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Robinhood CEO on AI, Ownership, and Future of Finance
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev discusses the company's mission of broad ownership, expansion into AI-driven trading, and the future of financial advice.
Claude's Corner: Maven - Payments Infrastructure for the Voice AI Era
Maven (YC W2026) is building the payment rails for the voice AI era: a PCI-compliant API that lets any voice agent collect card payments during a live call. The moat is regulatory, not technical.
Wise Business Review: What It Costs and Who It Actually Suits
An honest review of Wise Business for startups: what it actually costs, the batch-payment feature founders underrate, and the Wise Platform detail that reframes the company. Monzo and N26 both run their cross-border transfers on Wise's rails.
5 Best Buy Now, Pay Later Apps: Klarna vs Affirm vs Afterpay
Klarna is the name everyone knows in buy now, pay later. It is not the strongest company in the category on our numbers: Affirm scores 64 to Klarna's 59, having raised about a fifth as much. We compare five BNPL providers on funding, headcount and our 0-100 score.
6 Best Money Transfer Apps: Wise, Revolut, Remitly and More
Most money transfer comparisons are a fee table that expired the week it was published. We rate Wise, Payoneer, Remitly, Revolut, Western Union and Xoom on the company data behind them: funding raised, headcount and the 0-100 StartupHub Score. Wise leads the group at 70.
AI Empowers Retail Traders with Quant Strategies
Bloomberg reporter Bernard Goier discusses how generative AI is empowering retail investors with institutional-grade trading strategies, transforming the financial landscape.
Visa Wealth Transfer Study Exposes $8T Reality
New Visa research shows baby boomer inheritances will deliver $36 trillion to heirs, but only $8 trillion will actually enter the consumer economy.
SoFi CEO Noto on AI, Rate Hikes, and Customer Behavior
SoFi CEO Anthony Noto discusses record Q2 revenue, AI's impact on productivity, and strong customer spending trends despite market concerns.
Meredith Whitney on Banks, Buybacks, and Fintech
Meredith Whitney discusses Visa's fintech role, banks' hesitant M&A strategies post-2008, and JP Morgan's potential for major fintech deals.
OpenAI Adds Nubank & BNY Leaders to Boards
OpenAI appoints Nubank founder David VĂ©lez and BNY CEO Robin Vince to its Foundation and Group PBC boards, leveraging their global finance and tech scaling expertise.
Flex Secures $70M to Launch Global Platform
Flex has secured $70 million in Series B1 funding, led by Halo Fund, to accelerate the launch of Flex Global, an AI-native private banking platform for high-net-worth business owners worldwide.
TPG Uses ChatGPT to Accelerate Investment Research
TPG is using ChatGPT and custom AI models to accelerate investment research, analyze market data, and streamline due diligence.
Robinhood CEO on AI, Expansion & Trump Accounts
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev discusses AI integration, international expansion, and the company's approach to market volatility and regulatory challenges.
Robinhood Acquires WonderFi, Enters Canada
Robinhood completes its acquisition of Canadian digital asset firm WonderFi, marking its official entry into the Canadian market and expanding its international customer base.
Robinhood Lets AI Trade and Spend
Robinhood launches Agentic Trading and Agentic Credit Card, allowing AI agents to automate trading and spending with built-in safety controls.
Open USD: A New Stablecoin for Global Scale
A new stablecoin, Open USD, backed by Visa, Mastercard, and Google, aims to tackle high transaction costs and governance issues for global business. It offers zero-fee minting and shared reserve earnings.
Rivvun AI raises $7.55M for spend recovery
Rivvun AI, from Icertis veterans, secures $7.55M seed funding to reclaim billions in lost enterprise revenue and spend using AI.
AI ERP makes month-end obsolete
AI-native ERP systems are making the traditional month-end accounting close obsolete, with automated processes handling nearly all transactions.
Four quantum companies raised $961M in seven days. Europe wrote the checks.
The week Anthropic filed for IPO, four quantum rounds totaled $961M in Europe, AI agent payment rails launched quietly, and DeepSeek took its first outside money.
Erste Group & OpenAI Discuss AI Integration
Erste Group's Maurizio Poletto discusses AI integration with OpenAI, highlighting customer-centricity and the shift to a platform-based strategy.
Allica Bank CTO on AI Integration with OpenAI
Allica Bank CTO Ravneet Shah discusses the bank's AI integration strategy with OpenAI, focusing on enhancing customer service and operational efficiency.
Stripe's Kaliski on Building Safe AI Payments
Stripe's Steve Kaliski explains how the company is building payment infrastructure for the autonomous economy, focusing on secure, deterministic transactions for AI agents.
Worldline, ING, Mastercard Pilot Agentic Payments
Worldline, ING, and Mastercard achieve a live, end-to-end European agentic payment, paving the way for AI-driven financial transactions.
Robinhood Bets on World Cup for Prediction Markets
Robinhood is expanding its prediction markets by adding World Cup trading, routing contracts to the new Rothera exchange and lowering fees.
AI Model Race: Betting on 2026's Best
Polymarket prediction markets reveal $31.2M in daily volume, with AI, war, and crypto bets dominating. The race for the best AI model in 2026 is a key focus.
Lassie Secures $35M Series A
a16z leads $35 million Series A for Lassie, an AI company automating administrative tasks for small businesses, starting with dental practices.
Robinhood Links Clients to Advisors
Robinhood launches the Robinhood Advisor Network and AI tools for RIAs, connecting users with financial advisors and streamlining professional wealth management.
OpenAI Extends Codex Beyond Developers
OpenAI's Codex AI is now tailored for non-developers with new plugins for various roles and the ability to create shareable websites.
Africa's Startup Funding Shifts Amidst AI Boom
African startups face funding shifts due to the AI boom. Founders are adapting by seeking domestic capital and focusing on local solutions, with fintech leading the way.
Robinhood AI Trading & Wall Street's Optimism
Bloomberg Money Minute covers Wall Street's optimism, Robinhood's new AI trading feature, and surging San Francisco housing costs.
Robinhood Lets AI Trade Your Stocks
Robinhood's new Agentic Trading feature lets AI agents manage investments, using the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for seamless integration and automated trades.
Robinhood Buys Back $1B in Stock
Robinhood announces a $1 billion share repurchase program, signaling confidence in its financial health and future growth.
Robinhood Social Beta Launches
Robinhood's new social trading platform, Robinhood Social, enters beta, aiming to bring verified trades and community discussion to active traders.
Robinhood Bets Big on Social Trading
Robinhood launches 'Robinhood Social' and AI-powered trading tools, aiming to become the premier platform for active traders.
Robinhood Ventures Fund backs AI audio firm ElevenLabs
Robinhood Ventures Fund I invests $20 million in AI audio firm ElevenLabs and $14.6 million in Stripe, broadening retail investor access to private markets.
Robinhood Embraces AI Agents for Trading, Spending
Robinhood launches Agentic Trading and Agentic Credit Card, allowing AI agents to manage investments and spending with user-controlled safety features.
AI's Boring Revenue Play: Compliance
AI is transforming compliance from a costly, manual burden into a strategic revenue driver, leveraging advanced technology to navigate complex regulations.
Nasdaq eVestment AI: Speeding Up Investment Insights
Nasdaq eVestment is using agentic AI to dramatically speed up investment insight generation for financial professionals.
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.