The startup world is buzzing with AI agent technology this week. The biggest news comes from Entire, a new company started by Thomas Dohmke, who used to run GitHub. Entire raised $60 million in what investors are calling the biggest investment ever for a new developer tools startup. This company wants to help programmers manage AI agents that write code automatically. When investors believe in a startup this much, it shows that AI agents are becoming very important for the future of work.

Another exciting startup story comes from China. A company called MiniMax released new AI models called M2.5 and M2.5 Lightning. These models work almost as well as the most expensive AI models, but they cost only one-twentieth as much. This is huge because it means smaller companies and startups in any country can use powerful AI without spending millions of dollars. MiniMax says companies could run multiple AI agents all year long for just $10,000. This price drop is making it possible for more startups to exist and compete with bigger companies.

One startup called Cora is showing how AI agents can change everything about how we work. Cora is a small company with only six people, but they used AI agents to write code so well that they did what would normally take 20 to 30 engineers. In just 12 months, their team built an incredible amount of software. This is only possible because AI agents can work 24 hours a day and never get tired. The CEO of Cora, who usually talks to customers all day, even asked an AI agent to change the font on their app during a redesign, and it worked.

Security is becoming really important as AI agents become more powerful. A new company from Greece called Pallma AI is focusing on keeping AI agents safe from bad people who want to harm them. They raised $1.6 million because investors think this is a big problem. As more companies use AI agents, they need ways to watch what the agents are doing and make sure they don't cause problems. Think of Pallma AI like a security guard for AI agents.

Other startups are getting huge investments too. Resolve AI raised $125 million to create an AI agent that fixes computer problems automatically. Runway raised $315 million to help people create videos using AI. Even Mozart AI raised $6 million so people can create music with AI. These large investments show that investors believe AI agents will change almost every type of work.

The most important thing happening right now is that startups can do more with fewer people. A startup that would have needed 50 employees five years ago might only need 10 today because AI agents do so much work. This means more people can start their own companies and chase their ideas. It also means that the competition is getting harder because AI agents make it easier to build things quickly. The startup world is changing fast, and companies that figure out how to use AI agents smartly will win.