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Airwallex has partnered with OpenTable to expand payment services for restaurants across North America, with Australia and Mexico planned next. The collaboration will initially serve restaurants in the United States and Canada, extending Airwallex’s financial infrastructure through OpenTable’s global network of more than 70,000 restaurants. The partnership aims to simplify payment operations for hospitality businesses while helping Airwallex expand through established industry platforms. The move highlights the growing convergence of fintech and restaurant technology, as payment providers embed financial services into platforms businesses already use to manage operations and serve customers. Read here: https://lnkd.in/d59r46vG #Airwallex #OpenTable #Fintech #DigitalPayments #RestaurantTechnology #HospitalityTech #PaymentInfrastructure #GlobalCommerce #Bulbling247

Y Combinator-backed JustAI has launched an AI-powered marketing platform designed to automate end-to-end campaigns, personalize customer engagement, and measure marketing’s impact on revenue. The platform brings campaign planning, content creation, experimentation, delivery, quality assurance and performance measurement into one system. Businesses can build custom AI agents to manage customer journeys, optimize messaging and automate marketing workflows, while built-in holdout experiments help measure incremental revenue generated by campaigns. With early partners including Acorns, VSCO and Better Mortgage Management Pty Ltd, JustAI is positioning its platform as an alternative to fragmented marketing technology stacks, reflecting the growing shift towards agentic AI systems capable of executing complex workflows with greater oversight and accountability. Read here: https://lnkd.in/dPaaV2vx #JustAI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIMarketing #AgenticAI #MarketingAutomation #MarTech #AIAgents #YCombinator #SaaS #Bulbling247

Stripe and Anthropic are bringing AI-powered business management to Claude Duet, enabling entrepreneurs to handle payments, invoicing, product management and revenue analysis through AI agents. The integration combines Stripe’s Link wallet for AI agents with its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, allowing users to purchase business supplies, generate payment links, manage pricing and issue refunds directly within Claude Duet. Importantly, purchases require user approval, preserving control over financial transactions while allowing AI to execute routine operational tasks. The partnership signals a shift from AI assistants that simply offer recommendations to agents capable of completing practical business workflows, potentially reducing administrative workloads for entrepreneurs and small businesses. Read here: https://lnkd.in/dM7zzwit #Stripe #Anthropic #ClaudeDuet #AIAgents #Fintech #BusinessAutomation #DigitalPayments #SmallBusiness #AgenticAI #Bulbling247

iVendi processed more than £450 million in motor finance transactions in September 2026, marking its highest monthly total to date as digital financing adoption expands across the automotive industry. The milestone reflects new commercial agreements and increasing use of digital finance technology by dealerships, manufacturers, lenders and other intermediaries. By streamlining access to vehicle financing, these platforms can improve customer experiences, increase finance penetration, strengthen compliance and create additional revenue opportunities for automotive retailers. The record also highlights the growing integration of digital solutions into vehicle purchasing, both online and in showrooms. Read here: https://lnkd.in/dYQCsRUh #iVendi #MotorFinance #Fintech #AutomotiveTechnology #DigitalFinance #AutomotiveRetail #DigitalTransformation #Bulbling247

Tanzania is planning a $50 million venture capital fund designed to mobilise an additional $180 million in private investment for startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Presented by the Tanzania Startup Association during Tanzania Startup Week 2026, the proposed fund will support 18 local and regional venture capital funds through a fund-of-funds model. It will target equity investments of $50,000 to $1 million per business, addressing a financing gap for companies that struggle to secure bank loans or attract growth capital. The government is expected to contribute $7.5 million, with the remaining $42.5 million sought from pension funds, institutional investors and development finance institutions. If implemented successfully, the initiative could strengthen Tanzania’s startup ecosystem, expand access to equity financing and support business growth and job creation. Read here: https://lnkd.in/dxAea7fW #Tanzania #VentureCapital #AfricanStartups #SMEs #StartupFunding #AfricaTech #Entrepreneurship #Investment #Bulbling247

WHOOP has partnered with the Department of Health Abu Dhabi on a 24-month research programme exploring how wearable technology and personalised coaching can improve preventive healthcare. The initiative will examine how continuous health monitoring can support cardiometabolic health, identify potential health risks earlier and encourage behaviours that help reduce chronic disease risks, including diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Announced by WHOOP CEO Will Ahmed at the Abu Dhabi Future Health Summit, the partnership reflects growing interest in data-driven healthcare and personalised health insights. It also reinforces Abu Dhabi’s focus on healthcare innovation, clinical research and improving long-term population health outcomes. Read here: https://lnkd.in/dPpTkPMn #WHOOP #AbuDhabi #HealthTech #WearableTechnology #PreventiveHealthcare #DigitalHealth #ClinicalResearch #HealthcareInnovation #Bulbling247

Tether.io has led a pre-seed investment round in Bolivian fintech Peso to expand USD₮-powered payments across Latin America. The funding will support local currency conversion services, merchant point-of-sale infrastructure and cross-border transfers across Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Argentina. Peso is connecting stablecoins with everyday financial services through QR payments, virtual accounts and integrations with consumer platforms, including Yango in Bolivia. The investment reflects a broader push to move stablecoins beyond digital asset holdings into practical payments, giving consumers and businesses more ways to spend, transfer and access digital dollars through local financial systems. Read here: https://lnkd.in/dXCgM2rw #Tether #Peso #Stablecoins #Fintech #DigitalPayments #CrossBorderPayments #LatinAmerica #FinancialInclusion #Bulbling247

Flapping Airplanes has raised $1 billion in Series A funding at a $6 billion valuation, less than a year after its founding and before launching a commercial product. The AI research startup is developing models designed to learn from significantly less data, using a GPU framework that combines training and inference workloads. Co-led by Index Ventures and Lux Capital, the round brings the company’s total funding to approximately $1.18 billion, reflecting investor confidence in more data-efficient AI systems and their potential applications in robotics, trading and life sciences. Read here: https://lnkd.in/dNFth7hw #FlappingAirplanes #AIResearch #StartupFunding #VentureCapital #Bulbling247

Monaco has launched Agent Matrix, a platform designed to coordinate multiple AI agents around a shared goal: revenue growth. Announced by Co-founder and CEO Sam Blond, the platform aims to move businesses beyond standalone AI assistants towards coordinated systems that can support commercial operations at scale. Depending on its capabilities, this approach could help automate workflows across prospect research, lead qualification, sales outreach and pipeline management. Monaco is now accepting early-access applications, although further details about the platform’s features and implementation are yet to emerge. The launch reflects a broader shift towards agentic AI, where multiple AI agents work together to execute tasks and support measurable business objectives. For companies seeking to scale revenue-generating activities, coordinated AI systems could become an important part of sales and business automation. Read here: https://lnkd.in/dP_EUjRG #Monaco #AgentMatrix #AIAgents #AgenticAI #ArtificialIntelligence #SalesAutomation #RevenueGrowth #BusinessAutomation #EnterpriseAI #Bulbling247

EdfaPay and GoPravo IT Co. Ltd have launched SDPAY, a 50/50 joint venture aimed at expanding digital payments and financial infrastructure in Sudan. Headquartered in Khartoum, SDPay will provide QR code and point-of-sale payments, online payment gateways, digital wallets, payment cards and cross-border remittances. It will also support banks and financial institutions with APIs, digital identity verification, fraud monitoring, settlement and reconciliation services. The venture combines EdfaPay’s payment technology and regulatory expertise with GoPravo’s local market knowledge and licences to address fragmented financial systems and improve connectivity across banks, e-wallets, telecom operators and government services. Read here: https://lnkd.in/dAdy7_SX #EdfaPay #GoPravo #SDPay #Sudan #Fintech #DigitalPayments #FinancialInclusion #PaymentInfrastructure #AfricaTech #Bulbling247