NewCore Emerges with $66 Million Funding
In brief
- NewCore emerged from stealth with $66 million in funding.
- The company aims to solve a challenge many companies will face as they deploy AI agents.
- NewCore will help companies authenticate, govern, and control AI agents at scale.
- Companies like Goldman Sachs and McKinsey already have AI agents working alongside human employees.
- NewCore is betting companies will need to manage those digital workers like human employees.
- NewCore's platform is designed to manage both human and AI-agent identities in a single system.
- The company will now use its funding to grow and improve its platform.
Terms in this brief
- AI agents
- Automated systems or programs that perform tasks on behalf of users, often interacting with other systems or data to achieve specific goals. They can be used in various applications like customer service, data analysis, and more.
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