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Dots Raises $8.9 Million to Scale Global Payout Platform

Dots Raises $8.9 Million to Scale Global Payout Platform
Dots Raises $8.9 Million to Scale Global Payout Platform
February 27, 2026  |  Fintech Investments

Dots raised $8.9 million in a Series A funding round to continue expanding the capabilities of its global payouts platform for marketplaces and service-based businesses....

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Burger King AI Assistant Frees Managers From Back-Office Tasks
Burger King AI Assistant Frees Managers From Back-Office Tasks
February 27, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Burger King has equipped managers and employees with an artificial intelligence-powered tool called BK Assistant. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Block Strategy Points to AI Shaping Corporate Infrastructure
Block Strategy Points to AI Shaping Corporate Infrastructure
February 27, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

It was probably one of those moments where you remember where you were when you heard it. Block announced Thursday (Feb. 26) that it will...

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Hot PPI Shows Service Prices Driving Inflation Higher
Hot PPI Shows Service Prices Driving Inflation Higher
February 27, 2026  |  Supply Chain

January’s Producer Price Index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics came in hotter than expected. For businesses navigating tariff swings and fragile global supply chains,...

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AI Pioneer Andrew Ng Expects Decades-Long Wait For AGI
AI Pioneer Andrew Ng Expects Decades-Long Wait For AGI
February 27, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence pioneer Andrew Ng said the industry is decades away from developing artificial general intelligence (AGI). Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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CFOs Turn Trade Finance Into a Balance-Sheet Advantage
CFOs Turn Trade Finance Into a Balance-Sheet Advantage
February 27, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Trade finance has a dirty secret. While containers can be tracked in real time across the world’s oceans, the documentation required to release those goods...

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OpenAI Raises $110 Billion to Build Global AI Infrastructure
OpenAI Raises $110 Billion to Build Global AI Infrastructure
February 27, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

OpenAI on Friday (Feb. 27) confirmed it has raised $110 billion in new funding from Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank, in one of the largest private...

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Barclays Accelerates Push Into Stablecoins and Tokenized Deposits
Barclays Accelerates Push Into Stablecoins and Tokenized Deposits
February 27, 2026  |  Blockchain

Barclays is looking to build a blockchain platform that could handle stablecoin payments and tokenized deposits, Bloomberg reported Friday (Feb. 27), citing unnamed sources. Get...

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Jeff Bezos’ Project Prometheus Seeks Billions to Reinvent Industrial Giants With AI
Jeff Bezos’ Project Prometheus Seeks Billions to Reinvent Industrial Giants With AI
February 27, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Project Prometheus, an artificial intelligence lab co-founded by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and former Google executive Vikram Bajaj, is raising “tens of billions of dollars”...

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