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Costco and Sesame Expand Partnership to Include Weight Loss Program
Costco and Sesame Expand Partnership to Include Weight Loss Program
April 02, 2024  |  Partnerships

Costco and healthcare marketplace Sesame have expanded their partnership to include a weight loss program. This collaboration now offers Costco members exclusive pricing on individualized clinical consultations around weight...

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Life Insurance Agents Go Digital to Connect With Young Buyers
Life Insurance Agents Go Digital to Connect With Young Buyers
April 02, 2024  |  Insurance

In the age of smartphones and instant access to information, it’s no surprise that even the most traditional industries are undergoing a digital makeover. The...

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Venture Capitalist Steve Singh and Growth Investors Acquire Direct Travel
Venture Capitalist Steve Singh and Growth Investors Acquire Direct Travel
April 02, 2024  |  Acquisitions

Venture capitalist Steve Singh and a group of growth investors have acquired corporate travel management firm Direct Travel. The investors joining Singh in the acquisition include Durable Capital Partners, Madrona...

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How The Stargate Project Could Change AI
How The Stargate Project Could Change AI
April 02, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI and Microsoft’s reported $100 billion data center project could create advanced, human-like language models that understand context, emotions and nuance, potentially revolutionizing artificial intelligence (AI) and commerce, experts...

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Yahoo to Add Personalization Features With Artifact Acquisition
Yahoo to Add Personalization Features With Artifact Acquisition
April 02, 2024  |  Acquisitions

Yahoo will add artificial intelligence (AI)-powered personalization features across its platform, including Yahoo News, following its acquisition of Artifact. This acquisition closed Friday (March 29), Yahoo said in...

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BitMart Taps Banxa to Help Build Ecosystem for Native Crypto Token
BitMart Taps Banxa to Help Build Ecosystem for Native Crypto Token
April 02, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Digital assets trading platform BitMart has deepened its collaboration with cryptocurrency payment infrastructure provider Banxa to build the ecosystem for BMX, BitMart’s native token. Together, BitMart and Banxa will...

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Consumers Are Spending More, but 6 in 10 Check the Price Tag First
Consumers Are Spending More, but 6 in 10 Check the Price Tag First
April 02, 2024  |  Consumer Insights

As reported last week, data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis confirms February consumer spending was up, a trend some analysts believe could influence the Fed’s decision to...

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Datavolo Raises $21 Million to Build Multimodal Data Pipelines for AI
Datavolo Raises $21 Million to Build Multimodal Data Pipelines for AI
April 02, 2024  |  Investments

Datavolo has raised $21 million to continue helping customers build scalable and secure multimodal data pipelines for artificial intelligence (AI).  The company will use the...

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43% of Retailers Say False Declines Are a Major Problem for Shoppers
43% of Retailers Say False Declines Are a Major Problem for Shoppers
April 02, 2024  |  Retail

As retailers look to offer positive payment experiences to shoppers to keep them coming back, a significant share sees false declines as a sticking point,...

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