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NScale Lands $900 Million Credit Facility for Global AI Infrastructure Push
July 07, 2026

Nscale, a full-stack artificial intelligence cloud platform, has closed a $900 million revolving credit facility to accelerate its AI data center build-out and capital deployment across the United States, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Norm Raises $120 Million to Expand Legal-Focused AI Offering
July 07, 2026

Norm Ai, an artificial intelligence startup focused on the legal industry, raised $120 million. 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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Alibaba Blocks Staff From Using Anthropic AI Amid Security Concerns
July 07, 2026

China’s eCommerce company Alibaba has reportedly barred employees from using Anthropic’s AI tools at work. 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,...

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AI Gives Every Purchase Its Own Credit Decision
July 07, 2026

For most of the history of financial services, credit functioned as a blunt instrument. A bank extended a line, a customer drew on it and borrowing remained separate from spending. The amount borrowed determined the terms, while what customers actually purchased was irrelevant. Get the...

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Thrive Holdings Raises $2 Billion to Buy and Rewire Services Firms With AI
July 06, 2026

A group of major artificial intelligence (AI) investors is pooling capital into a vehicle designed to buy up traditional services businesses and transform them using AI. Thrive Holdings, a one-year-old holding company started by OpenAI investor Thrive Capital, is raising around $2 billion from Altimeter...

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US Treasury Report Warns AI Bubble Could Trigger Economic Disruption
July 06, 2026

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has produced a draft report warning of extensive risks to the economy if the artificial intelligence market repeats what happened when the dotcom bubble burst 25 years ago, according to NOTUS, which obtained a copy of the document. Get...

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White House Signals Hands-On Approach to Oversight of AI Systems
July 06, 2026

From hands-off to hands-on. The Trump administration increasingly is taking a direct role in overseeing the release of the most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) models, marking a sharp turnaround from its previous policy of removing regulations that might hamper U.S. development of the technology. Get...

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An AI Trained on Wall Street’s Own Data Just Beat GPT
July 06, 2026

General-purpose AI models have been trained on enormous volumes of public financial data. What they cannot replicate is the judgment an experienced investment analyst builds over years — which signals matter, which documents are worth reading and how to separate the relevant from the noise...

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AI Giants Pour Billions Into Enterprise Deployment
July 06, 2026

The money for artificial intelligence companies is in enterprise, but the challenge isn’t building the model. It’s getting it to work inside a company that wasn’t designed for it. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...