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Expedia Embraces Agentic Commerce to Fight Platform Disruption

Expedia Embraces Agentic Commerce to Fight Platform Disruption
Expedia Embraces Agentic Commerce to Fight Platform Disruption
February 12, 2026  |  Travel Payments

Expedia Group is responding to the rise of artificial intelligence assistants and agentic commerce both by embracing them and by providing services that draw travelers...

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Instacart Delivers Strong Q4 as AI Speeds Platform Expansion
Instacart Delivers Strong Q4 as AI Speeds Platform Expansion
February 12, 2026  |  Aggregators

Instacart’s Q4 may have looked like a straightforward beat-and-raise, but the more consequential storyline for retailers, brands and the payments stack is how the company...

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Airbnb’s Q4 Reacceleration Marks Strongest Growth in Two Years
Airbnb’s Q4 Reacceleration Marks Strongest Growth in Two Years
February 12, 2026  |  Earnings

Airbnb used the quarter to reinforce a shift toward continuous product shipping rather than large feature launches. CEO Brian Chesky in the earnings call described...

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FanDuel Ditches Credit Cards as Sen. Warren Targets Junk Fees
FanDuel Ditches Credit Cards as Sen. Warren Targets Junk Fees
February 12, 2026  |  Consumer Payments

Sports betting firm FanDuel will stop accepting credit card deposits on March 2. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Coinbase’s $667 Million Loss Snaps Eight-Quarter Profitability Streak
Coinbase’s $667 Million Loss Snaps Eight-Quarter Profitability Streak
February 12, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The digital asset economy’s early growth was driven primarily by speculative trading. It still is today. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Anthropic Valuation Hits $380 Billion as Enterprise AI Demand Explodes
Anthropic Valuation Hits $380 Billion as Enterprise AI Demand Explodes
February 12, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic raised $30 billion in a Series G funding round that valued the company at $380 billion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 Builds Buzz in Expanding Video Generation Market
ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 Builds Buzz in Expanding Video Generation Market
February 12, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

The latest artificial intelligence breakthrough from Chinese tech giant ByteDance has ignited fresh excitement in China’s AI sector, with its newly unveiled Seedance 2.0 video-generation...

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SEC Chairman Urges Senate to Future-Proof Crypto Market Rules
SEC Chairman Urges Senate to Future-Proof Crypto Market Rules
February 12, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul S. Atkins told a Senate committee Thursday (Feb. 12) that legislation like the CLARITY Act is the best way to...

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