{
  "id": 14859617,
  "title": "Austin-based RapidCanvas, which uses agents to help businesses build custom AI tools, raised a ∼$29M Series B led by Vertex Ventures and Hitachi Ventures (Chris Metinko/Axios)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/austin-based-rapidcanvas-which-uses-agents-to-help-businesses-build",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-16T03:40:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026/10/15/agentic-enterprise-rapidcanvas-vertex"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "RapidCanvas, which uses agents to help businesses build and deploy custom AI applications, has raised nearly $29 million in Series B funding, CEO Rahul Pangam tells Axios Pro.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Opsin, which helps companies show where AI agents are active, what data they access, and flag risky behavior, raised $21M led by SYN Ventures and Race Capital (Stephen Council/Business Insider)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/opsin-which-helps-companies-show-where-ai-agents-are-active-what-data",
        "published": "2026-10-16T00:15:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}