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Thrive Capital Bets $100 Million on Shopify’s AI Future

Thrive Capital Bets $100 Million on Shopify’s AI Future
Thrive Capital Bets $100 Million on Shopify’s AI Future
May 14, 2026  |  eCommerce

Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital has invested about $100 million in Shopify, betting that artificial intelligence could enhance commerce, Bloomberg reported Thursday (May 14), citing unnamed...

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OpenAI Weighs Lawsuit as Apple AI Partnership Sours
OpenAI Weighs Lawsuit as Apple AI Partnership Sours
May 14, 2026  |  Partnerships

OpenAI is preparing a potential future lawsuit against Apple due to dissatisfaction with the results of the companies’ two-year-old partnership, Bloomberg reported Thursday, citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story...

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Saudi FinTech Stitch Raises $25 Million to Replace Fragmented Bank Cores
Saudi FinTech Stitch Raises $25 Million to Replace Fragmented Bank Cores
May 14, 2026  |  Fintech Investments

Saudi Arabia-based Stitch raised $25 million in a Series A funding round to grow its operating system for modern financial institutions. Get the Full Story...

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Fiserv and OpenAI Bring Frontier AI to Banks
Fiserv and OpenAI Bring Frontier AI to Banks
May 14, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Fiserv has announced an agentic artificial intelligence (AI) operating system designed for banking and a collaboration with OpenAI to put frontier AI to work for financial...

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Equipifi Secures $34 Million to Scale Bank-Led BNPL Network
Equipifi Secures $34 Million to Scale Bank-Led BNPL Network
May 14, 2026  |  Investments

FinTech equipifi secured $34 million in a Series B funding round to accelerate the adoption of buy now, pay later (BNPL) by financial institutions. Get...

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Anthropic and Gates Foundation Form $200 Million Health-Focused Pact
Anthropic and Gates Foundation Form $200 Million Health-Focused Pact
May 14, 2026  |  Partnerships

Anthropic teamed with the Gates Foundation on a $200 million health-and-education-focused artificial intelligence project. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Microsoft Eyes AI Acquisitions Ahead of OpenAI Split
Microsoft Eyes AI Acquisitions Ahead of OpenAI Split
May 14, 2026  |  Partnerships

Microsoft is reportedly looking to acquire startups to help it launch a new artificial intelligence model, Reuters reported Wednesday (May 13). Get the Full Story...

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Ripple CEO Says CLARITY Act Will Unleash Institutional Crypto Adoption
Ripple CEO Says CLARITY Act Will Unleash Institutional Crypto Adoption
May 14, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Institutional adoption of cryptocurrency could be accelerated by passage of the CLARITY Act, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said Wednesday (May 13), according to a report...

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