This week saw major moves in AI agent startups worldwide. Amazon Web Services launched its new AI agent marketplace with Anthropic as a key partner, creating a one-stop shop for businesses to find AI helpers.

Funding news included Asepha from Canada raising $4 million to automate pharmacy work using AI agents that read prescriptions and handle calls. Abacus in San Francisco got $6.6 million for AI tools that help accountants with tax paperwork. Over in Sweden, Opter AI secured $3 million to make language models more reliable for business tasks.

Saudi Arabia's Wittify.ai raised $1.5 million to build Arabic-speaking AI assistants for customer service. Lyzr AI is trying something new by using an AI agent named Sam to help raise $15 million from investors.

These updates show agentic AI spreading across pharmacies, accounting, customer service, and even how startups get money.