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Arrakis Security disclosed an $8M seed August 2 led by Hetz Ventures, with angels including ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski, Torq CEO Ofer Smadari and Pentera CEO Amitai Ratzon plus Palantir executives. Founded by Tal Baron, Omer Efrat and Ron Shani (Torq and Palantir alumni), the ~20-person company discovers AI agents in an enterprise, builds behavioral profiles, and detects risky activity at runtime. The tell: Hetz led Willow's $7M seed on June 4 for enterprise agent governance. One fund funding two companies against the same problem inside two months means the category is being raced, not explored.
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Judge Rita Lin ruled August 27 that Defense Secretary Hegseth's designation of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk violated the First Amendment and Fifth Amendment due process, ordering the government to rescind all directives against the company (The Verge). Her 59-page opinion...
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The Trump administration is "livid" about Amodei's principled stand on military AI. An Anthropic official contacted Palantir about Claude's use during the Venezuela/Maduro raid; Palantir escalated to Pentagon leadership. Defense Secretary Hegseth is reportedly "close" to desig...
The single biggest AI story this week resolved with maximum drama. After Anthropic refused the February 27 deadline ("We cannot in good conscience accede"), three things happened in rapid succession: The Ban: Trump ordered all federal agencies to cease using Anthropic products...
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