{
  "source": "web_search: recent AI-agent funding/valuation news",
  "retrieved": "2026-11-05",
  "items": [
    {
      "n": 1,
      "title": "Manus raises $500 million in first funding round since Meta breakup",
      "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/08/manus-fund-raise-meta-muse-tencent.html",
      "published": "2026-10-08",
      "snippet": "Manus raised >$500M led by Boyu Capital and IDG Capital; valuation to double to $4B."
    },
    {
      "n": 2,
      "title": "Nous Research confirms it hit $1.5B valuation, launches AI agents for business users",
      "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/07/nous-research-confirms-it-hit-1-5b-valuation-launches-ai-agents-for-business-users/",
      "published": "2026-10-07",
      "snippet": "Nous raised $90M Series B at a $1.5B valuation; Hermes for Businesses announced."
    },
    {
      "n": 3,
      "title": "Omnichat Raises US$10M Series A Led by Openspace Capital to Scale AI Agent Platform",
      "url": "https://www.loganbanner.com/online_features/press_releases/omnichat-raises-us-10m-series-a-led-by-openspace-capital-to-scale-ai-agent-platform/article_d933363e-7830-5de5-936d-2ff5fed00022.html",
      "published": "2026-10-26",
      "snippet": "Omnichat's Agentic AI platform will scale Omni AI Agents for marketing, sales and service teams."
    },
    {
      "n": 4,
      "title": "Mintive Raises $7 Million Seed Round to Govern Enterprise AI Agent Identities",
      "url": "https://idtechwire.com/mintive-raises-7-million-seed-round-to-govern-enterprise-ai-agent-identities/",
      "published": "2026-10-30",
      "snippet": "Mintive governs identities and permissions for enterprise AI agents; signed 50+ customers."
    },
    {
      "n": 5,
      "title": "Easol raises $30M Series A extension to launch AI agents",
      "url": "https://www.sesamers.com/funding/easol-raises-30m-series-a-extension-festival-ai-agents/",
      "published": "2026-10-28",
      "snippet": "Easol closed $30M ($20M equity + $10M debt) for Teammates, AI agents for festival and experience businesses."
    },
    {
      "n": 6,
      "title": "Nvidia, Samsung back $90M round for AI agent startup Nous Research",
      "url": "https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/07/nvidia-samsung-back-90m-round-for-ai-agent-startup-nous-research/",
      "published": "2026-10-07",
      "snippet": "Robot Ventures led the Series B; Nvidia, Samsung, Y Combinator joined; valuation $1.5B."
    },
    {
      "n": 7,
      "title": "Suki raises $90M in Series E round to create AI agents",
      "url": "https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/suki-raises-90m-in-series-e-round-to-create-ai-agents/832862/",
      "published": "2026-10-13",
      "snippet": "Suki expands AI agents for referrals and prior authorizations; total >$250M raised."
    },
    {
      "n": 8,
      "title": "AI agent security startup AIR raises $50M seed, lands on Fortune Cyber 60",
      "url": "https://dealroom.co/news/168439-ai-agent-security-startup-air-raises-50m-seed-lands-on-fortune-cyber-60/",
      "published": "2026-10-30",
      "snippet": "AIR sells a security layer for AI agents; Sequoia led $10M, Greenoaks $40M; Fortune Cyber 60."
    }
  ]
}