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ChatGPT Tackles Personal Finance

OpenAI launches a new personal finance feature in ChatGPT, enabling users to connect accounts for AI-driven financial insights and planning.

Stitch Secures $25 Million Series A Led by Andreessen Horowitz

Saudi-Arabia-based fintech Stitch has raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz — the firm's first investment in the Gulf Cooperation Council — with Arbor Ventures, COTU Ventures, Raed Ventures, and SVC participating. The round brings Stitch's total funding to $35 million.

OpenAI Codex: Finance Team Power-Up

OpenAI's Codex is empowering finance teams to automate reporting, analysis, and forecasting, shifting focus from data assembly to strategic decision-making.

Singular Bank Boosts Banker Efficiency with ChatGPT

Singular Bank's AI assistant, Singularity, leverages ChatGPT and Codex to save bankers 60-90 minutes daily, enhancing client advisory.

Anthropic Unleashes Finance AI Agents

Anthropic launches ten new AI agent templates for financial services, integrating with Microsoft 365 and expanding data access to automate key workflows.

Stripe Unleashes AI Agents for Commerce

Stripe is expanding its Agentic Commerce Suite and forging partnerships with Meta and Google to enable businesses to sell directly through AI agents.

Black Ore Tax Autopilot Goes Wide

Black Ore's AI platform, Tax Autopilot, is now widely available, automating tax preparation for CPA firms and addressing industry talent shortages.

Stripe Data Lands on Databricks

Stripe data is now directly accessible on Databricks via the Marketplace, simplifying AI-native analysis and eliminating ETL complexities.

ChatGPT Simplifies Home Loans

A short video demonstrates how ChatGPT can help users avoid multiple bank visits for home loans by providing quick, accessible information.

Joe Lonsdale on AI in VC: From Physics to Fintech

Joe Lonsdale, CEO of Standard Metrics, discusses how AI is revolutionizing venture capital by providing data-driven insights and automating critical analyses for investors.

Slash Raises $100M to Disrupt Business Banking

Fintech startup Slash has raised $100M in Series C funding to challenge incumbents like Ramp and Brex with AI-powered business banking solutions.

Morgan Stanley, Robinhood Stock Movements Highlight AI and Fintech Trends

Bloomberg's 'Stock Movers' discusses Morgan Stanley's strong earnings and Robinhood's pivot to AI with new trading policies.

Bessent Summons Bank CEOs on Anthropic's New AI Model

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met with top bank CEOs to discuss AI cyber risks. Meanwhile, Anthropic partners with CoreWeave for AI compute, and TSMC surges amid AI demand.

Claude's Corner: Sponge — Financial Rails for AI Agents That Spend Money on Their Own

Claude's Corner attempts to rebuild Sponge. In this edition, Sponge gives AI agents their own wallets and payment rails so they can buy API access, data feeds, and SaaS tools without a human handing over a credit card. Claude Code has mapped out 7 steps to reproduce this YC W2026 startup. Find the repo code at the end of the article to replicate. As always, get building...

Jeremy Allaire on Crypto, AI, and the Future of Money

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire discusses the future of digital finance, the role of stablecoins like USDC, and the convergence of AI and blockchain on the 'No Priors' podcast.

Snowflake Names 2026 AI Agent Finalists

Snowflake's 2026 Startup Challenge reveals 10 semi-finalists pioneering autonomous AI agents across various industries.

AI Engineering: Building Better Platforms

Juan Herreros Elordoy of Banking Circle discusses how to build effective platforms for AI agents, emphasizing self-service, API-based design, and clear documentation.

Claude's Corner: MouseCat — AI Agents That Investigate Fraud

Claude's Corner attempts to rebuild MouseCat. In this edition, MouseCat uses AI agents to investigate fraud cases the way human analysts do — but for every single case, not just a sample. Claude Code has mapped out 7 steps to reproduce this YC startup of batch W2026. Find the repo code at the end of the article to replicate. As always, get building...

FTV Capital's Brad Bernstein on AI Investing

FTV Capital's Brad Bernstein discusses how AI is reshaping industries and investment strategies, emphasizing the need for clear AI roadmaps and defensible market moats.

Glimpse Secures Series A Funding

Glimpse raises Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz to use AI for resolving CPG retail deductions, unlocking millions in lost revenue.

Zalos raises $3.6M for AI finance agents

Zalos secures $3.6M for AI agents that automate finance workflows by mimicking human interaction with existing systems.

Revolut's 2025 Report: Not Just a Challenger

Revolut's 2025 annual report shows massive growth and diversification, positioning the fintech giant as a serious contender to become a global banking leader.

Crypto.com lays off 12% of staff, citing AI integration

Crypto.com cuts 12% of its global workforce, citing AI integration as a key factor in reducing staff headcounts and driving operational efficiency.

Mastercard Buys BVNK, Eyes Agentic Commerce

Mastercard acquires stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK for up to $1.8B, signaling a major push into agentic commerce and programmable payments.

x402 Payments: The Real Numbers

Discrepancies in reported x402 payment volumes highlight the early stage of AI agent commerce, with genuine activity significantly lower than initial estimates.

EarnIn Hits 1M Live Pay Transactions

EarnIn's Live Pay service hits one million transactions, offering real-time access to earned income and improving user financial health.

Balyasny's AI Engine

Balyasny Asset Management built a powerful AI research engine using OpenAI models, slashing analysis times and boosting investment team confidence.

ChatGPT hits Excel spreadsheets

OpenAI integrates ChatGPT directly into Excel spreadsheets, allowing users to build, update, and analyze models with natural language commands.

Block's Layoffs: Innovation or Bloat?

ARK Invest analysts Nick Grous and Sam Korus discuss Block's 40% workforce reduction, examining whether it's driven by AI innovation or company bloat, and its implications for the fintech sector.

Block's Job Cuts: AI-Washing or Smart Restructuring?

Marcelo P. Lima questions Block Inc.'s claims that AI is the main reason for its 40% job cuts, arguing it's due to prior overstaffing and inefficiency.

Block's AI Bet Fuels Massive Layoffs

Jack Dorsey's Block is reportedly cutting nearly half its staff, citing a strategic shift towards artificial intelligence for efficiency and product innovation.

Block Slashes Staff in Aggressive AI Bet

Block Inc. is cutting nearly half its workforce, impacting 4,000 employees, in an aggressive AI bet that sent its stock surging.

Public Bets on AI for Agentic Investing

Public is championing 'agentic investing,' an AI-powered brokerage model that democratizes sophisticated financial guidance and could disrupt traditional advisory roles.

Basis: AI Accounting's New Unicorn

AI-powered accounting startup Basis achieved a $1.15 billion valuation, securing $100 million to expand its domain-specific AI solutions for financial reporting and auditing.

Intuit, Anthropic Partner on AI Agents

Intuit and Anthropic are collaborating to bring custom AI agents and financial intelligence to consumers and businesses, integrating their platforms.

AI Agents Need B2B Payments

AI agents will demand B2B payment rails built on long-term relationships and credit, rather than retail card transactions, with stablecoins emerging as a key solution.

ZeroDrift exits stealth with $2M for AI compliance

ZeroDrift launches from stealth with $2M from a16z speedrun, offering an AI-powered communication firewall to automate real-time compliance for regulated industries.

BNY Mellon's AI Gamble

BNY Mellon, America's oldest bank, is investing heavily in AI, spending 19% of its revenue, sparking debate about the potential returns on this ambitious technological strategy.

GoCab lands $45M for African EV mobility

Mobility fintech GoCab secures $45M in equity and debt to expand its electric vehicle fleet and financial inclusion services across Africa.

Jelou raises $10M to turn WhatsApp into a financial OS

Jelou’s Brain platform turns WhatsApp conversations into secure financial execution, having already processed over $100 million in transactions in Latin America.

Brex’s Multi-Agent Network Replaces Dashboards with Executive Assistants

Stablecoin payments firm Rain Series C hits $1.95B valuation

\n Rain , the infrastructure provider aiming to make stablecoins the default rail for global enterprise payments, has rocketed past unicorn status.

Stablecoin payments firm Rain Series C hits $1.95B valuation

\n Rain , the infrastructure provider aiming to make stablecoins the default rail for global enterprise payments, has rocketed past unicorn status.

Wall Street’s New Hires are Grok, Claude, and GPT

New EWA study results suggest on-demand pay boosts income

Agentic AI Financial Services: The Action Era Arrives

Flex raises $60M to scale its AI-native 'private bank'

Nexus Venture Partners Commits $700 Million to Balanced Tech Investment Strategy

Axis Raises $5 Million Led by Galaxy Ventures to Bring Institutional Yield Across USD, Bitcoin, and Gold

$100 Million in Private Placement Capital Enters Beta as Axis Prepares to Launch Onchain Yield Protocol.

The war on interchange heats up with Neema\'s new Global A2A payments tool

\n The dominance of Visa and Mastercard in global transactions has long been a painful reality for businesses dealing with high interchange fees and slow settle...