The Register
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1 month ago
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Anthropic is replacing its Claude Slack app with Claude Tag, an always-on AI agent that joins Slack workspaces as a team member with persistent access to channels, tools, and data. Enterprise customers migrating before September 1 receive $25,000 in credits and Teams customers receive $2,500, with the older connector being deprecated on August 3. Users can now delegate ongoing tasks to Claude Tag, which learns from channel context over time and can autonomously schedule work across hours or days.
Sequoia
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1 month ago
Probook, founded by George Eliadis, Lewis Zhang, and Ben Cervantez, launched an AI operating system platform for home service businesses that automates administrative tasks from job intake to dispatch and customer communication. The platform uses AI to match technicians based on their experience, availability, location, and performance metrics to optimize job assignments and improve margins for plumbing, HVAC, electrical, and other home service companies. Sequoia Capital backed the company from seed through Series A, enabling home service operators to reduce administrative overhead and improve both customer satisfaction and technician earnings.
Mistral AI
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1 month ago
Mistral released OCR 4, a document parsing model that extracts text with bounding boxes, block classifications, and confidence scores while supporting 170 languages and deployable as a single container. The model achieved a top score of 85.20 on OlmOCRBench and 72% win rate in human evaluations against competing systems, priced at $4 per 1,000 pages via API or $2 per 1,000 pages with the Batch API discount. Organizations can now embed document extraction into applications, RAG pipelines, and agentic workflows, either through Mistral's API or as self-hosted deployments for data privacy compliance.
TLDR
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1 month ago
Google is investing in independent film studio A24 to develop AI tools for movie production and distribution, leveraging A24's experience with films like 'Backrooms'. The investment includes funding for research partnerships focused on AI-powered filmmaking capabilities. This collaboration gives Google real-world testing grounds for production AI while providing A24 with advanced tools for content creation and distribution.
