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Saudi Arabia’s Humain Backs Elon Musk’s AI Ambitions With $3 Billion xAI Stake
February 18, 2026

Humain, a Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) company focused on artificial intelligence (AI), said Wednesday (Feb. 18) that it invested $3 billion in xAI’s Series E funding round just before xAI was acquired by SpaceX. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Private Equity Firms Embrace AI to Streamline Operations
February 18, 2026

Private equity firms built their reputations on driving operational efficiency inside portfolio companies. They professionalized management teams, optimized pricing, tightened supply chains and expanded margins. Now, that same discipline is being applied inward. Across the industry, firms are embedding artificial intelligence into their own sourcing...

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Treasury to Roll Out AI Success Manuals for Financial Firms
February 18, 2026

The Treasury Department will release six resources designed to enable secure and resilient artificial intelligence (AI) across the financial system. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...

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World Labs Raises $1 Billion to Scale Spatial AI
February 18, 2026

World Labs, the frontier artificial intelligence research and product company founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, raised $1 billion in new funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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Former Google DeepMind Scientist Targets $4 Billion Valuation for New AI Lab
February 18, 2026

Former Google DeepMind scientist David Silver is raising $1 billion to build a new artificial intelligence lab, the Financial Times reported Tuesday (Feb. 17). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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How Hidden Prompts Are Influencing Enterprise AI Systems
February 18, 2026

Enter a new term into the artificial intelligence (AI) lexicon: recommendation poisoning. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By...

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Anthropic Set to Pay Cloud Partners $80 Billion Through 2029
February 18, 2026

How much will Anthropic pay the world’s cloud leaders to run its artificial intelligence model? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....

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Pinterest Bets on AI Tools to Fend Off Chatbot Rivals
February 18, 2026

Pinterest is racing to add artificial intelligence tools to its app amid a slowing ad business and growing competition from AI chatbots, The Information reported Tuesday (Feb. 17). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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CFOs Scramble as AI Pricing Breaks Traditional SaaS Billing Model
February 18, 2026

The next great enterprise software battle may be fought not in GPUs or algorithms, but in invoices. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...