Artificial intelligence (AI) hyperscaler CoreWeave has secured a $7.5 billion debt financing facility. The company will use the new financing to further develop its high-performance compute fleet to execute contracts with enterprise and AI customers, according to a Friday (May 17) press release. The co-lead investors in this debt...
This week in artificial intelligence, airlines are diving into AI this summer to enhance booking systems and boost profits, with Israeli startup Fetcherr leading the way in dynamic pricing. Meanwhile, Google’s AI-powered search summaries aim to transform online information access, sparking publishers’ concerns over traffic...
The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will not investigate Microsoft’s partnership with artificial intelligence (AI) startup Mistral AI. “The CMA has decided that Microsoft Corporation’s partnership with Mistral AI does not qualify for investigation under the merger provisions of the Enterprise Act 2022,”...
Walmart shouldn’t count on keeping the affluent customers it has recently gained, the retailer’s former U.S. CEO Bill Simon said Thursday (May 16). Speaking on CNBC’s Fast Money, Simon said that when the economic situation picks back up, affluent shoppers will go back to retailers that provide a...
There are over 19,000 tax jurisdictions worldwide — any of which can change in an instant. With new and emerging payment rails, such as instant payments, helping to transform the cross-border space, regulators are increasingly cracking down on businesses in the payment chain to ensure that new technologies...
As consumers increasingly look for guidance from trusted friends and content creators to inform their shopping, Uber is integrating a social element into its Eats platform. On Wednesday (May 17) the mobility and delivery company announced a range of new features at its GO-GET 2024...
Amazon and Walmart may be setting their sights on high-income consumers, but as the two retail giants compete for shoppers’ spending, they are working hard not to lose their lower-income customers in the process. Amazon, for its part, announced Wednesday (May 15) the introduction of...
Call it the week of the platform. Earnings reports from firms that focus on bringing supply and demand together — in lending, for example, or for modernizing payments between merchants and consumers — were dominant in the headlines. With stocks remaining volatile in the wake of those earnings...
California-based Avidbank has tapped CorServ to help launch a new credit card program for the bank’s commercial customers. Avidbank transitioned from its previous program to CorServ’s Account Issuer program, the companies said in a Tuesday (May 14) press release. The new program provides Avidbank’s commercial customers with better choices...
