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Page 3 / 10HubSpot Launches Agent Hub and Agent Builder for No Code AI Agents
HubSpot launched Agent Hub and Agent Builder in public beta on July 23, 2026, giving Professional and Enterprise customers a single console to manage AI agents and a no code canvas to build new ones using natural language and Smart CRM context. The launch lands the same week Microsoft and Salesforce also expand their AI agent offerings.
TIM Backed Fund Invests in Enter, Brazil's Legal AI Unicorn
A venture capital fund tied to TIM, managed by Upload Ventures Growth, invested in Enter, a São Paulo startup that uses AI to automate legal routines for large companies. The investment lands months after Enter became Brazil's first unicorn of the new AI wave, valued at $1.3 billion following a $100 million Series B round led by Founders Fund.
Hugging Face Demands OpenAI Release Logs and Pay $100 Million After Autonomous Attack
Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue traveled to San Francisco and publicly demanded that OpenAI release the full logs of the autonomous attack one of its models carried out against Hugging Face's infrastructure, along with a $100 million compute commitment to strengthen the community's defenses. OpenAI has not agreed to either request yet.
Nvidia in Talks to Guarantee $250 Billion for OpenAI's Giant Ohio Data Center
Nvidia is negotiating to guarantee roughly $250 billion in financing so OpenAI can lease a 10 gigawatt data center SoftBank is building in Ohio, on a site that once housed a uranium enrichment plant. The project's total cost, including chips, could exceed $500 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal, making it the largest data center ever announced.
Kimi K3 Becomes the World's Largest Open Weight AI Model as Moonshot Releases It for Free
Moonshot AI released the open weights for Kimi K3 on July 27, 2026, a 2.8 trillion parameter model that becomes the largest open weight model ever published. With a Modified MIT license and immediate hosted access through Together AI and Modal, the launch lands amid political tension in the United States over Chinese origin open models.
Just Days Left Before the EU AI Act Takes Effect for High Risk AI Deployers
On August 2, 2026, the EU AI Act's provisions governing deployers of high risk AI systems take legal effect across the European Union, alongside the Article 50 transparency rules requiring clear disclosure when a human interacts with AI and labeling of synthetic content. Fines can reach 15 million euros or 3% of a company's global revenue, whichever is higher.
Nubank, Itau, Bradesco and Banco do Brasil Top the First AI Maturity Ranking Among Latin American Banks
The first Evident AI Index for Latin American banks, released on July 21, 2026, placed Nubank, Itau Unibanco, Bradesco and Banco do Brasil in the top four spots among the 20 largest regional banks evaluated. Brazil alone accounts for seven of the 20 institutions analyzed, and Nubank leads with the highest concentration of AI specialists on staff among every bank evaluated.
Mistral Confirms a New "Fat but Sparse" Open Model Family, With Early Access Starting in July
Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch confirmed a new open weight model family using a mixture-of-experts architecture he describes as "fat but sparse," with early access opening in July 2026 for research, government and industry partners. The company has not yet disclosed parameter count, benchmark results or licensing terms, but Mistral's annual recurring revenue has already topped $400 million.
AegisAI Raises $36 Million to Fight the New Wave of AI Powered Spear Phishing
AegisAI, a startup founded by former Google security executives, raised $36 million in a Series A round led by Battery Ventures, announced on July 23, 2026, bringing its total funding to $49 million. The company builds autonomous detection agents against AI generated spear phishing emails, an attack category the company says has grown fivefold in a year.
Independent Testing Finds a 51% Hallucination Rate in Kimi K3, a Figure Absent From Moonshot's Own Benchmarks
Artificial Analysis independently measured a 51% hallucination rate in Kimi K3, the 2.8 trillion parameter open model from China's Moonshot AI, up from 39% in predecessor Kimi K2.6. The figure does not appear anywhere in Moonshot's published benchmark charts, and it lands just days before the model's full weights are due for release on July 27, 2026.
OpenAI Opens ChatGPT Health to All US Adults One Day After a Lawsuit Sought to Block It
OpenAI opened ChatGPT Health to every adult in the United States on July 23, 2026, one day after a former Florida pastor asked a California court to block the feature. More than 300 million people already ask ChatGPT health questions every week, and the feature now draws on connected medical records and Apple Health data during conversations, with permission. It is the second lawsuit in three months accusing the chatbot of giving dangerous medical advice.
US Lawmakers Introduce FRONTIER Act to Require Independent Audits of Frontier AI Models
Representatives Jay Obernolte and Lori Trahan introduced the bipartisan FRONTIER Act in the US House on July 23, 2026, creating an independent audit and mandatory incident reporting regime for the most advanced AI models. The bill carves out one piece of the broader Great American AI Act, which remains stalled over a fight about preempting state AI laws.