Artificial Intelligence

November 23, 2025 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Billtrust, the enabler of B2B accounts receivable workflow and payment software, released findings from a new research study exploring finance leaders’ trust in artificial intelligence (AI) and their expectations for responsible AI deployment. The research study, based on a survey of 500 finance professionals and… Read More

November 23, 2025 @ 8:01 am By Michael Wong  |  

Agentic AI startup Genspark has raised $275 million in an oversubscribed Series B round that values the company at $1.25 billion post-money, as investors bet businesses will adopt software that completes work autonomously rather than only chatting with users. The financing was led by Emergence… Read More

November 23, 2025 @ 1:07 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Maxio, a platform for billing automation and revenue management for B2B SaaS and AI companies, is partnering with Anrok, a global tax compliance platform built for modern software businesses. The partnership integrates Maxio’s billing and revenue engine and Anrok’s automated global tax platform—giving finance teams… Read More

November 22, 2025 @ 8:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced that its EY Grants Accelerator platform, an AI-enabled platform intended to transform the way governments manage and disburse critical grant funding, has earned FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) Authorization. This reportedly confirms that the solution meets… Read More

November 22, 2025 @ 3:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EMVCo – the technical body that creates and manages EMV® Specifications and programs that enable card-based payments– announced that it is working on how global specifications can support tech advancements and product development in agentic payment solutions by increasing interoperability across the ecosystem. Agentic commerce… Read More

November 21, 2025 @ 3:40 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Modern Life, an AI-powered life insurance brokerage, has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Thrive Capital, with participation from New York Life Ventures, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, and Allegis. Total funds raised sit at $35 million “Life insurance remains one of the biggest… Read More

November 21, 2025 @ 10:56 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Chargeflow, an AI-powered chargeback automation platform, this week announced a $35 million Series A funding round, including a $10 million debt facility, led by Viola Growth, with participation by existing investors OpenView Venture Partners. It brings the company’s total funding to $49 million. The new… Read More

November 21, 2025 @ 9:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Juniper Research noted in a new report that the Fintech sector is evolving fast. From stablecoins to agentic AI, their latest update examines the significant shifts that are now said to be redefining the payments landscape. Juniper Research also looks at the impact of digital… Read More

November 21, 2025 @ 9:08 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The fintech world has begun to release its predictions for 2026. Read on to find out how AI, cybersecurity and general tech developments will shape the industry in the year ahead. Cybersecurity “2026’s cybersecurity threat landscape is high-tech, high-stakes, and fast-changing. From AI-driven hacks to… Read More

November 21, 2025 @ 1:26 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

AI insurtech Federato has raised $100 million in Series D funding led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with participation from returning investors Emergence Capital, Caffeinated Capital, StepStone Group, and Pear VC. This latest capital infusion reinforces a major shift in insurer sentiment away… Read More

November 21, 2025 @ 12:16 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Asseta AI, a purpose-built accounting platform for family offices, today announced a $4.2 million seed funding round co-led by Nyca Partners and Motive Partners. The platform supports more than $10 billion in assets. Nearly one-third of family office clients manage over $1 billion. The capital… Read More

November 20, 2025 @ 9:21 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Insurtech Pibit.AI this week announced a $7 million Series A to accelerate development of its Centralized Underwriting Risk Environment (CURETM). The round was led by Stellaris Venture Partners with participation from Y Combinator and Arali Ventures. Pibit.AI was founded by engineer Akash Agarwal. Having grown… Read More

November 20, 2025 @ 1:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Maxima, the agentic AI platform for accounting automation, announced $41 million in Seed and Series A from Redpoint Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Audacious Ventures. Maxima also mentioned in the announcement that the funding round has now been joined by former BlackLine CMO & Chief Strategy Officer… Read More

November 20, 2025 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Accounts receivable artificial intelligence (AI) firm Stuut Technologies has raised $29.5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Activant Capital, Khosla Ventures, 1984.vc, Page One Ventures, Vesey Ventures, Carya Venture Partners, and Valley Ventures. The new round updates… Read More

November 20, 2025 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), a company that has emerged as a bellwether for markets, did not disappoint last night when it announced Q3 earnings results. In early market trading, NVIDIA shares are trading higher – currently poised for an over 5% leap or around $196/share. Markets were… Read More

November 19, 2025 @ 5:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Despite a period of global change and uncertainty, CEOs are now said to be increasingly optimistic about their overall ability to effectively navigate new risks and capitalize on emerging opportunities. A survey shared by Deloitte finds CEOs looking ahead with a “renewed sense of optimism,”… Read More

November 19, 2025 @ 1:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ramp, the financial operations platform, is now reportedly valued at $32B following a $300 million primary financing round as well as an employee tender offer. According to the announcement from Ramp, Lightspeed Venture Partners has led the financing, with ongoing support from existing investors: Founders… Read More

November 19, 2025 @ 1:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chargeflow, the AI-powered chargeback automation platform, announced a $35 million Series A round — including a $10 million debt facility, which was led by Viola Growth, with contributions by existing investors OpenView Venture Partners, bringing the firm’s total funding to $49 million. The capital injection… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 3:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Artificial intelligence (AI) is now becoming a key driver in accounting and is also said to be noticeably changing processes. Over half of companies (53 percent) currently use AI in this area or are “in the process of implementing it.” This is shown by the… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 10:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  Robert Cooke, CEO of 3forge, recently shared some interesting insights with CI. The team at 3forge pointed out that currently, global banks run on billions of lines of legacy code, some even written half a century ago, and nowhere is that inheritance more visible… Read More