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Funding

Prentis AI Lab Co-Founded by Reid Hoffman, Marc Pincus Seeks $100M

Prentis, a new AI research lab co-founded by Ritankar Das, Reid Hoffman, and Marc Pincus, is in talks to raise $100 million at a $1 billion valuation. The startup focuses on computer use models that automate office workflows. It has already signed contracts worth up to $50 million with several customers and claims its Hive-32B model outperforms rivals like OpenAI's GPT-5.4 and Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 on key benchmarks.

Jul 244 minNeura News

Developer

Guide: Turn a spare Mac into a remote Claude Code machine

A step-by-step guide explains how to set up a spare Mac as an always-on machine that Claude Code can fully control, with computer use enabled. The setup allows users to interact with Claude Code from a phone via the Claude app or from a main Mac over SSH, providing a separate environment for delegated tasks.

Jul 1816 minNeura News

AI Models

NVIDIA Launches Nemotron 3 Nano Omni for 9x Efficient AI Agents

NVIDIA has released Nemotron 3 Nano Omni, an open multimodal model that combines vision, audio, and language processing. It offers up to 9x higher throughput than other open omni models, topping leaderboards in document intelligence, video, and audio tasks. The model supports agentic workflows like computer use and is available now on multiple platforms.

Apr 284 minNeura News

AI Tools

Meta Tracks Employee Computer Use for AI Training

Meta has started using data from its employees' computer activity to train AI agents. The company installed a tool called Model Capability Initiative on US-based workers' machines. It captures mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes, and screenshots to help AI models mimic human computer interactions.

Apr 223 minNeura News

Developer

OpenAI Expands Codex with Screen Control Coding Agent

OpenAI has updated its Codex developer tool to include a background computer use feature that lets the AI view screens, click, and type directly. The agent can now handle tasks autonomously over days or weeks and includes new plugins and image generation. This positions Codex against competitors like Anthropic's Claude Code, with rollout starting on macOS.

Apr 163 minNeura News