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Goldman Sachs Mobilizes Investors for Nvidia’s $500 Billion AI Infrastructure Push
August 14, 2026

Goldman Sachs is talking with potential investors about participating in Nvidia’s $500 billion artificial intelligence financing initiative that was announced Monday (Aug. 10), Reuters reported Friday (Aug. 13). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Enterprise AI’s Hottest Job Just Found Its Biggest Skeptic
August 14, 2026

The fastest-growing job in enterprise AI is the forward-deployed engineer, the specialist companies hire to make the software actually work inside their walls. Decagon, a customer service artificial intelligence startup that crossed $100 million in annualized revenue three years after launching, thinks that job should...

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AI Turns Sports’ Dead Air Into a Selling Season
August 14, 2026

Sports commerce has always clustered around the calendar, spiking for a tournament, a championship run or a merchandise drop. Between those peaks, the commercial relationship between a team and its fans goes dormant. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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The Cloud Risk CFOs Aren’t Measuring: What Happens When a Vendor Disappears?
August 14, 2026

There’s a new nightmare scenario in enterprise cloud computing, and it’s not an AI-driven cyberattack. It’s a vendor simply going out of business and disappearing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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US AI Labs Cut Prices 25% in 1 Month to Fend Off Chinese Rivals
August 14, 2026

Consumers are paying nearly 25% less for artificial intelligence models from leading U.S. labs than they were in mid-July, following price cuts announced by OpenAI and Anthropic, the Financial Times reported Friday (Aug. 14), citing data from Silicon Data. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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OpenAI’s Revenue Run Rate Tops $40 Billion as IPO Nears
August 14, 2026

OpenAI is now on pace to bring in annualized revenue of more than $40 billion, roughly double its run rate from the end of 2025. The jump gives the ChatGPT maker fresh momentum as it prepares to go public. For the banking, payments and FinTech...

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SoFi Teaches Its AI Coach to Read the Financial Room
August 14, 2026

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Nearly 4 in 10 CFOs See Gen AI Paying Off Within Two Years
August 14, 2026

CFOs have stopped treating generative artificial intelligence returns as one date circled on the calendar. By December, 39.1% expected very positive returns within one to two years, even as 26.1% expected the payoff to take six years or longer. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Citi Plans to Acquire Kard to Deliver More Personalized Rewards
August 13, 2026

Citi’s U.S. Consumer Cards business plans to expand its customer engagement and commerce media capabilities by acquiring Kard Financial, a commerce media and rewards platform for banks and FinTechs, Citi said in a Thursday (Aug. 13) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...