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Stripe and Ramp Are Betting on AI Traffic Controllers

Stripe and Ramp Are Betting on AI Traffic Controllers
Stripe and Ramp Are Betting on AI Traffic Controllers
August 20, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Stripe is known for processing payments. Ramp is known for managing corporate expenses. But this week, the two companies made almost identical moves: building the...

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AT&T Slashes AI Costs by Adopting Model Routers and Open Source
AT&T Slashes AI Costs by Adopting Model Routers and Open Source
August 20, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

AT&T cut the costs of coding and some other advanced artificial intelligence tasks by as much as 56% by using tools that route employees’ queries...

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Airbnb Tests AI Search After Automating 45% of Support
Airbnb Tests AI Search After Automating 45% of Support
August 20, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Airbnb is building artificial intelligence into nearly every step of a trip, not just the chatbot. The company’s AI customer-service assistant now resolves nearly 45%...

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Working Capital Is Becoming a Priced Portfolio for CFOs
Working Capital Is Becoming a Priced Portfolio for CFOs
August 20, 2026  |  Working Capital

The next frontier in working capital management isn’t squeezing another day out of receivables or stretching another day of payables. It’s deciding whether those dollars...

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Business Email Compromise Attack Hijacks Session Token to Steal Vendor Payments
Business Email Compromise Attack Hijacks Session Token to Steal Vendor Payments
August 20, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity firm TrendAI uncovered a business email compromise (BEC) scheme in which an attacker tricked a victim into clicking on a link and was then...

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Grayscale Sees SEC Proposal Unleashing New Wave of US Token Offerings
Grayscale Sees SEC Proposal Unleashing New Wave of US Token Offerings
August 20, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed Regulation Crypto Assets, which the regulator announced Tuesday (Aug. 18), could facilitate token-based fundraising in the United States,...

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Anthropic Plans to Tweak Data Retention Rules After Enterprise Concerns
Anthropic Plans to Tweak Data Retention Rules After Enterprise Concerns
August 20, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic plans to modify the data retention policy it announced in June, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Aug. 20), citing an unnamed source. Get the Full Story...

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AIibaba Focuses on Agentic Commerce as AI Spending Balloons
AIibaba Focuses on Agentic Commerce as AI Spending Balloons
August 20, 2026  |  Earnings

Alibaba is focusing on agentic commerce innovations as it spends heavily on artificial intelligence. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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