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Deutsche Bank Warns AI Stock Selloff Threatens Dollar Safe-Haven Status

October 30, 2026
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Easol Secures $30 Million to Scale AI Tools for Experience Businesses
Artificial Intelligence // October 30, 2026

Easol raised $30 million in a Series A extension funding round to continue scaling its experience commerce platform designed for festivals, wellness retreats, sports, adventure and location-based entertainment venues, the company said in a Wednesday (Oct. 28) press release. Easol’s extension funding round includes $20...

Cohere Raises $5 Billion for Alternative AI Vision
Artificial Intelligence // October 29, 2026

Canadian artificial intelligence company Cohere said in a Thursday (Oct. 29) company blog post that it rejects what it called “frontier fatalism.” That’s its term for the belief that AI will be monopolized by a handful of United States and Chinese tech giants. To offer...

Upwind Raises $450 Million for AI and Cloud Security
Investments // October 28, 2026

Cloud and artificial intelligence security platform Upwind has raised $450 million in new funding. The company’s Series C round will allow Upwind to strengthen its product and engineering growth, Co-Founder and CEO Amiram Shachar wrote in a Wednesday (Oct. 28) blog post. “Security is a cloud and AI story now,”...

Hyphenate Raises $45 Million for Finance-Focused AI Agents
Artificial Intelligence // October 27, 2026

Hyphenate, a company that develops artificial intelligence agents for finance departments, raised $45 million in new funding, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Oct. 27). The new financing will allow Hyphenate to deepen its footprint in accounting and strategic finance, according to the report. “Our proprietary reinforcement learning...

Interviews & Exclusives
Anthropic Eyes $40 Trillion Market as Revenue Surges Ahead of IPO

October 26, 2026
Anthropic’s filed its paperwork to go public Monday (Oct. 26), becoming the first frontier artificial intelligence (AI) lab to seek a listing. Its prospectus disclosed $16.3 billion in revenue for the first six months of 2026 against $1.16 billion a year earlier. The company, which plans to list on Nasdaq under the ticker ANT, disclosed […]

Uncertainty Holds Back Middle Market CFOs’ Spending Plans

September 22, 2026
For middle market companies, greater certainty and higher investment often go together: 59% of firms with rising certainty increased capital spending. That connection runs through “The Cost of Caution: Why...

Half of Investment Platforms Need More Automation

September 16, 2026
Money can trade in seconds, yet investors may still wait days to receive it. That gap can make a fast digital platform feel surprisingly slow at the exact moment a...

CFO Caution Creates an Opening for Bolder Competitors

September 04, 2026
Corporate America may have a capital allocation problem hiding inside its risk management discipline. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “The Cost of Caution: Why CFOs Put Growth Plans on Hold,” the...

Quick Reads
Deutsche Bank Warns AI Stock Selloff Threatens Dollar Safe-Haven Status

October 30, 2026
The current artificial intelligence (AI)-driven market correction could impact the dollar’s status as a haven asset, Deutsche Bank’s global head of FX strategy, George Saravelos, said in a Friday (Oct. 30) note to clients, Bloomberg reported. This view is supported by recent times when both tech stocks and the dollar were weak; the greater-than-ever scale of foreign […]

Easol Secures $30 Million to Scale AI Tools for Experience Businesses

October 30, 2026
Easol raised $30 million in a Series A extension funding round to continue scaling its experience commerce platform designed for festivals, wellness retreats, sports, adventure and location-based entertainment venues, the...

Cohere Raises $5 Billion for Alternative AI Vision

October 29, 2026
Canadian artificial intelligence company Cohere said in a Thursday (Oct. 29) company blog post that it rejects what it called “frontier fatalism.” That’s its term for the belief that AI...

Upwind Raises $450 Million for AI and Cloud Security

October 28, 2026
Cloud and artificial intelligence security platform Upwind has raised $450 million in new funding. The company’s Series C round will allow Upwind to strengthen its product and engineering growth, Co-Founder and CEO Amiram...