Baseten vs General Intuition

New in LangSmith: Engine v2, Managed Deep Agents, Fine-Tuning, and More

LangChain announced a wave of new LangSmith capabilities at Interrupt NYC, centered on LangSmith Engine v2, Managed Deep Agents v0.8, Trajectories, Fine-Tuning, and Custom Apps. Engine v2 adds red teaming, broader issue detection, and automated fix validation. Managed Deep Agents introduces identity-scoped auth and memory, expanded channels, and built-in web search. LangSmith Fine-Tuning turns agent trajectories into training data for open models, while Custom Apps lets teams build tailored interfaces on LangSmith data.

• LangChain announced the updates on September 25, 2026, at Interrupt NYC.
• LangSmith Engine v2 introduces red teaming, detection of performance trends and inefficient agent work, and automated validation of proposed fixes before human review.
• Managed Deep Agents v0.8 adds identity-scoped user memory, agent and user-owned credentials, Slack file transfer, HTTP channel support, and built-in web search powered by Parallel.

Goodfire Launches Internal AI Agent Monitors

Goodfire, a startup specializing in AI interpretability, launched on Thursday a new type of AI agent monitor that inspects a model's internal signals rather than reading its output, aiming to detect rogue behaviors more efficiently and at a fraction of the cost. The monitors are available to customers of Baseten, an AI model hosting platform. Baseten's Base Labs had previously announced a safety partnership with Goodfire and Hugging Face. Goodfire's approach uses small probes that scan a model's internal activations at each step, triggering a closer AI review only when flagged. In tests on the Kimi K3 model, Goodfire's monitors caught 94% of malicious hacking sessions and cost about $51 for 1,500 sessions, compared to $233 for a cheaper model and $10,000 for a top-tier one. The company positions the solution for open models, which can be stripped of safeguards, and sees it as critical for inference-time guardrails.

• Goodfire launched internal activation monitors for AI agents on October 8, 2026.
• Monitors are available to Baseten customers.
• In tests on Kimi K3, monitors caught 94% of malicious hacking sessions.

Announcing our partnership with OpenAI

Baseten announces a partnership with OpenAI, as featured on their blog.

General Intuition Raises $220M at $6.2B Valuation

General Intuition, an AI company focused on building foundation models for real-world autonomy, has raised $220 million at a $6.2 billion valuation. The company will use the funds to scale its team in New York and Europe and continue training its models on billions of action-labelled videos, leveraging data from Medal, which is on track to upload 3 billion videos per year. The models are designed to handle autonomy across various environments and actions, including in the real world. The funding round was backed by Valor Equity Partners, Atreides, 776, Point72, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst. General Intuition has also opened a waitlist for partners seeking early access to its models.

• General Intuition raised $220 million at a $6.2 billion valuation.
• The funding round was backed by Valor Equity Partners, Atreides, 776, Point72, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst.
• General Intuition plans to scale its team in New York and Europe.

General Intuition Raises $220M at $6.2B Valuation

AI firm General Intuition has raised an additional $220 million at a $6.2 billion valuation. The round was led by Valor Equity Partners, with participation from Atreides, 776, Point72, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst. This follows a January funding round of $320 million at a $2.3 billion valuation. General Intuition develops foundation models for autonomous systems, trained on billions of action-labelled gameplay videos from Medal, a platform with over 17 million monthly active players and on track to upload 3 billion videos per year. Medal and General Intuition operate as sister companies under a shared parent. The company plans to grow its team in New York and Europe and has opened a waitlist for early access partners.

• General Intuition raised $220 million at a $6.2 billion valuation.
• Funding round led by Valor Equity Partners with participation from Atreides, 776, Point72, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst.
• Previously raised $320 million in January at a $2.3 billion valuation.

AI Investors Pour Billions into World Models After LLMs

The article discusses the emerging trend of AI investors shifting focus from large language models (LLMs) to 'world models'—AI systems that understand and simulate the physical world. This shift is seen as the next big opportunity, with billions of dollars flowing into startups working on these models. However, the article notes that most of these ventures lack a clear business model or revenue generation, making them speculative investments. The piece highlights specific examples like MicroAGI, a startup deploying robotic cleaners in Munich, and mentions significant funding rounds in the sector, including a $320M investment in General Intuition and a record funding for AMI Labs led by Yann LeCun. The article is behind a paywall, so detailed analysis is limited.

• Investors are pouring billions into 'world models' as the next big AI opportunity after LLMs.
• MicroAGI is a startup deploying robots for cleaning tasks in Munich, showcasing world model applications.
• General Intuition raised $320 million from celebrity investors for its world model technology.