All companiesCOMPANY / FRONTIER COVERAGEUpstarts MediaTYPECompanySIGNALS3FIRST SEENAug 31, 2026LAST SEENOct 19, 2026Recent signalsStripe Link data shows agentic transactions increased by 38x and volume of payments by 20x in September, with retail leading in both, and a ~$100 average spend (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media) Oct 19, 2026Sources: Index Ventures dropped plans to invest in AI assistant Town after Instinct, which Index is backing, complained about a potential conflict of interest (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media) Sep 3, 2026AI startup Mirage streamed a 24-hour "live" AI news show on X on August 11, which cost ~$50K in tokens, featuring realistic avatars that struggled to converse (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media) Aug 31, 2026RELATEDAlex KonradStripeAgentic commerceInstinctTownIndex VenturesALL COMPANIESLATEST SIGNAL