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AI Funding Surge Highlights Demand for Sustainable Compute and Specialized Agents
October 27, 2025

Investors continued to pour capital into artificial intelligence startups this week, funding companies that build the infrastructure supporting the creation and deployment of advanced models and the applications those models power. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Mastercard and PayPal Make Trust the Core of Agentic Commerce
October 27, 2025

Mastercard and PayPal are deepening their partnership to bring agentic AI transactions into the mainstream. Under the agreement, Mastercard’s Agent Pay platform will be integrated into PayPal’s branded checkout wallet. The move allows consumers using PayPal to make purchases guided by artificial intelligence assistants, with...

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The Prompt Economy Has Arrived. Now Comes the Hard Part
October 27, 2025

One of the most compelling updates this week came from a Harvard Business Review article “Designing a Successful Agentic AI System.” Its authors argue that agentic AI will only deliver value when companies redesign workflows around outcomes, not tasks, and rethink how humans and intelligent...

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Bank of America Finds AI Has Limited Impact on US Employment
October 26, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) is fueling American economic growth, though its effect on employment is limited. 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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OpenAI Due to Receive Another $22 Billion From SoftBank
October 26, 2025

SoftBank has reportedly taken another step toward completing its massive $30 billion investment in OpenAI. 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 Experts Predict Human-Level Intelligence Could Arrive by 2047
October 24, 2025

This month, researchers from AI Impacts and the universities of Oxford and Bonn released what has become the largest survey to date of artificial intelligence (AI) experts, offering a rare view into how the people building artificial intelligence systems perceive their pace, power and risks....

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AI Makes Inroads in Legal Industry as Funding Tops $2.4 Billion
October 24, 2025

Artificial intelligence is making its deepest inroads yet into the legal profession. It is turning pilot-scale experimentation into production-level automation. From research and contracting to compliance and billing, AI systems are becoming embedded infrastructure in law firms and in-house operations. Investors are taking notice. Get...

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OpenAI-Backed Valthos Raises $30 Million to Combat AI-Enabled Biological Threats
October 24, 2025

Valthos said Friday (Oct. 24) that it has raised $30 million to build “next-generation biodefense” to combat the threat of biological threats enabled by artificial intelligence. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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AI Demand Is Fueling the Rise of Neoclouds
October 24, 2025

As demand for artificial intelligence (AI) training large models rises, traditional providers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud are facing limits in available capacity. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...