1+ hour, 54+ min ago   (364+ words) Lotus Health AI'raised $35 million in a Series A funding round to increase the availability of its "AI doctor" that provides free, round-the-clock primary care. Together with a seed round, this brought the company's total funding to $41 million, Lotus Health AI…...

2+ hour, 13+ min ago   (380+ words) Sam Altman used his appearance at Cisco's AI Summit on Tuesday (Feb. 3) to sketch a future in which OpenAI's role extends beyond selling access to models and into selectively backing the outcomes those models help produce. Speaking with Cisco President…...

2+ hour, 25+ min ago   (549+ words) Sam Altman rarely describes the future of artificial intelligence (AI) in narrow terms. When asked where the technology ultimately leads, he moved quickly beyond software, portraying AI as a force capable of reshaping physical infrastructure, accelerating scientific discovery and driving…...

2+ hour, 39+ min ago   (425+ words) Bolt has partnered with investing-as-a-service platform Atomic to add embedded investing capabilities to the Bolt SuperApp, a consumer finance platform. With this collaboration, the Bolt experience will offer consumers the ability to open brokerage accounts, trade stocks and exchange-traded funds…...

3+ hour, 33+ min ago   (273+ words) Digital payments network One Inc launched a new protocol designed to accelerate the integration of its payment systems and improve data management through artificial intelligence. The company's new Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open system that allows insurance carriers…...

3+ hour, 40+ min ago   (913+ words) FinTechs and community banks told the OCC that closed cores, slow integrations and opaque contracts are constraining competition. Both sides converged on the same fix list: standardized APIs, clearer data rights and proportional supervision. The comment record frames modernization not…...

4+ hour, 31+ min ago   (808+ words) Walmart'has crossed the trillion-dollar market cap threshold and appointed John Furner as CEO. Furner is reorganizing leadership around "enterprise platforms," treating them as primary growth and profit engines. To drive growth without abandoning affordability, Walmart is embedding higher-margin digital services…...

4+ hour, 39+ min ago   (349+ words) Truist Financial launched a new integrated receivables platform, according to a Tuesday (Feb. 3) press release. The platform uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to automate the matching of payments to invoices for commercial and corporate clients, the release said. It…...

4+ hour, 45+ min ago   (335+ words) Experian plans to expand its presence in the mortgage industry by acquiring Own Up, an artificial intelligence-powered mortgage shopping platform. The acquisition will add Own Up's homebuying guidance and loan capabilities to Experian Marketplace, joining Experian's existing ecosystem of credit…...

4+ hour, 53+ min ago   (244+ words) Taken together, the developments in January 2026 show how fragmented and demanding the global AI rulebook is becoming. In the United States, state-level laws and enforcement actions are setting the pace. In Europe, regulators are still negotiating how to apply a…...