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Sifted 3 weeks ago 6
Revolut said it plans to roll out facial-recognition payments in the UK so customers can pay at checkout terminals by looking at them. The rollout is described as happening in 21 venues. This would change payments in-store and in hospitality by replacing cards or phones with a camera-based face check at the terminal.
TechCrunch 3 weeks ago 8 ● 13 sources
Meta introduced its first camera-free AI glasses, the Ray-Ban Meta Audio, at its Connect 2026 conference and positioned them as audio-only alternatives to prior AI glasses criticism. The Ray-Ban Meta Audio starts at $349 and weighs 43 grams. With no built-in camera, Meta is shifting its AI glasses lineup toward audio features like calls and translation while separately advancing its next-generation camera glasses (Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3).
SiliconANGLE 3 weeks ago 27
Contact center leaders and vendors argued that “containment” should be abandoned as AI value shifts from deflecting calls to managing full customer journeys with better human handoffs. 98% of companies deploy AI somewhere along the customer journey, but only 15% combine agentic AI with cross-departmental orchestration. The focus changes to outcome-based resolution metrics, enterprise governance and openness, and internal orchestration work to scale pilots successfully.
SiliconANGLE 3 weeks ago 45 ● 2 sources
The article argues that AI is forcing enterprises to merge CFO and CHRO responsibilities into a new “workforce economics” operating model that treats capital investment and human capability together. It cites an IBM Institute for Business Value CHRO study released on Sept. 21 finding that only 26% of organizations clearly define work across human-led, AI-assisted, and AI-executed activities. As a result, companies are redesigning workflows end-to-end and shifting decisions on hiring, reskilling, and automation into a single finance-and-talent system rather than separate department planning.
SiliconANGLE 3 weeks ago 51 ● 2 sources
IBM is reframing enterprise decisions around a new “workforce economics” approach as AI reshapes workflows and forces tighter CFO–CHRO collaboration. It says it generated $4.5 billion in productivity over the past three years and is targeting $5.5 billion in 2026. The company shifts from treating AI as individual productivity tooling to redesigning end-to-end workflows and reinvesting productivity into workforce skills and broader growth instead of only cost changes.
The Verge 3 weeks ago 42 ● 5 sources
Meta announced new wearables at its annual Meta Connect showcase on Wednesday. The highlight was the Meta VR Glasses, which bring full virtual reality in a smart-glasses-style frame with a tethered puck. As a result, Meta’s lineup expands with additional screen-free smart glasses plus new AI features and more style and frame options.
Ars Technica 3 weeks ago 19 ● 5 sources
YouTube announced new features after Made on YouTube, including Custom Feeds, GIF comments, and group chat for direct messages.
OpenAI 3 weeks ago 11
Ringg’s AI agents resolved up to 65% of customer calls using OpenAI. They run on GPT-5.6 and are claimed to cut costs by 90% versus GPT-4.1. As a result, Ringg can deploy multilingual agents across voice, chat, WhatsApp, and web at lower cost.
OpenAI 3 weeks ago 24 ● 2 sources
OpenAI marked two years of OpenAI Academy and said it is expanding AI skills outreach to more communities. The milestone is two years. As a result, the program aims to reach additional communities with AI training.
TechCrunch 3 weeks ago 37 ● 5 sources
YouTube is adding AI-powered features to YouTube Music to help listeners discover music, explore artists, and find podcasts. The updates include “Ask Music,” which can respond across YouTube Music’s catalog of more than 300 million songs. Your Podcast Lineup and Ask Music will appear inside the YouTube Music app for YouTube Music and YouTube Premium subscribers worldwide as they roll out soon.
Sifted 3 weeks ago 40
Magic AI, a London-based fitness tech startup, raised fresh funding to expand its AI-powered fitness mirror business into the US. The company raised £8m. As a result, it will use the money to support its US expansion plans.
TechCrunch 3 weeks ago 56 ● 6 sources
StrictlyVC is hosting an investor-focused session at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to discuss how AI-driven startup scaling is shifting venture capital, dealmaking, and IPO readiness. Registration for the Disrupt Investor Pass requires enrolling by September 25, 11:59 p.m. PT to save $200. The event packages networking and multiple panels into a dated, structured program aimed at founders and investors navigating a new funding landscape.
TechCrunch 3 weeks ago 27 ● 5 sources
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 announced that ticket savings of up to $200 end in three days, ahead of a September 25 deadline for lower prices. The discounted pricing for Disrupt 2026 ends on September 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT. It also added an option for a second pass at 50% off and promotes AI-powered matchmaking for 1:1 meetings via the TechCrunch Events app.
TechCrunch 3 weeks ago 9
Spotify began rolling out its “Taste Profile” feature to U.S. Premium subscribers so they can view and edit how it understands their audio taste and adjust Home feed recommendations. The rollout starts for listeners ages 18 and up. After users send natural-language requests, Spotify updates recommendations on their Home page within a few hours, and the feature remains in beta without a wider-release date.
Startups Magazine 47
4YFN opened entries for the 4YFN27 Awards to let digital startups apply for investor review and pitching at the event in Barcelona. The overall winner will receive a €20,000 cash prize, with applications due by 26 October 2026 at 17:00 CET. The program adds a Top 20 shortlist that gets €1,500 and an exhibition pod, followed by category finalists pitching on stage for the winner selection.
Fortune 14
MSCI CEO said climate-related physical risk is being undervalued by financial markets despite rising extreme-weather impacts. From 2020 to 2024, the world saw 99 extreme-heat events versus 14 in the 1980s, and MSCI reported that only 27% of over 25,000 firms (2023–2025) provided substantial disclosure on physical climate risk. The CEO argues markets should improve transparency and use location-based tools, including AI, so physical risk is priced more accurately.
Fortune 10
Climate-focused venture capital has shifted back into focus as AI increases demand for energy for data centers while climate-tech fundraising has weakened. Fundraising for climate-specialist VCs in 2025 was down nearly 40% from 2024 even as energy and related startups drew much more capital. Investors say AI is pulling more deal activity toward climate-compatible energy and storage, and climate investors are increasingly co-investing alongside generalists on a larger share of caps tables.
404 Media 3 weeks ago 40 ● 125 sources
Gallup and Microsoft found that Americans are among the few surveyed where negative emotions about AI outweigh positive ones. The study polled people in 37 countries, with a median of 81% aware of AI but only 43% using it daily. The results suggest adoption and trust track together in some places, while the US largely doesn’t follow the global pattern and shows widespread worry alongside optimism.
Tech.eu 3 weeks ago 41
mika, a Berlin-based vertical AI startup, raised a €6M seed round to build an AI-native financial operating system for German SMEs’ bookkeeping and tax filing workflows. The funding includes participation from Smedvig Ventures and Care4 AG, with the round valuing the effort at €6 million. The company will expand usage and use the capital to support growth and further develop its platform as more SMEs adopt it.
Tech.eu 3 weeks ago 6
Noxtua closed a Series C funding round of more than €100 million and named C.H.BECK as its majority shareholder for the legal AI company.
OpenAI 3 weeks ago 19
ChatGPT Ads expanded to Southeast Asia and Taiwan for eligible businesses. The rollout covers more than 60 countries. Businesses in those regions can now use ChatGPT Ads to reach people there.
OpenAI 3 weeks ago 26
OpenAI and Grab launched GO Forward with AI to help partners in Southeast Asia develop practical AI skills. The program will train 30,000 partners across the region. This expands access to AI training through a coordinated regional initiative.
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19 October 2026
AI’s near future is getting financed, not just trained. NVIDIA’s push to pull major finance firms into the same room—through financing platforms assembled after its August outreach—signals that the bottleneck for AI scale is increasingly capital logistics. The stated target is over $500 billion to mobilize funding for companies building the physical stack behind model progress: datacenters, networking, storage, and the GPU supply chain that keeps throughput moving.
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