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COMPANIES · 5 SOURCES · TechCrunch AI · The Verge AI · WIRED AI · The Decoder · OpenAI

OpenAI launches Dots — always-on assistants powered by GPT-6 Astra

OpenAI unveiled Dots at DevDay: always-on, agentic assistants powered by the GPT-6 Astra model that run on their own cloud computer, can access a web browser and 4,000+ apps, and interact via text or voice across ChatGPT, Teams, and Slack. Dots are rolling out to ChatGPT Pro and Business Premium users, start with one per account, include custom rules and an auto-review safety feature, and conversations with a Dot do not count toward ChatGPT usage limits.

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STARTUPS · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

Ando launches team messaging app built for human–AI agents and raises $20M

Ando, founded by Sara Du, came out of stealth with a team messaging platform designed to let AI agents have identities, inboxes and participate in channels and calls like humans. The startup said it raised $20 million in pre-seed and seed funding from investors including Accel, Index Ventures and Emergence.

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COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · AWS Machine Learning

MRH Trowe enables secure self‑service AI agents using Strands, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and LibreChat

MRH Trowe gave roughly 400 employees secure, self‑service AI agents in the first month of production by combining Strands Agents, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and LibreChat. The platform preserves session isolation, data residency and governance required in the German financial sector, with an initial cost around $14 per seat and a projected ~40% infrastructure cost reduction through right‑sizing and scheduled scaling.

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