Mergers and acquisitions continue to spread in the global security market, with companies stepping up efforts to respond to AI security threats and treating browser security as a key battleground. Zscaler bought browser security specialist SquareX, while Sophos acquired Arco Cyber and Keycard agreed to buy Anchor.dev. In AI, companies are pushing beyond large language models toward world models, alongside fresh funding, product launches and enterprise partnerships.

AI.com, a new AI platform founded by Crypto.com co-founder and CEO Kris Marszalek, is launching a consumer service for creating autonomous AI agents. The agents go beyond Q&A to organise work, send messages, execute tasks across apps and design projects. The company says agents can build alternatives if capabilities are lacking, with improvements shared across millions of agents. Use is permission-based with encrypted, segregated data. Marszalek will also serve as AI.com CEO.