Artificial Intelligence

July 24, 2023 @ 11:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Yokoy, a provider of an AI-powered spend management suite, is setting new standards in invoice management with its strategic partnership with Pagero, a platform provider for globally compliant e-invoicing. Yokoy seamlessly integrates with Pagero’s cloud-based e-invoicing solution “to provide a 100% digitized and fully automated… Read More

July 23, 2023 @ 10:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Nova Money is another artificial intelligence (AI) firm that has entered the financial services sector. The company is offering a service that leverages AI to forecast an individual’s future financial situation to help people make better decisions. The company also plans to raise capital online… Read More

July 23, 2023 @ 2:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cognaize, the intelligent document processing (IDP) company powered by its proprietary hybrid intelligence technology, announced that it has closed $18 million in Series A funding in order “to accelerate research and product development, marketing, and sales capacity to meet the explosive global demand for the… Read More

July 22, 2023 @ 7:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

⁠Tractable, which claims to be a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) using computer vision to assess the condition of cars and homes, announces a $65M Series E investment led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Existing investors in the investment round include Insight Partners and Georgian… Read More

July 20, 2023 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Feedzai, a provider of financial crime and risk management solutions, is introducing Railgun, its next-generation AI engine designed to target and intercept financial fraud before it can occur. In order to scale, today’s risk engines force financial institutions to limit the data they use to… Read More

July 20, 2023 @ 9:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Information overload is endemic to the financial industry, “particularly for buy-side equity analysts across hedge funds, private equity, corporate development, and more,” according to an update shared by Unusual Ventures. The VC firm also mentioned in a blog post that it can be “daunting to… Read More

July 19, 2023 @ 9:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paddle, the complete payments infrastructure provider for software companies, announces AI Launchpad, a new 6-week program run by Paddle aimed at empowering ambitious software founders to build, launch and scale their AI-powered business ideas. Working with industry experts, participants will “receive tailored guidance and actionable,… Read More

July 18, 2023 @ 10:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The DFINITY Foundation, a not-for-profit science and technology organization and major contributor to the Internet Computer blockchain (ICP), announced the launch of a $5 million decentralized artificial intelligence (DeAI) grant to support projects leveraging AI on ICP. The Internet Computer blockchain is reportedly “the only… Read More

July 17, 2023 @ 10:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Collective, which claims to be the first all-in-one online back-office platform for solopreneurs, announced it has raised $50M from a syndicate of investors including Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI fund, Innovius Capital, The General Partnership, General Catalyst, QED, Expa, and Better Tomorrow Ventures, among others. Collective… Read More

July 16, 2023 @ 12:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ZestyAI, the provider of climate and property risk analytics solutions powered by artificial intelligence (AI), announced an agreement with Coterie Insurance, a partnership-focused Managing General Agent (MGA), leveraging data and technology to provide instant quoting and issuing of small business insurance policies. Coterie will use… Read More

July 12, 2023 @ 12:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Chief Executive of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Nikhil Rathi, addressed in a speech the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the role of Big Tech in financial services. The speech was delivered today at the Economist Impact Finance Transformed event. Rathi said… Read More

July 12, 2023 @ 10:54 am By JD Alois  |  

PrivacyHawk has raised $2.7 million in funding in a round led by ff Venture Capital (ffVC). Other investors include Nufund, Alumni Ventures, AngelList, Gaingels, Duro Ventures, Sandhill Angels and Seraphim Ventures. Previous investors include ffVC, Tech Coast Angels, Duro Ventures and Gaingels. PrivacyHawk is a… Read More

July 11, 2023 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Emirates NBD, a banking group in the MENA region and Turkey, has announced a transformation focused on harnessing the power of generative AI to change Emirates NBD’s operations and enhance productivity across various business functions supported by Microsoft. This collaboration aims “to unlock new opportunities… Read More

July 10, 2023 @ 10:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Quantexa, which claims to be a global leader in Decision Intelligence (DI) solutions for the public and private sectors, announced that it will invest over $155M in the global artificial intelligence (AI) industry over the next three years “to help clients advance the use of… Read More

July 7, 2023 @ 3:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

From romance scams to fictious online deals, impersonation scams of all kinds have plagued people and businesses over recent years and “shaken the confidence of victims.” However, the tide is turning. Mastercard (NYSE: MA) is taking the fight to the fraudsters “with its one-of-a-kind AI… Read More

July 6, 2023 @ 10:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Researchers are “cautiously optimistic” about where generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) will lead humanity, but they say that we “must develop more guardrails.” This is according to Pascale Fung, Chair Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Hong Kong SAR, China. She was speaking at the… Read More

July 6, 2023 @ 12:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is to play a pivotal role in tackling sanctions risks in global shipping following a partnership between LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) and Windward AI (LSE: WNWD) announced recently. Windward’s maritime AI-powered technology will “augment existing shipping analytic capabilities available on the… Read More

July 5, 2023 @ 11:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Corlytics has acquired Clausematch thus combining two Regtech firms. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Corlytics is plugged directly into multiple international regulators, serving 14 of the top 50 global banks, as well as insurers, payment providers and investment managers. Clausematch works with… Read More

July 5, 2023 @ 10:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

VC activity ticked up in Q1 based on OpenAI’s unconventional corporate investment from Microsoft, according to an update from Pitchbook. Pitchbook has reportedly tracked $22.7 billion in investment during the quarter, “including $12.7 billion from generative AI investments including OpenAI.” If OpenAI’s deal is excluded,… Read More

July 5, 2023 @ 9:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Regtech is a rapidly evolving area of technology, especially in a world that has a constant increase in demand for regulatory compliance, according to an update from Juniper Research. Regtech offers solutions to businesses in response “to an increasingly digitalized world that boomed since the… Read More