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Andrej Karpathy Lands at Anthropic Amid AI Research Arms Race

Andrej Karpathy Lands at Anthropic Amid AI Research Arms Race
Andrej Karpathy Lands at Anthropic Amid AI Research Arms Race
May 19, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Andrej Karpathy joined Anthropic, marking one of the highest-profile talent moves yet in the escalating competition among frontier artificial intelligence labs for elite research talent....

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Polymarket Letting Users Make Bets on Private Company Fortunes
Polymarket Letting Users Make Bets on Private Company Fortunes
May 19, 2026  |  Markets

Polymarket has introduced what it calls the first prediction markets connected to private company performance. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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FIS Brings Enterprise Risk Suite to Amazon Web Services
FIS Brings Enterprise Risk Suite to Amazon Web Services
May 19, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Financial technology company FIS has launched its Enterprise Risk Suite on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Target Taps Walmart Vet Jeff England to Head Logistics
Target Taps Walmart Vet Jeff England to Head Logistics
May 19, 2026  |  Personnel

Target has recruited a new logistics chief as it works to revive flagging sales. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Retail Tech Startup Radar Secures $170 Million Funding Round
Retail Tech Startup Radar Secures $170 Million Funding Round
May 19, 2026  |  Investments

Radar, an inventory management startup backed by American Eagle Outfitters CEO Jay Schottenstein, has reached a valuation of more than $1 billion following its latest...

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Plaid Launches Guaranteed ACH Payments Solution
Plaid Launches Guaranteed ACH Payments Solution
May 19, 2026  |  Digital Payments

Plaid has introduced a tool designed to help customers make smarter ACH-payment-related decisions. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Mastercard Intros Strategy to Ferret Out Scam Merchants
Mastercard Intros Strategy to Ferret Out Scam Merchants
May 19, 2026  |  Mastercard

Mastercard wants to help banks and payment companies separate legitimate merchants and scammers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Ex-FTX Executive Rolls Out AI Trading Platform With ‘No-Loss’ Model
Ex-FTX Executive Rolls Out AI Trading Platform With ‘No-Loss’ Model
May 19, 2026  |  Investments

Perpetuals.com Ltd. has launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered trading platform that allows users to submit trading strategies without risking their own money. This marks a...

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