experiment proves 'magic state cultivation' works, potentially slashing the qubit count needed for useful quantum computers.
A scientist's unexplained death at a closed anti-plague facility raises urgent questions about biosecurity across the former Soviet Union.
Shook Research rebranded to Veritant after its founder admitted paying Forbes' editor for favorable coverage. Here is what that means for every media-adjacent business.
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