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COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · The Verge AI

Zuckerberg pitches Muse agent network as Meta’s future on Q3 earnings call

On Meta’s third‑quarter earnings call Mark Zuckerberg said Muse — the personal AI agent launched to the public last month — could become a "large‑scale" network of agents that transact and interact on users' behalf. He reported more than 10 million downloads in the US and Canada, ~25% daily usage among initial downloaders, and that ~25% of users are shopping via Muse with average purchases above $200, while privacy incidents and enterprise hesitancy were flagged as unresolved risks.

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STARTUPS · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

Laplace Intelligence develops AI red-teaming platform for robots and self-driving cars

Laplace Intelligence, founded by Howie Sun and Henry Liu out of the University of Michigan, is building automated red‑teaming for physical AI—using a post‑trained Nvidia Cosmos simulation grounded in real‑world map and traffic data (including TomTom) and AI agents that generate corner cases to stress‑test robots and autonomous vehicles. The startup is presenting at TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield 200 and says it has begun generating revenue.

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STARTUPS · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

Laplace Intelligence builds AI-driven red-teaming platform to stress-test robots and self-driving cars

Ann Arbor startup Laplace Intelligence is developing automated red-teaming for physical AI—using a real-world‑grounded, post‑trained version of Nvidia’s Cosmos simulator and AI agents that generate corner cases—to find failures in robots, autonomous vehicles, and other deployed physical systems; the company is presenting at TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield. Founders Howie Sun and Henry Liu base the product on prior University of Michigan research and aim to surface edge cases before real‑world deployment.

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