Wabi, Eugenia Kuyda's AI mini-app builder now positioning itself as a personal agent, raised $55M at a $1.25B valuation
Wabi, Eugenia Kuyda's AI mini-app builder now positioning itself as a personal agent, raised $55M at a $1.25B valuation
Correction: We attached sources about Artex, Underdog, Crusoe, Palo Alto Networks and Zest rather than the Wabi funding claim. They have been withdrawn as evidence for this claim. The original claim and its Reported status are unchanged.
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Zest launched an AI concierge agent that combines everyone's tastes in a group, puts restaurant options to a vote, and books the reservation over text, per TechCrunch.
Original URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/zests-new-ai-agent-finds-restaurants-and-books-reservations-over-text/
Correction: We attached sources about Artex, Underdog, Crusoe, Palo Alto Networks and Zest rather than the Wabi funding claim. They have been withdrawn as evidence for this claim. The original claim and its Reported status are unchanged.
Hundreds of Artex AI hacking tools were found publicly exposed on the internet, per TechCrunch — the exposure again raises the dual-use concern for AI-powered offensive tooling.
Original URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/06/hundreds-of-artex-ai-hacking-tools-found-publicly-exposed-to-
Correction: We attached sources about Artex, Underdog, Crusoe, Palo Alto Networks and Zest rather than the Wabi funding claim. They have been withdrawn as evidence for this claim. The original claim and its Reported status are unchanged.
Underdog showed off a 32MB speech model in a new demo, per TechCrunch — an ultra-compact speech model aimed at edge and on-device deployment.
Original URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/06/underdog-shows-off-a-32mb-speech-model-in-new-demo/
Correction: We attached sources about Artex, Underdog, Crusoe, Palo Alto Networks and Zest rather than the Wabi funding claim. They have been withdrawn as evidence for this claim. The original claim and its Reported status are unchanged.
Palo Alto Networks is in talks to buy an AI agent security startup, per TechCrunch — the security giant moving to cover the fast-growing agent-security category that this week's research papers and vendor launches have highlighted.
Original URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/05/palo-alto-networks-in-talks-to-buy-ai-agent-security-startup-
Correction: We attached sources about Artex, Underdog, Crusoe, Palo Alto Networks and Zest rather than the Wabi funding claim. They have been withdrawn as evidence for this claim. The original claim and its Reported status are unchanged.
Crusoe sold its troubled Wyoming data center project to Google, per TechCrunch — a notable handoff in the AI infrastructure buildout following the week's reports of financing stress across data-center projects.
Original URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/06/crusoe-sells-troubled-wyoming-data-center-project-to-google/
Correction: We attached sources about Artex, Underdog, Crusoe, Palo Alto Networks and Zest rather than the Wabi funding claim. They have been withdrawn as evidence for this claim. The original claim and its Reported status are unchanged.
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