AI Agent News
Track major events, funding, model releases and breakthroughs across the AI Agent landscape
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Track major events, funding, model releases and breakthroughs across the AI Agent landscape
Key events timeline
OpenClaw erupts on GitHub
OpenClaw hits global GitHub Top 10 in 10 days, outpacing the Linux kernel star growth
Meta acquires Manus for $2B
Meta acquires Manus AI for $2B, locking in the general-purpose Agent race
DeepSeek-V3 open-sourced
The value king, at just 5% of GPT-4 cost
Manus goes viral overnight
The world's first general-purpose AI Agent draws unprecedented attention
OpenAI Deep Research
OpenAI ships a deep-research Agent that generates professional reports in one click
MCP Servers pass 500
The MCP ecosystem erupts — 500+ servers built in 3 months
DeepSeek-R1 stuns the world
Open-source reasoning model at just 3% of OpenAI cost, reshaping the global AI landscape
MCP protocol born
Anthropic releases the Model Context Protocol, the de facto standard for Agent interfaces
Claude Computer Use
Anthropic lets AI directly control the computer screen for the first time, opening a new paradigm
Replit Agent full-stack automation
Natural language to a shipped product, aimed at non-engineers
Cursor ARR passes $100M
The fastest-growing SaaS ever, the new king of AI coding tools
Claude 3.5 tops SWE-bench
The strongest coding AI, bug-fixing at a junior engineer level
Devin launches
The world's first autonomous AI software engineer, able to complete full coding tasks on its own
Apple Intelligence Expands with More On-Device Models
Apple expands Apple Intelligence with new on-device models for writing, summarization, and coding assistance, while maintaining its privacy-first approach that keeps most processing on the device.
Perplexity AI Launches Enterprise with Private Knowledge Base Integration
Perplexity for Enterprise allows companies to integrate internal documents and databases with AI-powered search, creating a private knowledge assistant for business users.
Perplexity AI Launches Shopping: AI Search Becomes AI Commerce Platform
Perplexity AI's entry into shopping with 'Buy with Pro' represents AI search evolving into a full commerce layer. Users can research products, compare prices, read reviews, and complete purchases without leaving the AI interface. Early metrics show 18% checkout conversion rate from product research queries — significantly above e-commerce industry averages. The move positions Perplexity as a potential threat to both Google Shopping and Amazon product search, and signals AI search monetization shifting from advertising to transaction fees.