Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla told TechCrunch he is backing Wajo, a personal AI agent startup founded by former Google and DeepMind engineer Shivani Poddar, arguing it is more trustworthy than rivals like Meta's Muse and Instinct. Wajo's agent, called Fo, works across iMessage and WhatsApp, organizes tasks into categories such as scheduling and gifting, can call businesses on a user's behalf, hire humans for tasks, and issue a virtual credit card to make payments without revealing personal details.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-06
An Entrepreneur contributor argues that in real estate, discoverability through search, ads and social media has become commoditized, with most agents equally easy to find online. The piece contends that the real differentiator for winning clients is no longer visibility but whether prospective buyers and sellers actually trust and believe in an agent before ever speaking with them.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-10-04
A contributor to Entrepreneur argues that many founders misread networking's value, treating events, panels and coffee meetings as a substitute for building a strong product or service. The piece contends that genuine business relationships form as a byproduct of good work, reliable customer experience and follow-through, not from accumulating contacts.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-10-01
In an opinion piece, a Roof Maxx executive argues that businesses facing rising customer acquisition costs should resist reflexively raising prices. The piece notes customers tolerate gradual, inflation-linked price increases but react negatively to sudden, unexplained hikes, and stresses keeping products affordable while investing in customer relationships.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-10-01
A customer who recently bought several Eton dress shirts asked the company to honor a new promotional offer—a free tie with a $200 purchase—even though his order predated the promotion. Eton's customer service team agreed within 24 hours and sent the tie at no cost, despite the purchase having already been completed.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-10-01
The FBI has repeatedly flagged that North Korean IT workers are using fraudulent or stolen identity documents, proxy infrastructure and US-based facilitators to pass remote hiring processes and gain access to corporate networks. Rather than stealing existing credentials, these attackers get organizations to create new credentials for them during onboarding, exploiting the fact that Zero Trust and MFA controls assume an identity already exists. The FBI now recommends verifying identity both during hiring and continuously throughout remote employment.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-10-01
PwC's Digital Trust Insights 2027 report surveyed roughly 4,000 business and tech leaders across 71 countries and found no single role is clearly responsible for managing agentic AI or its security. About half of boards discuss AI's benefits and risks, with 47% treating cybersecurity as a standing board agenda item, while only about a third of organizations have assigned accountability for AI specifically.
zdnet.com
· 2026-10-01
9to5Mac's latest Security Bite roundup finds that ClickFix, a technique tricking victims into pasting Terminal commands themselves, has become the default delivery method for nearly all new Mac stealer malware since the Q1 2026 review. Researchers at Group-IB, Huntress, and Kaspersky have each identified new malware families—including ClickLock, a Go-based stealer, and a MacSync variant disguised as Homebrew—all using this same social-engineering approach. The report notes attackers are adding persistence, backdoors, and infrastructure hidden inside Apple's own services.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-28
A report on CISO-C-suite dynamics highlights that the relationship between chief information security officers and chief financial officers is increasingly critical to whether security initiatives get funded and supported. Citing PwC's 2025 Global Digital Trust Insights survey, it notes only 47% of CISOs are involved in strategic planning with CFOs on cybersecurity investment, and just 26% of companies have controls to respond quickly to cyber threats. Executives including Theresa Payton of Fortalice Solutions and Adam Ennamli of Deel argue CISOs must better translate technical risk into financial and business terms.
darkreading.com
· 2026-09-25
A new report finds that many workers are overstating how much they actually use artificial intelligence tools at work, largely to satisfy employer expectations. The data indicates that as pressure to adopt AI grows, employees' trust in leadership's guidance on AI issues is declining.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-25
A Toronto BMW dealership's AI chatbot, named Quinn, texted a customer an offer of CA$27,162.79 to buy back his car — a figure that turned out to be his outstanding loan balance, not an actual valuation. A salesperson later tried to withdraw the offer, and the dealership only honored it again after CBC News contacted them for comment.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-09-25
Anthropic is asking shareholders to approve a share structure, reported within days by The Information, that would give CEO Dario Amodei and his six co-founders combined shares carrying 50.1% of voting power on most matters, contingent on at least three founders retaining a minimum stake. The plan would also expand founder board seats from two to three, keep board selection largely with the Long-Term Benefit Trust, and give employees stock to break ties on certain votes.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-25
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