Artificial Intelligence

September 9, 2026 @ 3:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A researcher who helped train frontier models at two of the world’s leading AI laboratories has left Anthropic, arguing that the industry’s sprint toward systems that can improve themselves is an unacceptable gamble with human survival. Jacob Coxon, 27, spent three years on pretraining work—the… Read More

September 9, 2026 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

French artificial intelligence company Mistral AI has closed a major new financing that underscores Europe’s push for greater technological independence in the sector. The Paris-based firm said it has secured €3 billion in a Series D round that values the company at more than €21… Read More

September 9, 2026 @ 1:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anthropic has published a new toolkit designed to help companies stand up conversational shopping and operations assistants on Claude, and payment networks Visa and Mastercard are among the partners helping merchants put those templates into production. The company framed the release as a practical “blueprint”… Read More

September 8, 2026 @ 7:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paris-based startup Outline has closed a $3 million seed round as it seeks to give finance leaders an alternative to the monthly grind of rebuilding forecasts in spreadsheets. Founders Future led the financing, with 100in, Newschool and a group of industry angels also participating. Among… Read More

September 8, 2026 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) is positioning itself for a coming shift in how people and companies buy and sell online. According to the payments network, autonomous software agents will play a growing role in digital commerce, moving from helpful assistants to systems that can search, compare, decide… Read More

September 8, 2026 @ 9:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has publicly rejected a high-profile forecast that artificial intelligence will trigger a sharp collapse in Bitcoin. In a September 7 exchange on X, he said he stands on the opposite side of a claim that AI will erode confidence in Bitcoin’s… Read More

September 8, 2026 @ 5:17 am By Michael Wong  |  

Saudi Arabia’s Al Qadsiah Club has signed a memorandum of understanding with cybersecurity provider LogRhythm | Exabeam to explore the use of cloud-based security and AI  tools to protect the sports club’s growing digital operations. The agreement, signed on the sidelines of technology conference LEAP… Read More

September 6, 2026 @ 9:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial privacy is entering another period of public scrutiny. Grayscale Investments argues that artificial intelligence is accelerating that shift by making it easier to link public financial records to real people. In research published at the end of August 2026, Head of Research Zach Pandl… Read More

September 6, 2026 @ 9:13 am By Michael Wong  |  

Hong Kong-listed Capital Industrial Financial Services Group is considering acquiring a 24.84% stake in a Chinese robotics-focused financial leasing company as it seeks to expand into robotics and intelligent manufacturing, according to a disclosure filed with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX). The company has… Read More

September 5, 2026 @ 7:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Incore Bank has completed a proof-of-concept project that explores how agentic artificial intelligence can speed digital customer onboarding while automating large parts of the risk-assessment process. The trial, conducted with technology services firm Kyndryl and Google Cloud, used Google’s Gemini models together with Kyndryl’s agentic… Read More

September 4, 2026 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenAI has reportedly pledged $1 billion in subsidized access to its Daybreak cybersecurity tools, training, and technical support for organizations that guard essential public services. The commitment, announced September 3, 2026, is designed to be used over roughly the next six months and begins with… Read More

September 4, 2026 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) has closed its purchase of Dasseti, folding the specialist’s artificial-intelligence tools for due diligence and ongoing manager oversight into Nasdaq eVestment. The deal, first unveiled on July 23, 2026 and completed on September 2, extends a relationship that began when Nasdaq Ventures… Read More

September 4, 2026 @ 12:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has reached an agreement to buy Tokyo-based COMWARE Co., Ltd., a move designed to expand its mid-market offering in Japan and deepen the capabilities of Accenture Edge, a unit created in June 2026 to help smaller and mid-sized firms use artificial intelligence… Read More

September 3, 2026 @ 9:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Hugging Face, a repository for open source artificial intelligence models, has been acquired by NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) for $12,930,300,000. The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2027. The announcement did not come as a surprise as markets had anticipated the move last… Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 8:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CB Insights researchers used the last week of August 2026 to examine three developments that reveal how capital, talent, and product strategy are moving across artificial intelligence, heavy industry, and emerging-market finance. The most prominent deal was NVIDIA’s (NASDAQ:NVDA) purchase of Hugging Face. Job listings… Read More

September 1, 2026 @ 9:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Department of War has begun offering a specialized version of OpenAI’s chatbot across its central generative-AI environment, expanding the tools available to millions of service members, civilians, and contractors for everyday unclassified work. On August 31, 2026, officials activated ChatGPT Mil on GenAI.mil,… Read More

September 1, 2026 @ 7:49 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

AI security firm Alice confirms $140M funding round Apax Digital Funds led the round, with participation from Samsung, SentinelOne, Maj Invest, MoreTech and Phoenix Insurance. Existing investors Resolute Ventures, Grove Ventures, CRV, Highland Europe, Vintage Investments, Norwest, NFX and Claltech came along for the ride… Read More

September 1, 2026 @ 1:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Institutionally oriented digital assets platform Bullish (NYSE: BLSH) has committed a $100 million stablecoin credit line to USD.AI, a protocol that originates loans against high-performance computing hardware. The facility is intended to fund non-recourse financing for operators building artificial-intelligence infrastructure, with repayment claims anchored to… Read More

August 31, 2026 @ 5:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) founder and CEO Brian Armstrong posted on X that AI trading is now rolling out for trading securities. The service was already available for crypto and derivatives. Coinbase had previously announced its intent to enable AI agent trading. Some, like Armstrong, describe… Read More

August 31, 2026 @ 9:51 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM), Shopify (NASDAQ:SHOP), Ripple, and Visa (NYSE:V) were among the companies announcing product features and partnerships this week. Affirm, Shopify announce Aussie installment feature Shop Pay Installments lets eligible shoppers split their purchases into fortnightly or monthly payments. Approved consumers can choose from interest-free or interest-bearing payment… Read More