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OpenAI Chair’s Conversational AI Startup Raises $350 Million

OpenAI Chair’s Conversational AI Startup Raises $350 Million
OpenAI Chair’s Conversational AI Startup Raises $350 Million
September 05, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Sierra, a conversational artificial intelligence startup founded by OpenAI Chair Bret Taylor and former Google executive Clay Bavor, has raised $350 million in new funding...

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Payment Labs CEO on Fixing eSports Broken Payout System
Payment Labs CEO on Fixing eSports Broken Payout System
September 05, 2025  |  Payments Innovation

Watch more: The Unsexy Payment Infrastructure Powering the Future of eSports, Creator Economies Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Half of Stable Mid-Market Firms Use Credit as Growth Capital
Half of Stable Mid-Market Firms Use Credit as Growth Capital
September 05, 2025  |  Loans

Middle-market companies are caught between tariffs, interest rates and jittery supply chains, and how they borrow money says as much about their outlook as their...

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Opendoor and Affirm Move FinTech IPO Higher
Opendoor and Affirm Move FinTech IPO Higher
September 05, 2025  |  Fintech Investments

A trading week shortened by the Labor Day holiday brought slight gains to the FinTech IPO Index, which gained 0.5% overall. Get the Full Story...

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98% of Product Leaders See AI Reshaping Company Operations
98% of Product Leaders See AI Reshaping Company Operations
September 05, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

For transformation to succeed, it needs to move beyond hype to hard numbers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Dynamic Pricing Scores With FIFA World Cup Tickets
Dynamic Pricing Scores With FIFA World Cup Tickets
September 05, 2025  |  Connected Economy

Dynamic pricing is having a dynamic week. On one hand, it has moved further into the mainstream, with FIFA confirming that tickets for the 2026...

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Lululemon Embraces AI to Accelerate Design and Go-to-Market Processes
Lululemon Embraces AI to Accelerate Design and Go-to-Market Processes
September 04, 2025  |  Retail

Lululemon Athletica aims to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and technology to enhance its ability to develop new products and bring them to market. Get the...

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Stripe and Paradigm Launch Firm Developing ‘Payments-First Blockchain’
Stripe and Paradigm Launch Firm Developing ‘Payments-First Blockchain’
September 04, 2025  |  Blockchain

Financial infrastructure provider Stripe and crypto investment firm Paradigm have announced a “payments-first blockchain” called Tempo that is optimized for stablecoins and real-world payments. Get...

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Figure Technology Targets $2T Consumer Lending Market With Blockchain and AI  
Figure Technology Targets $2T Consumer Lending Market With Blockchain and AI  
September 04, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

Expanding access to credit remains one of the biggest challenges in consumer finance. Legacy systems continue to slow approvals, drive up costs, and limit access...

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