Top News From AI Agents

Hey clever people,
Here’s your quick, no-fluff update on AI Agents today:

A Startup Tried to Hire an AI Agent Instead of a Human
Firecrawl thought it’d be cool to hire an AI Agent to research AI models and build sample apps—for $10K-$15K a year. They got 50 AI applications, but none were good enough. They claim it was for a social experiment and to find the best AI engineers.

Harvard & Lyzr Want to Teach You AI Agents
Lyzr, an AI platform focused on safe and responsible AI, is launching its first-ever AI course in partnership with Harvard Undergrad to help anyone—developers, business users, or AI enthusiasts learn how to build and deploy AI agents.

Perplexity’s New Deep Research Agent
Perplexity just launched a Deep Research Agent, free for all users. But if you want more, for $20/month, paid users get 500 daily queries and research reports in under 3 minutes. This comes after DeepSeek and ChatGPT launched their own Deep Research feature. 

Agent.ai Hits 500K+ Users—10X Growth in 6 Months
Created by HubSpot’s founder, Dharmesh Shah, it's a platform where anyone can create and host their AI agent in the platform for others to use. Here is the platform for you to check it out. With 13,000+ ratings, 5,000+ builders, and a growing community, the AI agent ecosystem is booming.


Written by Aaron & The Clever Nest Team

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