This week, we saw a major vote of confidence in vertical AI. Basis just raised a nine-figure Series B as...
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“You have to make your organization legible to AI.” – Jennifer Smith, co-founder and CEO, Scribe When Jennifer Smith and...
Most compliance software adds visibility. Sphinx wants to do the work. The San Francisco–based fintech startup just raised a $7.1...
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“Wouldn’t it be great if we could actually do a different way of doing banking, lending or consumer finance in...
Hi there and welcome to Funded, where we spotlight early-stage bets on the future of tech. This edition looks at...
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After years of regulatory paralysis, the floodgates have opened for new bank charters from fintech companies. Zero fintech-related banks were...
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Former PayPal President David Marcus reflects on missed leverage, bad metrics, and how financial optimization replaced product conviction. We translate...
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One dev’s guide to solving the data-parsing problem with a hybrid approach safe for high-stakes workflows. In banking and fintech,...
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The first month of 2026 is closing and as we look to what the year will bring, founders and investors...
Fireworks AI CEO Lin Qiao builds the case for autonomous intelligence, a system where a model evolves based on the...