Artificial Intelligence

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

November 17, 2025 @ 8:31 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Haiqu, a quantum software company, said it has demonstrated that today’s quantum computers could detect anomalies more efficiently than classical systems in classification problems across finance, healthcare, weather and more. The work, run over the cloud on an IBM Quantum Heron processor, indicates that quantum… Read More

November 17, 2025 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kaspersky has introduced its Security Bulletin, which aims to examine the key cybersecurity trends of the past year and offers a glimpse into the potential future of these developments. The update from Kaspersky is dedicated to cybersecurity issues in the financial services ecosystem, offering an… Read More

November 17, 2025 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KPMG noted that the vast majority or 86 per cent) of energy and technology business professionals in the UK now believe that without AI it would take longer for their organisation to achieve its net zero goals, according to KPMG’s report on AI and the… Read More

November 17, 2025 @ 12:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CB Insights has reportedly analyzed over 1,350 early-stage deals in October 2025 in order to identify the most promising or high-potential firms, major investors, as well as emerging categories to watch closely (all this was said to have been based on CB Insights predictive intelligence)…. Read More

November 16, 2025 @ 10:00 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

  Credibly’s strategy for incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into its underwriting system provides a blueprint for companies wishing to smoothly adopt transformative technologies. It’s a deliberate, well-thought-out plan, dating back several years. Chief revenue officer MJ Jiang said she immediately saw AI’s potential to change… Read More

November 16, 2025 @ 9:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Equifax (NYSE: EFX) is assisting regulated businesses with the introduction of new AML Compliance Solutions designed to lessen the burden of AML (anti-money laundering) regulatory compliance for FS firms and related industries by flagging potential associations between “a prospect and activities that may indicate potential… Read More

November 16, 2025 @ 4:45 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Cursor, an artificial intelligence-powered software development platform, has raised $2.3 billion in a Series D funding round that values the company at $29.3 billion, as investors bet that AI-assisted coding will reshape how software is built. The round drew continued backing from existing investors Thrive… Read More

November 16, 2025 @ 1:32 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Amplitude (Nasdaq: AMPL), a digital analytics platform, has launched AI Feedback, a customer feedback engine with a proprietary LLM process that automatically turns raw input into prioritized, actionable insights. In the era of AI, organizations have more customer data than ever. However, without a unified… Read More