Saturday, November 7, 2026

1. ARQS Bidwright Watch tracks bid win, RFP cycle, maverick spend and award lag Products
2. ARQS Billquay Watch tracks on-time pay, dispute rate, aging and invoice cycle Products
3. ARQS Hirecairn Watch tracks time-to-fill, offer-accept, pipeline cover and open-req age Products
4. Townline puts a daily guide to local life in 17 BC towns, from Kelowna to Victoria Townline
5. Amazon lets shoppers text its Alexa for Shopping agent to search, compare and buy Tech · Seattle
6. Seattle's firmly raises $15 million to plug merchants into AI shopping agents Business · Seattle
7. OpenAI closes an $11 billion first slice of a round valuing it at $1.25 trillion Business · San Francisco
8. Fox closes its $22 billion purchase of San Jose's Roku, months ahead of schedule Business · San Jose
9. Sequoia ends its Scouts program and Arc accelerator and closes its London office Business · Menlo Park
10. Meta adds spaces to Muse, letting people describe a tracker or planner and have the agent build it Tech · Menlo Park
11. Airbnb sets its own AI travel agent for the first half of 2027 as revenue grows 19 percent Tech · San Francisco
12. Former Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman co-founds an AI-native company in Seattle Business · Seattle
13. Palo Alto Networks is in talks to buy AI-agent security startup Clutch for $500 million Tech · Santa Clara

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