AI News — September 23, 2026
Daily news briefing for 23rd September 2026. Track model releases, research breakthroughs, startup funding updates, and AI signals published on this day.
All Stories Published on September 23 (14)
At AI Day Singapore, NVIDIA and Partners Showcase AI Advancements Across Southeast Asia
NVIDIA AI Day Singapore, which takes place Sept.
AI Drug Discovery Startup Basecamp Research Raises $140M
Basecamp Research Ltd. today announced that it has raised $140 million in funding from a group of prominent investors. S32, a fund affiliated with Google LLC co-founder Bill Maris, led the Series C round. It was joined by more than a dozen other investors.
From Portal-hopping to Instant Answers: HEMA's Journey with MCP and Amazon Bedrock
HEMA, a 100-year-old Dutch retailer, turned developer portal-hopping into instant answers by building HAL, an internal AI assistant on Amazon Bedrock.
Agentic Conversational Video Intelligence Built on AWS
Learn how to build a conversational video intelligence solution on AWS using an agentic architecture.
Use Open Weight Models as Your AI Coding Agent with Amazon Bedrock
Pair OpenCode, an open-source terminal-native AI coding agent, with open weight models on Amazon Bedrock to get a secure, flexible, pay-per-use coding.
Sakeena Fiza Helps NVIDIA Hardware Succeed at Scale
When Sakeena Fiza describes her work as a validation engineer at NVIDIA, she does so in terms more befitting a detective story than a world-class engineering.
Ema Raises $77M in Funding to Deploy AI Employees Across Enterprise HR, IT and Finance Departments
Agentic artificial intelligence employee startup Ema Unlimited Inc. is prepping for a massive expansion of its autonomous workers in the enterprise after raising $77 million in funding today.
ChatGPT Mobile App Gets Voice-based Agentic Features
Pro and Plus users will be able to use the Work tab on their phones to complete agentic tasks.
Anthropic Says Its Biology Lab Has Already Found Something Big
But maybe the biggest reveal is that Anthropic has not let Claude run loose in its biology lab. Humans are still, so far, in the loop.
The Emerging M&A Map for AI Agent Security
As AI agent gain access to enterprise data, systems and tools, they are emerging as a new class of active identity requiring specialized permissions.
Anthropic's Biolab Made a Discovery It's Comparing to Crispr
Anthropic says its AI Claude has "autonomously discovered" a new enzyme system similar to machinery behind the powerful gene-editing tool Crispr.
Ekai Raises $1.7M to Give Enterprise AI Agents Verified Business Context
Enterprise data startup Ekai Inc. today announced $1.7 million in new funding for software that builds the business context artificial intelligence agents need before they can be trusted with corporate data.
OpenAI Nabs Key Patreon Execs Ahead of Upcoming Announcement
OpenAI has hired three former Patreon execs to anchor its product strategy for creators. After starting the creator subscription platform 13 years ago, co-founder and technology chief Sam Yam announced on X that he's joining OpenAI to lead Creator Product.
OpenAI Wants to Consult Elite Mathematicians About How to Not Fumble Again
After turning a string of spectacular mathematical results into a reputational crisis, OpenAI is consulting human mathematicians to help it figure out a less disastrous path forward.