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At Money20/20, finance firms said the best money tools hide their crypto plumbing, and AI shopping agents will work within limits that buyers can approve.
Read more: Money apps are hiding the crypto and letting you set limits for AI shoppersAuxoAI, a firm that builds AI systems for large companies, raised $20.7 million. It shows big businesses are paying outsiders to make AI work.
Read more: AuxoAI raises $20.7M to help big companies put AI to workTesla now says owners could add their cars to its robotaxi network in the second quarter of 2027. Past promises slipped, and the legal and insurance questions remain.
Read more: Tesla says your car could join its robotaxi fleet by mid-2027An AWS executive says nearly 4 in 10 European startups would consider leaving the region to grow, citing funding gaps, rule costs and energy limits.
Read more: Many European startups say they would move abroad to growSAP's cloud sales beat forecasts in the third quarter, a sign that business software is moving fast to subscriptions. Here is what that means for companies that use it.
Read more: SAP's cloud business grew 25% and beat expectationsTesla released clips of its driverless taxi avoiding Waymo and Avride cars. The footage is hand-picked, so it says little about how safe the service really is.
Read more: Tesla shows video of its robotaxi dodging crashes with Waymo and Avride carsA survey of 2,018 IT leaders at big firms finds nearly all approved a vendor upgrade they expected to hurt, and the lesson applies to any business buying software.
Read more: Big companies keep paying for software upgrades they expect to hurtMeta will create a new class of shares to pay for AI, acquisitions and staff pay, while its Muse AI app faces privacy questions.
Read more: Meta will sell a new kind of stock to pay for its AI spendingMeta says its Muse AI app has over 10 million users, and many let it shop for them. Here is what that means for your bank link and your data.
Read more: Meta's Muse AI app passes 10 million users, and many use it to shopTesla has begun building its Optimus humanoid robot in California, but profit fell 43% as spending on robots, AI and self-driving climbed.
Read more: Tesla starts making its humanoid robot as profit drops 43%Anthropic's Claude Code can read, edit and test the files in a software project. It needs a paid Claude plan, so check current prices before you plan around it.
Read more: Claude Code is an AI helper that works inside your software projectTwo customers reportedly bring in about a fifth of Anthropic's sales, and they can leave anytime. That matters if you ever think about buying into an AI IPO.
Read more: Two customers bring in about a fifth of Anthropic's salesMeta's sales rose 26% to $64.6 billion, but a $10 billion legal charge and heavy AI spending shrank profit and pushed cash flow below zero.
Read more: Meta sales jump 26%, but legal bills and AI spending cut profitBose has bought Skullcandy, the budget-friendly headphone brand, so Bose-style noise cancellation could reach more affordable products.
Read more: Bose buys Skullcandy, the budget-friendly headphone brandAutomattic, the company behind WordPress.com and WooCommerce, has started layoffs and staff expect more. Site and store owners should watch for service changes.
Read more: WordPress parent company Automattic starts laying off staffCode in iOS 27.2 suggests Apple is building a way to keep muted chats out of the red unread number on the Messages icon.
Read more: Apple's Messages app may stop counting muted chats in your unread badgeLegal AI startup Legora raised $550 million at an $8.8 billion value, a sign that law firms are paying for AI tools that handle routine legal work.
Read more: Legal AI startup Legora is now valued at $8.8 billionKlarna and FreshBooks are teaming up so small business customers can split an invoice into payments, with no extra setup for the business owner.
Read more: FreshBooks users can now let customers pay invoices in installmentsApple's iPadOS 27.2 is due next week and brings a Mac shortcut to iPad: select text, and a small Siri icon lets you ask about it.
Read more: iPad update next week lets you ask Siri about any text you selectConstant Contact has launched Teams, one hub for multi-location marketing. A user says weekly reporting fell from half a day to under an hour.
Read more: Constant Contact adds a single hub to run marketing at many locationsA US agency says attackers are actively using four Plex flaws to take over servers. Older versions are exposed, and a fix has been out since August.
Read more: Hackers are breaking into Plex media servers with a new attackAnthropic's draft IPO filing shows an $80.7 billion half-year loss, but about $72 billion is an accounting charge, not cash spent running the business.
Read more: Anthropic's Loss Hits $80.7 Billion, Mostly a Paper ChargeFrench startup Pigment raised $250 million at a $2.3 billion value and says it wants to take on Excel and PowerPoint, which matters if you plan budgets in spreadsheets.
Read more: French startup Pigment raises $250 million to challenge ExcelA one-year-old AI startup raised $1 billion at a $6 billion value. It wants AI to need less data and power, which could mean cheaper tools for you.
Read more: AI startup Flapping Airplanes raises $1 billion at $6 billion value
