Edition of Thursday, September 24, 2026

Exclusive: From Booking Calls To Late Check-Ins, Dextr AI Raises $6.7M For Hotel AI Agents

Dextr AI is emerging from stealth with $6.7 million in seed funding to build agents that handle reservations, guest requests, staff coordination and other hotel tasks.

Gaming Startup Funding Levels Up A Bit In 2026

So far this year, companies in the gaming space have raised around $2 billion in seed- through growth-stage funding. That's already ahead of the 2025 full-year total, driven in large part by big rounds for companies at the intersection of AI and gaming.

58% of ad execs expect agentic buying to hit scale within a year, according to IAB Europe research

Agentic buying is 2026’s year of the mobile.

Talent firm 24 Seven consolidates the new business efforts of its three concentric agencies

SktechDeck, Markacy and Futureman are now being pitched by 24 Seven’s new business team as any combination of the three shops that a client might want to tap

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Oracle Cites ‘Force Majeure’ to Seek Cover From Data Center Delays

Oracle sent a notice citing force majeure to the project's developer, a unit of Blue Owl Capital Inc., regarding a massive data center being built in New Mexico. Sridhar Natarajan reports on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)