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AI & Enterprise
Big Tech, startups heat up early race for personal AI agents
Competition is intensifying in personal AI agents for individual users, with Meta launching its Muse assistant app for Mac. Startups are also moving faster, including Instinct developer Sphere Street Technology seeking $1 billion in funding at a $10 billion valuation, and Chinese startup Manus pursuing $500 million at a $4 billion valuation. The article also rounds up moves by Korean and overseas companies in AI, enterprise agents, cloud security certification and advertising tests in ChatGPT.
AI & Enterprise
K-AI chips put to the test as global AI startups step up push into South Korea
South Korean neural processing unit makers are teaming up with domestic cloud companies to target the AI inference market, testing whether they can secure a foothold beyond Nvidia’s barriers. Samsung SDS launched an NPU-as-a-service offering on its Samsung Cloud Platform based on FuriosaAI’s second-generation chip. Rebellions is also partnering with KT Cloud and Gabia. Foreign AI startups are stepping up moves into Korea, including Genspark and China’s Kling AI.
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Cognition acquires text-based AI assistant Fork, adds \'friend-like\' chat to Devin
Cognition, an AI coding startup, has acquired Fork, a text-based AI assistant operated by The Interaction Company of California. Cognition plans to incorporate Fork’s conversational style and personality into its coding AI service Devin. Fork will use Cognition’s models and infrastructure to improve response speed and stability. Fork is positioned as a friend-like chat service that replies with slang and humor. It launched in March 2026 and runs on iMessage, SMS, Telegram and WhatsApp.