DoorDash and Serve Robotics have partnered to roll out autonomous robot deliveries across the United States, starting in Los Angeles. Serve’s robots are now delivering to some DoorDash customers in Los Angeles, and the service will be expanded to other cities in the coming years,...
Klarna and Google Cloud announced a partnership on Thursday (Oct. 9) to expand the use of artificial intelligence across Klarna’s app and operations. The initiative aims to improve personalization, creative content and fraud prevention for Klarna’s 114 million users worldwide, according to a joint press...
Microsoft is reportedly intensifying efforts to carve a space for itself in artificial intelligence. The tech giant wants to become an AI chatbot force on its own, beyond its longtime partnership with OpenAI, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday (Oct. 9). To that end, Microsoft...
Private capital software platform Carta has acquired Sirvatus, a private credit fund loan administration platform. The company says this deal, announced Thursday (Oct. 9), makes Carta “the first truly integrated platform for private credit fund managers,” combining fund administration, loan operations and investor reporting into...
Parafin and Fullsteam say their embedded capital partnership has surpassed $125 million. As the companies noted in a Wednesday (Oct. 8) news release, the partnership between embedded financial services Parafin and payments platform Fullsteam lets small businesses access financing via the Fullsteam ecosystem. “This milestone...
Bank of North Dakota, a state-owned bank, partnered with Fiserv to launch a stablecoin. Dubbed the Roughrider coin in honor of Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders, the coin is fully backed by U.S. dollars and is designed to facilitate bank-to-bank transactions, global money movement...
SoftBank Group plans to acquire ABB’s robotics business for $5.375 billion, saying the move will complement its existing investments in artificial intelligence and robots. Subject to customary closing conditions, SoftBank expects the acquisition to close in mid- to late-2026, the company said in a Wednesday...
Payments processor Thredd released an anti-fraud solution developed in tandem with Visa’s Featurespace. One View allows card transactions and non-card payments to be intelligently monitored under a single, network-agnostic interface and rules engine to enhance fraud detection, according to a Wednesday (Oct. 8) press release....
Oracle NetSuite has embedded BILL-powered payment automation capability in its accounts payable offering, NetSuite Intelligent Payment Automation. This combination will enable U.S. customers using NetSuite Intelligent Payment Automation to accelerate their AP processes, increase efficiency and reduce risk, the companies said in a Tuesday (Oct....