Chris Metinko / Axios: New York-based Modal Labs, which offers a serverless cloud platform to build AI apps and run AI inference, raised $87M led by Lux Capital at a $1.1B valuation previousMicrosoft launches Agent Mode in Excel and Word, using GPT-5 to generate complex spreadsheets and documents, saying it is “bringing vibe working” to 365 Copilot (Tom Warren/The Verge)nextGoogle rolls out its new gradient “G” icon company-wide, saying it “now represents all of Google … and visually reflects our evolution in the AI era” (Abner Li/9to5Google)