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Instinct raised $1B at $10B for an AI agent that rings restaurants on its own phone
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Instinct has raised $1B at a $10B valuation from Sequoia, Benchmark and Coatue for a personal AI agent that books trips, orders groceries and telephones businesses using its own phone. Since 2 August, Article 50 of the EU AI Act has required systems that interact directly with people to tell them they are dealing with […] This story continues at The Next Web
- Instinct has raised $1B at a $10B valuation from Sequoia, Benchmark and Coatue for a personal AI agent that books trips, orders groceries and telephones businesses using its own phone. Since 2 August, Article 50 of the EU AI Act has required systems that interact directly with...
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- Instinct has raised $1B at a $10B valuation from Sequoia, Benchmark and Coatue for a personal AI agent that books trips, orders groceries and telephones businesses using its own phone. Since 2 August, Article 50 of the EU AI Act has required systems that interact directly with people to tell them they are dealing with […] This story continues at The Next Web.
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