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Robots, Compliance and AI Receptionists: $1.45 Billion Backs AI Embedded in Real Operations
artificial intelligence // February 17, 2026

Across robotics, media production, healthcare administration, compliance and small-business front desks, startups raised capital by promising measurable output: robots on factory floors, video assets in production pipelines and prior authorizations processed. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Amazon Starts Nationwide Rollout of Alexa+ One Year After Soft Launch
Amazon // February 04, 2026

Amazon is broadening the role of artificial intelligence (AI) across its business, rolling out a new generation of Alexa, exploring deeper access to OpenAI’s models and applying AI tools inside its film and television studios. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Big Tech Faces the AI Innovator’s Dilemma.
artificial intelligence // February 04, 2026

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 Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing communications from PYMNTS and...

Google DeepMind Introduces Project Genie for Interactive AI World Building
Google // January 29, 2026

Google DeepMind has introduced Project Genie, an experimental research prototype that uses its latest world-model artificial intelligence (AI) to generate and explore interactive virtual environments, according to a Thursday (Jan. 29) blog post on Google’s Innovation and AI site. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Interviews & Exclusives
Shadow AI Shows Up as Compliance Problem at Work

January 14, 2026
Shadow AI is rapidly becoming the generative AI risk that compliance leaders do not discover until something breaks. Even as enterprises deploy “approved” copilots and internal model platforms, employees are increasingly leaning on consumer chatbots, browser plug-ins and personal AI accounts to draft client emails, summarize documents, rewrite policies and accelerate coding. Get the Full […]

77% of Chief Product Officers Use Gen AI for Cybersecurity

November 06, 2025
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) may be rewriting product playbooks, but it hasn’t yet written humans out of them. The newest PYMNTS Intelligence report, “From Spark to Strategy: How Product Leaders...

Pichai Says Gemini App Has 650 Million Downloads 

October 29, 2025
If there were any questions about what drove Google parent Alphabet towards its first ever quarter of notching more than $100 billion in sales, they were quickly laid to rest...

Karen Webster on How AI Is Making B2B Payments Anything but Boring

October 07, 2025
B2B’s AI moment isn’t about shiny demos. It’s about turning the back office into a decision engine. And PYMNTS is set to track that journey with its month-long virtual event...

Quick Reads
AI Cuts Booking Holdings Customer Service Costs 10% as Volumes Rise

February 18, 2026
Generative artificial intelligence enabled Booking Holdings to reduce its customer service costs year over year, even as the company handled 10% more bookings, Booking Holdings Chief Financial Officer Ewout Steenbergen said Wednesday (Feb. 18). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — […]

Amazon Starts Nationwide Rollout of Alexa+ One Year After Soft Launch

February 04, 2026
Amazon is broadening the role of artificial intelligence (AI) across its business, rolling out a new generation of Alexa, exploring deeper access to OpenAI’s models and applying AI tools inside...

Google DeepMind Introduces Project Genie for Interactive AI World Building

January 29, 2026
Google DeepMind has introduced Project Genie, an experimental research prototype that uses its latest world-model artificial intelligence (AI) to generate and explore interactive virtual environments, according to a Thursday (Jan....

Airbnb Picks Meta AI Vet Ahmad Al-Dahle as New Tech Chief

January 14, 2026
Airbnb has named a former Meta AI executive to lead its tech operations. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...