A U.S. appeals court overturned a March ruling that temporarily barred Perplexity’s artificial intelligence-powered agentic shopping tools from accessing Amazon’s platform, Reuters reported Tuesday (Aug. 4). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
A new class of buyers, sometimes called AI roll-ups, is emerging across accounting, property management and customer service. Unlike traditional acquirers, these companies are not buying small service businesses to cut costs or flip them for a quick return. They are buying them to keep...
Retail spent two years bolting chatbots onto websites that could field a shopper’s specific questions but never close a sale. Voice agents built on models like OpenAI’s GPT-Realtime are changing that, holding real sales conversations, asking the same probing questions a floor associate would and...
Actualyze AI has raised $7 million for its self-named platform designed for enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) usage. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...
August 03, 2026
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August 03, 2026
When AI agents start buying things, somebody has to settle the transaction. This week, the four largest card networks in the United States each made the same declaration: The Prompt...
August 03, 2026
Bots have become the new majority on the internet, forcing companies to rethink how they tell a trusted customer from an automated threat. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
July 27, 2026
This week in The Prompt Economy, artificial intelligence agents are coming to life. They’re already negotiating supplier contracts, processing purchase orders, and closing deals on behalf of major corporations. Procurement...
August 05, 2026
Sapiom raised $35 million in a Series A round to continue growing its platform that helps builders ship, run and scale artificial intelligence agents. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS […]
August 04, 2026
A U.S. appeals court overturned a March ruling that temporarily barred Perplexity’s artificial intelligence-powered agentic shopping tools from accessing Amazon’s platform, Reuters reported Tuesday (Aug. 4). Get the Full Story...
August 03, 2026
Actualyze AI has raised $7 million for its self-named platform designed for enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) usage. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
July 30, 2026
Agentic customer interaction platform Encore AI has raised $30 million in new funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
