Ai Software

Google's Gemini 4 Argon scores 97.5% on ARC-AGI-3 but 49.8% under the standard harness: Google DeepMind's Gemini 4 Argon scored 97.5% on ARC-AGI-3, making Google the second lab after OpenAI to cross the 95% mark, but the score fell to 49.8% in the standard harness. It also trails rivals in math and software engineering.

AI Benchmarks • The Decoder

C1.ai • acquisition

Workday agrees to acquire C1.ai, formerly ConductorOne, which has raised $111M: Workday has agreed to acquire C1.ai, formerly ConductorOne, which makes enterprise software for managing human and AI agent identities. C1.ai has raised $111M, according to Portland Business Journal.

Scarlet • Series B

Scarlet raises $50M Series B led by Headline for US, Asia-Pacific expansion: London-based Scarlet, which certifies AI and software for medical devices, raised a $50M Series B led by Headline. The funding will support expansion into the US and Asia-Pacific.

AI software factory

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Perplexity open sources SPACE AI agent sandbox, CoreWeave, Akamai and Crusoe to offer it: Perplexity open sourced SPACE, its AI agent sandbox, and said partners including CoreWeave, Akamai and Crusoe agreed to offer SPACE to customers. Perplexity told Semafor it is giving away software used to combat rogue AI agents.

AI Agents • Techmeme

OpenAI launches Dots agent platform focused on enterprise productivity: OpenAI has announced a new agent platform called Dots. While the agents can perform personal tasks like ordering food, the platform is designed primarily as enterprise software focused on workplace productivity.

Product Release • The Verge AI