Basis raises $100M to build accounting agents

AI Reporter Stephanie Palazzolo talks with TITV Host Akash Pasricha about OpenAI’s Pentagon deal, Anthropic’s stance and the AI talent war in Washington. We also talk with Catherine Perloff about Amazon’s plan to power ads inside AI chatbots and Basis CEO Matt Harpe about building AI agents for accounting and raising $100 million. Then we speak with Tom Schmidt about Dragonfly Capital’s new crypto fund and how AI and crypto intersect. Lastly, we get into MongoDB’s stock plunge, AI guidance and “agentic” workloads with Macquarie’s Steve Koenig.

Articles discussed on this episode: 

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/amazon-explores-helping-apps-sell-chatbot-ads

https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/ai-agenda/openai-anthropic-execs-center-pentagon-action

https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/the-briefing/anthropic-stands-gain-pentagon-stance

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