Week of July 27, 2026 Weekly
Need to know
- OpenAI slashed GPT-5.6 Luna prices 80%, igniting a full AI model price war.
- Okta acquired AI identity startup Permiso for ~$200M to govern non-human agent identities.
- Dev tools from Cursor, Windsurf, and GitHub Copilot now route tasks across model tiers automatically.
- Identity vendors across Okta, BeyondTrust, JumpCloud, and 1Password all shipped non-human identity products this week.
- HubSpot and Salesforce launched agent management layers as GTM platforms race to own the agentic workflow layer.