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India’s PhonePe Pauses IPO Amid Geopolitical Tensions
PhonePe's IPO delay highlights market uncertainties due to global issues.Highlights: PhonePe has postponed its IPO indefinitely.The decision stems from rising geopolitical tensions.Market uncertainties prompt concerns among investors.PhonePe, a...
FinTech
Ramp Acquires Billhop to Expand into EU and UK Markets
Ramp aims for broader payment solutions and market reach through acquisition.Highlights: Ramp has acquired Billhop, focusing on expanding...
FinTech
Chaseitai Launches AI Agents for Call Center Loan Servicing
New AI technology aims to enhance customer service in fintech.Highlights: Chaseitai introduces AI agents for call center support.New...
FinTech
UK MPs Call for Royal Commission to Strengthen Financial Conduct Regulation
Parliamentarians emphasize the need for improved oversight in the financial sector.Highlights: UK MPs demand a Royal Commission to...
FinTech
Experian Launches Credit Score App in ChatGPT, Enhancing Financial Access
New tool enables users to check credit scores effortlessly via ChatGPT.Highlights: Experian's app allows users to check credit...
Arteria AI bags $30m to help financial institutions extract data from documentation
Arteria AI, a Toronto-based tech start-up, secures $30 million in a Series B funding round led by GGV Capital.
Existing investors, including Illuminate...
AI is going to make Big Tech even bigger, and richer
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XPeng starts removing HD maps from Tesla FSD-like feature in China
XPeng is often called the Chinese challenger to Tesla for its efforts to bring advanced driving capabilities to its electric vehicles. It’s now getting...
AI’s proxy war heats up as Google reportedly backs Anthropic with $2B
With a massive $2 billion reported investment from Google, Anthropic joins OpenAI in reaping the benefits of leadership in the artificial intelligence space, receiving...
Luminar Neo brings generative AI tools to hobbyist photographers
While Adobe is bringing generative AI models to professional photographers and designers, another company is working to make easy-to-use generative AI tools available to...
US fintech start-up Aleph emerges from stealth with $16.7m funding
Aleph, a fintech startup based in New York, has emerged from stealth mode with $16.7 million in funding.
The funding round was led...
Spam is about to get even more terrible
This week, I heard from an ex-colleague I hadn’t heard from in a few years. Let’s call him Jeremy. He wrote me a lovely...
Credal aims to connect company data to LLMs ‘securely’
Credal.ai, a Y Combinator-backed startup that gives enterprises a way to connect their internal data to text-generating, cloud-hosted AI models, has raised $4.8 million...
Blackbird backs Heidi Health’s AI platform for overworked doctors
Many doctors are overwhelmed by paperwork, leaving them stretched thin, with less time to see patients. Based in Melbourne with plans to expand around...

