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Citi, HSBC, Barclays adopt Ant's AI model for FX forecasts
Falcon TST 2.0 forecasts cash flow and FX exposure in cross-border payments. Ant claims over 90% accuracy.
Read News · Funding 1 min readFinance AI makers Moss and Rillet both become unicorns
Berlin-based Moss raised €30 million for finance agents, and Rillet, which builds an AI-native ERP, closed a $100 million round.
Read News · Funding 1 min readOpenAI's CFO says the company will go public in 2027
Sarah Friar told employees OpenAI will be a public company in 2027, or sooner if the business keeps accelerating. Earlier reports had pointed to September 2026.
Read News · Funding 1 min readStripe agrees to buy OpenRouter, the gateway to 400+ models
Reports put the price above $7 billion. OpenRouter raised money at a reported $1.3 billion valuation only months earlier.
Read News · Payments 1 min readVisa, Mastercard join 26-member alliance on agent payments
Rain's alliance, launched on August 18, will set shared standards for how an agent proves who it acts for and how much it may spend.
Read News · Policy 1 min readFDA opens discussion on regulating generative AI devices
The FDA published a discussion paper on August 18 and is taking comments until October 19. The paper sets no binding rules and sketches a two-axis risk framework.
Read News · Search 1 min readGemini in Chrome on Android starts handling bookings for users
Google opened Gemini in Chrome to all US Android users on August 18. Auto Browse, on paid plans, handles tasks for them.
Read News · Policy 2 min readTürkiye's AI Action Plan enters the Official Gazette
The 2026-2030 plan took effect on August 18. Targets include AI training for 5 million people, $10 billion in investment and 1 GW of data centers.
Read News · Funding 1 min readWispr raises $280 million at a $2 billion valuation
The Menlo Ventures-led round values Wispr at $2 billion. The company also previewed Canto, its own speech recognition model.
Read News · Models 1 min readDeepSeek V4-Pro goes live, then adds peak-hour pricing
Previewed in late April, V4-Pro became generally available on August 13. Since August 16 its price doubles for seven hours a day.
Read News · Funding 1 min readSpaceX closes its $60 billion purchase of Cursor maker Anysphere
The all-stock deal is the largest acquisition of a venture-backed startup on record. Cursor now sits in a new SpaceXAI division.
Read News · Funding 1 min readDatabricks raises $5 billion at a $190 billion valuation
Databricks wanted $1 billion, investors offered $15 billion, and they settled on $5 billion for AI agent products.
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