Hark launches Handoff, a browser agent claiming speed and cost advantages over GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus
Hark Handoff navigates websites without APIs by predicting actions rather than tokens, competing with agents from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic.
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Menlo Ventures' Murphy: Platform Play, Not Model Moat, Defines AI Startup Winners
Anthropic's $47B revenue run rate in May reflects a shift from model-centric to platform-centric competition, according to Menlo Ventures investor Matt Murphy.
Meta moves to unwind $2B Manus acquisition after Beijing's divestiture order
Meta has begun operational separation from the AI startup Manus following a Chinese government divestiture demand on national security grounds.
Justin Ernest's $500M allocation strategy bypasses traditional VC fund structure
Sabertooth Capital deployed nearly $500M across 10 AI and deep-tech startups in 12 months using SPVs and nominee structures, avoiding the 12-18 month fund-raising timeline.
Shift offers free home cleaning in exchange for robot training footage
An AI startup is launching a free cleaning service that records workers to gather training data for household robots.