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Circle Co-Founder Raises $30 Million for Agentic-Driven Finance
May 24, 2026

Agentic artificial intelligence startup Catena Labs has raised $30 million as it seeks a banking charter. 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...

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Anthropic Eyes $900 Billion Valuation as Quarterly Revenue Doubles
May 24, 2026

Anthropic is set to close a funding round in which it could raise over $30 billion and be valued at over $900 billion, Bloomberg reported Friday (May 22), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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AI Spots Hard Hat Violations Before Supervisors Do
May 22, 2026

Construction employs roughly 8% of the private-sector workforce and accounts for about one in five of its fatalities. That ratio has persisted for decades. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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Spotify Turns AI Fan Covers Into Artist Paychecks
May 22, 2026

Spotify and Universal Music Group have built a rights framework for something that has been happening without one: fans using artificial intelligence AI to cover and remix songs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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ChatGPT Lands in Microsoft PowerPoint
May 22, 2026

OpenAI has reportedly integrated its ChatGPT artificial intelligence (AI) assistant directly into Microsoft PowerPoint. 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...

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Mortgage Underwriters Get an AI Agent Assist
May 22, 2026

A mortgage application used to mean waiting. At TD Bank, pre-adjudication averaged roughly 15 hours before a human underwriter could open the file. That window is now under three minutes. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Salesforce CEO Defends AI Ads as Standard Tech Marketing
May 22, 2026

Salesforce is promoting in its marketing content artificial intelligence (AI) features that are not yet fully deployed by its clients, Bloomberg reported Friday (May 22). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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Retail Media Networks Evolve as AI Agents Shop
May 22, 2026

Retail media growth has been built on the bedrock premise of influencing the customer before the checkout button is pressed. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

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Starbucks Scraps AI Inventory Tool After Counting Errors
May 22, 2026

Starbucks stopped using an artificial intelligence app for counting inventory after finding that the program miscounted and mislabeled items, Reuters reported Thursday (May 21). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...