Grok全新语音模型拿下Agent评测第一，API价格涨60%
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xAI releases Voice Agent Builder, a voice intelligence platform: enabling the creation of human-like voice agents without coding.
BlockBeats reported on July 1st that xAI launched its new product, Voice Agent Builder. This no-code platform, based on Grok Voice, allows developers and operators to quickly build human-like conversational voice agents. It is now available for use, priced at $0.05 per minute. This tool targets users who want to directly deploy production-grade voice AI applications, lowering the technical barrier to building a voice system from scratch. The official statement indicates that the platform integrates complete capabilities including telephone system access, knowledge retrieval, tool invocation, content security control, and observability. It also supports integration with existing phone numbers, APIs, and MCPs from external systems. Compared to traditional voice technologies that require separate calls to speech-to-text, large language models, and text-to-speech services, leading to increased latency and costs, Voice Agent Builder achieves a unified voice processing workflow through deep coupling with the Grok model, reducing latency, minimizing points of failure, and improving overall performance. Click the original link below to join the Beating · Lark AI news channel for 24/7 monitoring of global AI hotspots and news.
The X platform launches a managed MCP that supports direct API connections for AI agents.
PANews reported on June 30 that, according to Cointelegraph, the X platform has launched a managed MCP (Model Context Protocol), which allows AI agents to connect Grok, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible AI tools to the X API, enabling them to access the X platform's real-time information source without any configuration.
Li Bojie responded to the Metagent investment dispute, stating that ABCDE Capital only received $500,000.
On July 7th, PANews reported that Li Bojie, co-founder and former CTO of Metagent, responded to accusations from Du Jun, a partner at ABCDE Capital. Li stated that of the $1.5 million stipulated in the investment agreement, only $500,000 had been received, with the remaining $1 million unpaid. However, the cap table still calculated ABCDE's equity based on $1.5 million. Li Bojie stated that due to the prolonged delay in funding, he and his co-founders voluntarily took pay cuts, hindering the company's recruitment and R&D. He resigned in October 2024 due to family reasons and Web3 compliance issues in mainland China. Before leaving, he disclosed the cap table and business progress as required, and stated that subsequent entrepreneurial projects avoided areas related to non-compete clauses, such as Web3, AI infrastructure, and image generation.
Orthogonal, an AI agent infrastructure platform, has raised $4.3 million in funding, led by Pantera Capital.
According to Foresight News , Orthogonal, an AI agent infrastructure layer, has completed a $4.3 million funding round, led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, Pioneer, Decasonic, Blast Club, and Outbound Capital. Orthogonal provides a unified API platform to address the issue that the current API ecosystem is not suitable for AI agents.
Zuckerberg: The development of AI agents has not accelerated "as we expected" in the past four months.
According to Beating's monitoring, Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated at an internal shareholder meeting that the 2026 restructuring "could have been handled more efficiently." Over the past four months, the development of AI agents has not "accelerated as much as we expected." At the beginning of 2026, executives were concerned about "not moving fast enough" in the field of artificial intelligence. The company's bet on restructuring "has not yet paid off." The long-term trend remains consistent with the basic structure of the restructuring. Spending on artificial intelligence has put pressure on the company; without this spending, the stock price would have been higher; however, this is a long-term investment. The company expects to see more benefits from its AI investments in the next 3-6 months. --------------------------------- Click the original link below to join Beating's AI news channel on Lark, monitoring global AI hotspots and news 24/7.
Gemini desktop application integrates Spark agents: bridging local automation and remote mobile control.
According to Beating, Google announced the integration of Spark Agent into Gemini on macOS, transforming it from a simple chat window into a local assistant capable of controlling your computer. Once licensed, Gemini Spark can handle mundane desktop tasks, such as automatically organizing all PDFs in a download folder into different directories, reading local invoices and automatically generating budget spreadsheets in Google Workspace, and even setting scheduled updates. Another highlight is the upcoming remote execution capability. In the future, even when away from the computer, users can send commands to the Mac via their mobile phones to search for sales reports locally and extract data to send via email. Simultaneously, Spark has expanded its connectivity, supporting the open MCP protocol for easy integration of custom tools by developers, and also connecting with popular applications such as Keep, Tasks, Canva, and Dropbox, allowing users to directly access cloud files or convert fragmented notes into to-do items within chat. Currently, the Spark Agent on the macOS client is first available for beta testing in the United States for Google AI Ultra subscribers.