New research from Nest Commerce shows UK finance brands are falling behind other sectors in paid performance marketing, raising questions about fintech customer acquisition strategy amid rising competition.
Cloud spend optimisation company DoiT has acquired Israeli startup Attribute, which built real-time visibility tools for AI and cloud spending, in a deal estimated at roughly $65 million.
Chinese AI startup Z.ai claims its open-source GLM-5.3 model outperformed Anthropic's Mythos 5 on a cybersecurity benchmark, adding fresh momentum to the intensifying US-China race in frontier AI development.
Goldman Sachs is reportedly in talks with institutional investors on a financing structure connected to Nvidia worth as much as $500 billion, a deal that could effectively turn AI compute capacity into a new tradeable asset class.
Payments giant Stripe has acquired OpenRouter, the AI model routing infrastructure platform, for more than $7 billion — over five times its valuation just three months earlier, signalling accelerating consolidation at the intersection of fintech and AI infrastructure.
Centricity, an India-based wealth management platform serving finance and investment professionals, has reportedly closed a funding round worth approximately $33 million, deepening investor interest in wealthtech.
Molbio Diagnostics, the maker of India's widely used TrueNat point-of-care molecular testing platform, listed at a 21% premium, underscoring investor confidence in accessible healthcare diagnostics.
Auto components manufacturer Dhoot Transmission, backed by Bain Capital, made a strong stock market debut with shares listing at a 38% premium, reflecting robust investor appetite for India's auto-ancillary sector.
Science-backed skincare brand Minimalist, acquired by Hindustan Unilever in 2024, is nearing Rs 700 crore in income for FY26 while posting a Rs 26 crore profit, validating HUL's D2C acquisition strategy.
Agritech venture DeHaat Honest Farms has raised Rs 35 crore in a pre-Series A round led by OTP Ventures, capital that will accelerate its farm-to-market model connecting smallholder farmers directly with consumers.