Enterprise

Anthropic launched tools that show companies how their spending on its models is being used, lifting the curtain on usage ahead of a planned IPO. The move gives enterprise customers visibility into what their AI budgets are buying.

Business • TechCrunch AI

Nvidia has launched new open models designed to run AI agents in enterprise data centers and on personal computers. This move is part of Nvidia's push into the trend of companies wanting to run their own open models and enable on-device, private AI agents.

Models • TechCrunch AI

Town • Series B

Town, which develops enterprise AI assistants, raised a $108 million Series B at a $1 billion valuation. This comes just four months after the company announced a $55 million Series A in June.

Microsoft is advising enterprises to closely monitor AI agents used by employees, equating them with insider threats. The company argues that frontier models cannot be trusted when operating on systems not controlled by AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic.

AI Safety • TechCrunch AI

A new report from MIT Technology Review examines how enterprise AI economics are shifting as usage scales. The analysis suggests the question for companies is moving from 'can we use it?' to 'how efficiently are we using it?' as AI becomes core infrastructure.

Industry • MIT Technology Review

Plinto • Unknown

Copenhagen-based AI startup Plinto raised €2.9 million in a funding round from People Ventures and Emblem to further develop its AI-powered financial transaction monitoring platform and expand its enterprise reach.