AI Agent

Thumzup Media (TZUP) updated its public offering to include pre-funded warrants for common stock. The funds will target cryptocurrencies, mining equipment, working capital, and general corporate purposes. The offering’s completion is subject to market conditions. Thumzup’s platform pays users for sharing branded content and is developing an AI Lifestyle Agent Marketplace. The announcement contains forward-looking statements subject to risks. Investors should carefully review SEC filings and the prospectus before investing.

Zhipu.ai launched GLM-4.5, a powerful LLM with an integrated “reasoning-coding-agent” architecture and cost-effective pricing. It excels in code generation and agent capabilities. Dangbei AI, known for model aggregation, integrated GLM-4.5 into its “Super AI Toolbox,” which includes other leading LLMs. Dangbei AI offers users a seamless platform with features like dual-model comparison and custom knowledge base creation and builds applications such as an AI Travel Planner. The competition focuses on integrating technical resources and industry workflows.

At ATC Intelligent Cockpit Week 2025, Koogeek Tech presented its AI agent platform ecosystem for the automotive sector, shifting from command execution to proactive need fulfillment. Their “1+N” agent platform redefines HMI, transforming the smart cockpit into a “third living space” that anticipates user needs via a Super Agent (“1”) and specialized agents (“N”). This platform, backed by extensive data, supports full-stack integration or selective feature additions, fostering an open ecosystem and enabling personalized and intuitive in-car experiences. Koogeek aims to enable automakers to create smarter, collaborative human-vehicle interactions.

The AI browser landscape is evolving, with Perplexity introducing Comet, an “AI Agent powered” browser. Comet aims to shift browsing from information access to understanding and application, transforming disparate tabs into a unified intelligent environment. It features a “Comet Assistant” for contextual awareness and agent execution, enabling complex tasks. Comet’s radical “environmental reconstruction” approach, priced at $200/month initially, faces challenges in user adoption due to its steep learning curve and departure from conventional browsing habits, despite its potential to redefine the human-information relationship.

Faraday Future (FF) announced its Global Initial Launch of FX Super One, Super EAI F.A.C.E., and FF EAI Embodied AI Agent on July 17th. The company also expanded its B2B sales to Nevada with a 100-unit agreement and is launching B2C pre-orders soon. FF was added to the Russell 3000 Index. A private reception will be held in Washington D.C. to discuss industry topics. FF is preparing for a flawless launch.

Manus AI, developed by Chinese startup Butterfly Effect (backed by Tencent), challenges traditional chatbots through multi-model orchestration (Antrhopic’s Claude, Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen), enabling autonomous execution of workflows like financial analysis and website building. Its transparent interface allows real-time task monitoring via concurrent virtual machines. While facing latency and stability bottlenecks, the $2/task platform contrasts with Western single-model dominance by leveraging optimized foundation models like Alibaba’s QwQ-32B, which delivers high reasoning performance despite smaller parameters. This reflects China’s strategic shift from imitation to integrated AI ecosystems, supported by national investments exceeding $52.4 billion. The Manus case highlights diverging global AI paths, where localized regulatory environments and market demands shape competitive, complementary innovation models.