Lumaril, which connects AI software to the control systems factories already have, raised a $66 million Series A at a $400 million valuation led by returning investor Elad Gil.
Guidewire agreed on October 27 to buy Hyperexponential, a London company that makes AI underwriting and pricing software for commercial insurers, for $1.7 billion in cash. Another $400 million depends on Hyperexponential meeting recurring revenue targets, which puts the deal at up to $2.1 billion. The purchase takes Guidewire, whose software is used by more than 570 property and casualty insurers in 44 countries, into AI tools that help insurers assess risk and price it.
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* Guidewire agreed on October 27 to buy London-based Hyperexponential for $1.7 billion in cash, plus up to $400 million
Install Pi Coding Agent 1.4.0 without the fork, prove it on a read-only branch, then copy a working project setup: trust, settings, packages, MCP and the right sandbox for a repository you do not own. Node 22.19 or newer for the npm route; the installer brings its own.
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