Prentis bets on AI agents for office work: $100M round at $1B valuation

I’d like to share an update from the AI world.

Prentis, a new AI lab, is betting on computer-use models — systems designed to work with documents and software the way an office employee would.

The company is reportedly in talks to raise a $100M round at a $1B valuation. According to TechCrunch, it already has contracts worth up to $50M.

Prentis says its Hive-32B is cheaper than frontier APIs and performs better on Windows and screen-based tasks.

Why it matters: automating routine office workflows is quickly becoming one of AI’s most important use cases.

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