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AIUSD Debuts Agentic Money as Grok 4.1 and Gemini 3 Push the Next Wave of Agentic AI

AIUSD Debuts Agentic Money as Grok 4.1 and Gemini 3 Push the Next Wave of Agentic AI

A breakthrough week in agentic AI: new financial rails for agents, major model upgrades, and retail entering the agent economy.

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November 19, 2025

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Stealth Startup Debuts “Agentic Money” Platform

A fintech startup called AIUSD emerged from stealth with an AI-native financial infrastructure dubbed “Agentic Money.” The system lets both humans and AI agents manage and trade assets using natural language commands, instead of complex exchange interfaces. AIUSD claims over $1 trillion in annualized trading volume during stealth and has attracted notable early investors (including backers of Anthropic and Perplexity) as it prepares to close a seed round. The platform treats the entire crypto and stablecoin ecosystem as one pool of liquidity, aiming to enable autonomous AI-driven commerce across blockchains.

xAI Launches Grok 4.1

Grok 4.1 rolls out to all users on grok.com, X, and mobile apps. Key upgrades: #1 on EQ-Bench3 (emotional intelligence), ~3x fewer hallucinations (4.22% vs prior 12%), record creative writing scores, faster responses, and 64.8% user preference over Grok 4 in blind tests. Non-reasoning mode beats most rivals' full-reasoning configs.

Gemini 3 Demonstrates Advanced Agentic Capabilities

Google unveiled its latest AI model Gemini 3 and immediately embedded it into Google Search. CEO Sundar Pichai called it Google’s “most intelligent model” yet. Notably, Google debuted a “Gemini Agent” feature that can carry out multi-step tasks (like organizing emails or booking travel), bringing the company closer to an AI “universal assistant” vision. For developers, Google also previewed Antigravity, a new software development platform where AI agents autonomously plan and execute coding tasks

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OpenAI & Target Partner on AI Retail

OpenAI announced a partnership with Target to integrate a ChatGPT-powered Target app inside ChatGPT. Shoppers will be able to get personalized recommendations, build multi-item carts, and check out via Target’s fulfillment options directly through ChatGPT.

Meta Executive Departs to Launch AI Startup

Meta’s Chief Revenue Officer John Hegeman announced he is leaving the company to start his own venture, marking a major leadership change amid Meta’s push for superintelligence. The move follows reports that Meta’s AI chief Yann LeCun is also considering a new startup, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg reorganizes Meta’s AI efforts under a “Superintelligence Labs” initiative. The shake-up highlights the intense competition and talent shifts in the AI industry.

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