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EnFi’s $15 Million Fundraise Pushes Agentic AI Into Bank Credit Decisions

EnFi’s $15 Million Fundraise Pushes Agentic AI Into Bank Credit Decisions
EnFi’s $15 Million Fundraise Pushes Agentic AI Into Bank Credit Decisions
February 04, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

EnFi has raised $15 million to expand the use of artificial intelligence (AI) agents that analyze and make credit decisions at banks, Reuters reported Wednesday...

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Senate Bill Would Require Online Platforms to Prevent Fraudulent Ads
Senate Bill Would Require Online Platforms to Prevent Fraudulent Ads
February 04, 2026  |  Security & Fraud

A bill introduced Wednesday (Feb. 4) in the U.S. Senate would require online platforms to take “reasonable steps” to prevent fraudulent and deceptive ads. Get...

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Anthropic Says AI Assistant Claude Will Remain Ad-Free
Anthropic Says AI Assistant Claude Will Remain Ad-Free
February 04, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Anthropic will not add advertising to its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Claude, the company said in a Wednesday (Feb. 4) blog post. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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AT&T Turns to Autonomous AI Agents to Slash Fraud
AT&T Turns to Autonomous AI Agents to Slash Fraud
February 04, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

AT&T is deploying a new generation of autonomous AI agents across its consumer and enterprise operations to tackle escalating spam and fraud calls and cut...

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Y Combinator Offers Startups $500K in Stablecoins Instead of Cash
Y Combinator Offers Startups $500K in Stablecoins Instead of Cash
February 04, 2026  |  Blockchain

Adding crypto into the finance stack has traditionally had the flair of a younger business. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Equifax Says AI Tools Help Drive New Product Innovation to Record High
Equifax Says AI Tools Help Drive New Product Innovation to Record High
February 04, 2026  |  Earnings

Equifax used its cloud and artificial intelligence resources to help drive innovation and efficiencies across its operations in 2025, Equifax CEO Mark Begor said Wednesday...

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Amazon Starts Nationwide Rollout of Alexa+ One Year After Soft Launch
Amazon Starts Nationwide Rollout of Alexa+ One Year After Soft Launch
February 04, 2026  |  Amazon

Amazon is broadening the role of artificial intelligence (AI) across its business, rolling out a new generation of Alexa, exploring deeper access to OpenAI’s models...

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Resolve AI Raises $125 Million for AI Agents That Maintain Software
Resolve AI Raises $125 Million for AI Agents That Maintain Software
February 04, 2026  |  Investments

Resolve AI raised $125 million in a Series A funding round to scale its artificial intelligence (AI) agents that help engineers debug and run production, or...

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Embedded Payments Give SaaS a Lifeline as AI Reshapes Workflows
Embedded Payments Give SaaS a Lifeline as AI Reshapes Workflows
February 04, 2026  |  Technology

Software as a service once promised a steady rhythm of recurring subscriptions, predictable upgrades and incremental productivity gains. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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