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Apr 3, 2026 AI, Software & FinTech News
BRIEF5 storiesA.I. Companies Shatter Fund-Raising…, Accelerating the next phase of AI, DOJ Appeals to Restore Anthropic Ban
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    A.I. Companies Shatter Fund-Raising Records, as Boom AcceleratesOpenAI, Anthropic, Waymo and other artificial intelligence companies hauled in $297 billion in funding in the first three months of the year.The New York Times - Technology
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  • 2AI
    Accelerating the next phase of AIOpenAI raises $122 billion in new funding to expand frontier AI globally, invest in next-generation compute, and meet growing demand for ChatGPT, Codex, and enterprise AI.OpenAI News
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  • 3AI
    DOJ Appeals to Restore Anthropic BanThe Justice Department will appeal a judge’s ruling from March 26 that blocked the Trump administration’s ban on government use of Anthropic’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology, Bloomberg reported Thursday (April 2), citing a court f...PYMNTS
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  • 4AI
    OpenAI Buys Tech Talk Show TBPN in Rare Move Into MediaOpenAI has acquired the online technology talk show TBPN, an unusual purchase for the artificial intelligence model developer aimed at driving the conversation around AI.Bloomberg Technology
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  • 5AI
    Cursor Launches a New AI Agent Experience to Take On Claude Code and CodexAs Cursor launches the next generation of its product, the AI coding startup has to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic more directly than ever.Wired
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The New Power Broker in Consumer Decisions Is AI

The New Power Broker in Consumer Decisions Is AI

PYMNTS · Apr 3, 2026 New

The history of technology is littered with winners and losers. The winners typically have at least one thing in common: they were able to control the primary interface between lar...

Why Gen Z Uses BNPL and Installments Differently

Why Gen Z Uses BNPL and Installments Differently

PYMNTS · Apr 3, 2026 New

Consumers are no longer choosing how to pay based on habit or loyalty. They are selecting financial tools with a specific outcome in mind at the moment of purchase. That shift is ...

Chime Launches Prime Membership Tier to Get Deposits

Chime Launches Prime Membership Tier to Get Deposits

PYMNTS · Apr 2, 2026 New

Chime has launched a premium membership tier that rewards members who make Chime their primary checking account. The new Chime Prime is automatically delivered to members who rece...

DOJ Appeals to Restore Anthropic Ban

DOJ Appeals to Restore Anthropic Ban

PYMNTS · Apr 2, 2026 New

The Justice Department will appeal a judge’s ruling from March 26 that blocked the Trump administration’s ban on government use of Anthropic’s artificial intelligence (AI) technol...

Here’s what happened in crypto today

Here’s what happened in crypto today

Cointelegraph · Apr 2, 2026 New

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation.

Trump fires US attorney general Pam Bondi

Trump fires US attorney general Pam Bondi

The Verge · Apr 2, 2026 New

Taking a break from calling Bruce Springsteen a boring loser on Thursday, Donald Trump followed that up with another Truth Social post saying "loyal friend" Pam Bondi will transit...

AI Needs to Be Controlled Properly: Kyndryl CEO

AI Needs to Be Controlled Properly: Kyndryl CEO

Bloomberg Technology · Apr 2, 2026 New

Kyndryl is launching a new service to help companies manage AI agents and get better returns from their investment on the tech. Kyndryl CEO Martin Schroeter joins Tim Stenovec on ...

Chime Aims to Move Upmarket With New Accounts

Chime Aims to Move Upmarket With New Accounts

Bloomberg Technology · Apr 2, 2026 New

Chime is launching new accounts that offer cash-back and benefits as it steps up its challenge to traditional banks. Chime CEO Chris Britt discusses the company’s plans and the st...

Bitcoin-Backed Muni Bond Clears Hurdle

Bitcoin-Backed Muni Bond Clears Hurdle

Bloomberg Technology · Apr 2, 2026 New

The riskiest asset class is converging with one of the safest in a first-of-its-kind financial product: A Bitcoin-backed municipal bond. Bloomberg's Elizabeth Rembert joins Scarle...

Are AI Models Cheating?

Are AI Models Cheating?

SS&C Blue Prism YouTube · Apr 2, 2026 New

Host Michael Marchuk welcomes returning guest Veronica Hylak to discuss an Anthropic article about “eval awareness” in Claude, where the model recognized it was being benchmarked ...

When AIs act emotional

When AIs act emotional

Anthropic YouTube · Apr 2, 2026 New

AI models sometimes act like they have emotions—why? We studied one of our recent models and found that it draws on emotion concepts learned from text to inhabit its role as Claud...

We’re bringing our growing MAI model family to every developer in Foundry, including: MAI-Transcribe-1, most accurate transcription model in world across 25 languages; MAI-Voice-1, natural, expressive speech generation; MAI-Image-2, our most capable image model yet. Start building…

We’re bringing our growing MAI model family to every developer in Foundry, including: MAI-Transcribe-1, most accurate transcription model in world across 25 languages; MAI-Voice-1, natural, expressive speech generation; MAI-Image-2, our most capable image model yet. Start building…

Microsoft News · Apr 2, 2026 New

The post We’re bringing our growing MAI model family to every developer in Foundry, including: MAI-Transcribe-1, most accurate transcription model in world across 25 languages; MA...

DeFi is optimizing for gas, not for markets

DeFi is optimizing for gas, not for markets

Cointelegraph · Apr 2, 2026 New

DeFi prioritizes gas efficiency over market resilience. Simplified financial logic fails under volatility due to computational constraints.

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Whoops!

TEK2day Newsletter · Apr 2, 2026 New

Yes, Anthropic accidently leaked Claude’s source code yesterday.

OpenAI acquires TBPN

OpenAI acquires TBPN

OpenAI News · Apr 2, 2026

OpenAI acquires TBPN to accelerate global conversations around AI and support independent media, expanding dialogue with builders, businesses, and the broader tech community.

OpenAl x Gradient Labs Founder Spotlight

OpenAl x Gradient Labs Founder Spotlight

OpenAI YouTube · Apr 1, 2026

Gradient Labs is giving every bank customer an AI account manager, with CSAT up to 98% and over 50% resolution on day one. In banking support, even simple issues like a declined p...

WhatsApp Whistle-Blower Suit Is Dismissed

WhatsApp Whistle-Blower Suit Is Dismissed

The New York Times - Technology · Apr 1, 2026

The former head of security for the messaging app, owned by Meta, had accused the social media company of putting billions of users at risk. A judge said there was not enough evid...

What Codex Unlocks for Ramp

What Codex Unlocks for Ramp

OpenAI YouTube · Apr 1, 2026

"Codex code review is industry gold standard." We checked in with Ramp to hear how the AI Dev X team is leveraging Codex to build an AI-driven on-call helper to take the burden of...

Weak Q1 Earnings Season for Software

Weak Q1 Earnings Season for Software

TEK2day Newsletter · Mar 31, 2026

We are likely to see a combination of pre-announcements, weak March Q Revenue, weak bookings and a weak 2026 outlook for many Software companies.

Accelerating the next phase of AI

Accelerating the next phase of AI

OpenAI News · Mar 31, 2026

OpenAI raises $122 billion in new funding to expand frontier AI globally, invest in next-generation compute, and meet growing demand for ChatGPT, Codex, and enterprise AI.

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