Artificial Intelligence
The One-Person Billion-Dollar Company Is Here
April 03, 2026

It used to take large teams and years to build a billion-dollar company. Now just one AI-savvy founder can scale it solo. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Business
Saks Global Secures $500 Million Commitment for Summer Bankruptcy Exit
April 03, 2026

Saks Global has secured $500 million in exit financing from a group of its senior secured bondholders and expects to emerge from Chapter 11 this summer. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Partnerships
Anthropic Targets BioTech Growth With $400 Million Coefficient Bio Buy
April 03, 2026

Anthropic has acquired Coefficient Bio, an artificial intelligence (AI) BioTech startup founded last fall, for about $400 million, The Information reported Thursday (April 2), citing an unnamed source. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Blockchain
Why Fortune 500 Firms Are Becoming Blockchain Validators
April 03, 2026

Crypto going corporate is shining a spotlight on the sector’s more technical components. 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 Today....

Loans
TikTok and Meta Eye a Bigger Role in Financial Services
April 03, 2026

The front door to financial services is widening to include social media platforms, marked by payments integrations and new movements into lending. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Cryptocurrency
Tether Sets 2-Week Deadline for $500 Billion Valuation Deal
April 03, 2026

Stablecoin issuer Tether will likely postpone its current fundraising effort if too few investors commit to the deal within the next two weeks, The Information reported Friday (April 3), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Artificial Intelligence
Your Daily Life Is Now a Data Product. Companies Are Paying for It
April 03, 2026

When Zeus, a medical student in central Nigeria, comes home from the hospital, he straps his iPhone to his forehead and records himself making his bed. He moves slowly, keeping his hands in frame. The footage goes to Micro1, a Palo Alto company that sells...

Partnerships
OpenAI Buys Tech Talk Show TBPN in Media Expansion
April 03, 2026

OpenAI is making an unexpected media move, buying Silicon Valley tech talk show TBPN in a deal reportedly valued in the low hundreds of millions of dollars, according to the Financial Times. The acquisition stands out because it pushes the ChatGPT maker beyond software and...

Artificial Intelligence
The New Power Broker in Consumer Decisions Is AI
April 03, 2026

The history of technology is littered with winners and losers. The winners typically have at least one thing in common: they were able to control the primary interface between large user audiences and the digital services they desired. Get the Full Story Complete the form...