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Firefly's commercial ground facility earns NASA eligibility, revealing how launch infrastructure bottlenecks now shape the space economy.

A multi-launch extension through 2031 signals tightening capacity in small-lift space access as defence demand accelerates.

A $27.4m cumulative USAF programme backs 3D Systems to scale flight-critical metal additive manufacturing, bridging defence procurement and advanced materials.

Stripe's reported acquisition of model-routing platform OpenRouter signals that AI infrastructure, not models, is becoming the next consolidation battleground.

Toast, Block, Shopify and Adyen are quietly sidelining their lending arms as agentic AI rewrites the merchant-services value chain.

REPAY's reseller deal with Visa gives independent payment operators direct VisaNet access, cutting out legacy processor dependencies.

Austin startup Parachute ties advisory fees to client outcomes and writes cheques, as Big Three consultancies edge toward performance pricing.

A software-focused PE firm backs PayQuicker's 210-country payout platform as enterprise demand for real-time global disbursement intensifies.

Confluence POINT brings AI-driven document validation and conversational workflows to investment management's compliance and reporting stack.

The DeFi veteran appoints a Coinbase and Anchorage alumni team to build regulated onchain credit infrastructure for traditional finance.

California's DFPI penalises a Utah mortgage lender for cybersecurity failures that exposed 284,000 people to a 2023 ransomware attack.

Crypto-native travel infrastructure startup targets mainstream fintech platforms after powering booking for Kraken and MetaMask.

A $5bn raise at a $190bn valuation confirms Databricks as the default data infrastructure layer for enterprise AI agents.

The publicly listed US neobank is exploring embedded stablecoin wallets as its fastest-growing users shift upmarket.

InsurTech platform Redkik teams with specialty broker Fortress to offer flexible, real-time gap and excess cover for freight operators.

The Goldman-backed valuation platform adds a president and CPO as private capital firms race to govern AI-generated NAVs at scale.

Flywire's Pay by Bank expansion into the US and Canada marks a significant step in open banking's move from European test bed to

A multi-year deal embeds a 99-qubit trapped-ion system in OCI data centres, bringing hybrid quantum-AI workloads to enterprise cloud users.

Farsight's expanded PitchBook tie-up pipes private-market deal and valuation data directly into AI-driven financial workflows.

EDGE Screen now combines cashflow bureau data with Socure identity signals to catch AI-generated fraud before a loan lead is priced.