Valon Raises $150M Series D: The Koda Signal, 2026-10-09

Koda Signal daily AI briefing for 2026-10-09.

In this episode: • Valon Raises $150M Series D: Valon raises $150M Series D funding at a $2.3B valuation to deploy AI across mortgage servicing. The round puts a multibillion-dollar price on applying AI to a single back-office financial function. • Meta, Sierra Launch Agent Protocol: Meta and Sierra launch the Personal Agent Protocol, an open standard for how personal AI agents deal with businesses. A shared standard of this kind matters only if the businesses those agents contact adopt it. • Grok Bot Will Route Tasks: Musk says Grok Bot will route tasks to Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5, Midjourney and Suno alongside SpaceX's own models. That positions Grok Bot as a router across outside providers as well as SpaceX's in-house models.

Full briefing: https://www.koda.community/morning-briefing-koda-2026-10-09.html