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Thredd Taps Velocity to Speed Stablecoin-Powered Money Movement
Thredd is expanding its issuer processing platform to include stablecoin-powered money movement capabilities. Get the…
Amazon’s Seller AI Graduates From Chatbot to Operating System
Amazon’s next artificial intelligence push for merchants is less about giving sellers better answers…
Anthropic and OpenEvidence Team to Expand Reach of Medical AI
Anthropic has reportedly launched a partnership with artificial intelligence (AI)-powered medical search engine provider…
Agentic Commerce Needs Its Febreze Moment
In the mid-1990s, Procter & Gamble made a stunning claim. They said they’d invented…
Tech Teams Gain Sway Over AP Buying Decisions
Accounts payable technology is being judged on how well it connects to the systems…
Gen Z Hands Merchants a Checkout Ultimatum
A merchant can spend to get a Gen Z shopper through the digital door,…
OpenAI Recruits External Watchdogs to Police AI Risk
OpenAI is talking with multiple independent assessors to help grow the number of such…
Nuvei Case Turns Chargebacks Into an FTC Warning Sign
Before a merchant can accept card payments, a processor or acquiring bank must decide…
Meta Tests Human Callers for Muse After Merchants Hang Up…
Meta tested having human contractors handle some calls for the phone-calling feature of its…
Crocs Puts One AI Agent in Charge of Sales and…
A shopper looking for a birthday gift for a nephew opens a chat on…
Apple Considers Screenless Fitness Tracker to Expand Wearable Lineup Beyond…
Apple is developing a new health and fitness tracker in response to the growing…
SpaceXAI’s Grok Bot Gains Early Traction in AI Agent Push
SpaceXAI’s Grok Bot surpassed 400,000 weekly users about a month after its launch, offering…
Fed’s SVB Report Exposes Old Bank Risks in Digital Assets
The government never guaranteed the USDC stablecoin’s value. But when regulators protected Silicon Valley…
Adyen Names Klarna CFO Niclas Neglen as New Finance Chief
Payments FinTech Adyen hired Klarna Chief Financial Officer Niclas Neglen as its new CFO,…
Anthropic Cuts AI Processing Costs 40% With Opus 5.5 Debut
Anthropic said its new Claude Opus 5.5 represents a “major step up” from Opus…
Shopify Brings Shop Pay Checkout Solution to Meta’s Muse AI…
Shopify and Meta have partnered to extend the shopping capabilities of Meta’s Muse artificial…
Anthropic Alumni Startup Sees Valuation Jump Fivefold
Mirendil, an artificial intelligence startup founded by former Anthropic researchers, is in talks to…
Google Helps Local Governments Communicate Via AI
Google says it wants to help local governments have “civic conversations” with AI’s assistance….
