OpenAI announced that it has acquired Promptfoo, a security startup founded in 2024 that protects large language models from adversarial attacks. The deal will integrate Promptfoo’s testing tools into OpenAI Frontier, the company’s enterprise platform for AI agents. Promptfoo, created by Ian Webster and Michael D’Angelo, already serves a significant share of Fortune 500 firms and has raised $23 million. OpenAI said the technology will enable automated red‑teaming, workflow security checks, and risk monitoring for its agentic products, while continuing to support Promptfoo’s open‑source offerings. Read more →

Artificial intelligence is reshaping venture capital by automating deal analysis, cutting costs, and improving investment odds, yet it also threatens the traditional funding model. Platforms like the Autonomous Deal Investing Network (ADIN) use AI agents to evaluate startups in minutes, surfacing risks that human analysts often miss. While many investors experiment with AI tools for memos, sourcing, and scoring founders, they remain wary of losing the relational aspects of the business. At the same time, AI‑driven development tools enable founders to launch companies with far less capital, potentially reducing the need for large VC checks and prompting an existential debate within the industry. Read more →

Google has introduced a command-line interface that consolidates access to Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Docs, Sheets, Slides and all Workspace APIs. The tool, described as “one CLI for all of Google Workspace,” includes a specific guide for integrating with the AI assistant OpenClaw. While the CLI bundles more than 40 agent skills and supports open‑standard MCP integrations, Google notes it is “not an officially supported Google product,” meaning users adopt it at their own risk. The move signals Google’s willingness to accommodate third‑party AI agents while keeping its core services largely under its own ecosystem. Read more →

OpenAI announced two new models, GPT‑5.4 Thinking and GPT‑5.4 Pro, aimed at enterprise workloads and AI agents. The "thinking" model trades speed for higher accuracy, reducing hallucinations by 18% for overall errors and 33% for false claims compared with GPT‑5.2. Both models are now available to paid ChatGPT users and via API, with Thinking also integrated into Codex. OpenAI frames the release as a competitive move against Anthropic’s Claude, which currently leads mobile AI app charts. Meanwhile, the U.S. Defense Department’s AI contracts shifted from Anthropic to OpenAI after Anthropic declined to support surveillance or autonomous weapons, prompting OpenAI to promise safeguards and limited agency access. Read more →

OpenAI has launched GPT-5.4, a new AI model that blends advances in reasoning, coding, and professional‑office tasks. The model is the company’s first to feature native computer‑use capabilities, allowing it to issue keyboard and mouse commands, browse the web, and interact with APIs on a user's behalf. Marketed as a step toward an agentic future, GPT-5.4 is available through the API, Codex, and a specialized “Thinking” version in ChatGPT, offering more factual answers and the ability to outline complex queries for user tweaking. Read more →