Slash Raises $100M Series C, Hits $1.4B Valuation
🚨 JUST IN: @slashapp raised $100M Series C at $1.4B to build a Ramp competitor $250M ARR. 60 employees. Valuation quadrupled since May. The headline is the round. The story is everything else 🧵 https://t.co/SzLfFk3ZuB
Tempo's Zones: Private, Liquid, Fast Transactions for Institutions
Zones are a bespoke privacy solution from @tempo It balances the need for confidential transactions where needed With the benefits of liquidity, and fast settlement across the wider Tempo network Designed in partnership with some of the world's largest institutions...
Amex Unveils ACE Kit, Letting Agents Pay Directly
Amex just enabled agents to pay on their network. Thy launched the Agentic Commerce Experiences (ACE) developer kit. And this is SUPER different to the other payments networks in a lot of ways. Why? https://t.co/MGvhQapsUO
AI-Powered CFO Automates Your Finances Effortlessly
Perplexity and Plaid built your personal CFO. Beta testers are building: - Student loan repayment plans. - Subscription trackers that cancel unused service - Getting help filling their taxes with almost zero effort One guy told Computer to email his wife every time a DraftKings...
SEC Grants DeFi Front Ends Five‑year Safe Harbor
The SEC says DeFi front ends have a 5 year safe harbor if they prepare *securities* transactions This is where I point out most of these interfaces don't currently trade securities. Which. Tracks when you consider they would have been quite...
Ramp's Daily April Posts Can Transform Your Business
Why is this month suddenly Ramp releases a BANGER x post per day April? You could rebuild your entire company just reading their stuff. I'm dead serious.
Machine Payments Launch Strong, Volume Growing Rapidly
Machine Payments have started. Consistent. Real volume. And growing. The early signs for @mpp are VERY encouraging.
AI and Open Banking Recover $14K Tax Overpayment
AI and Open Banking just saved a guy $14k on his taxes. @perplexity_ai computer and @plaid found double-taxing errors in @abcdabcd987's accounts That a $2,000 CPA missed. Correct to the cents. Personal Finance Agents are ALMOST here.
Stablecoin Drain: Banks Overstate, White House Shows Minimal Impact
New on the @TokenizedPod Newsletter The banks said stablecoins will drain $6.6trn of deposits damaging lending The White House said the number is closer to $2.1bn 0.02% of the deposit base. A rounding error. Oof https://t.co/jeQLj8h9Es
Karpathy's LLM Council Skill Excels at Essay Review
Yeah @karpathy's llm council as a skill is overpowered for draft essay reviewing HMU if you want the skill file
AI Transforms Favorite Songs Into Endless New Tracks
Take your favorite songs Paste the YouTube link into Gemini Ask it to describe the sound to an audio engineer and producer Turn that into a prompt for suno Loop that with your agent Now you have endless new music based on...
Neobanks Rush to Offer Stablecoin Financial Accounts
Ramp just launched its stablecoin financial accounts Now most neobanks are all adding stablecoins Here's why 👇
Agentic Commerce Fails; Invisible, Agent‑native Payments Win
Agentic commerce is dead. Despite ALL the hype from payments companies, agentic commerce isn't happening. Walmart saw a 66% drop in conversion when adding agentic commerce. We shouldn't embed checkouts in chatbots. We should make payments invisible and agent-native.
Agentic Commerce Flops as ChatGPT Checkout Underperforms
Walmart's checkout inside ChatGPT converted 66% worse than their website. OpenAI just removed its Instant Checkout. Agentic commerce is failing. But maybe we've been thinking about it all wrong. 🧵 https://t.co/RXEaiA9wGK
Integrating OpenAI Into Claude: True Tech Hustle
Acquiring what tech loves - @openclaw - @tbpn And making OpenAI work inside Claude code Is true hustle. Kudos to @OpenAI - code red worked.
