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  1. New
    HoneEnginesProducts

    Hone introduces persistent AI agents aimed at business outcomes

    Hone introduced Engines, agents designed to keep working toward company goals such as customer retention across sessions. The company describes onboarding to a firm’s systems, collaboration with staff and tracking of economic outcomes, but its announcement does not give general availability, pricing or independently measured results.

    Hone1 source

  2. New
    HoneSeed financingFunding & Deals

    Hone says it raised $60 million in seed funding for business agents

    Hone said it raised a $60 million seed round from Benchmark and Index to build its persistent business-agent product, Engines. The original company announcement does not disclose a valuation or show that Engines has produced customer returns; those should not be inferred from the funding amount.

    Hone1 source

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