Retail & E-Commerce

The payments and commerce platform targets unattended retail's data gap with AI-driven insights, planogram automation, and visual recognition.

The Middle East's leading gifting platform has replaced rule-based chatbots with orchestrated AI agents, cutting service costs 15% at seasonal peaks.

The cookware brand's fulfillment overhaul cuts parcel costs 20% and grows its SKU count from 6 to over 860.

ClearScore's Clearer technology embeds into Stream's workplace loans, automating debt repayment for three million UK employees via payroll.

The fintech-insurance tie-up targets a UK SME protection gap, with 28% of sole traders currently carrying no business insurance at all.

Alibaba's Token Hub restructure and 105-zone cloud expansion signal a shift from AI experimentation to enterprise-scale deployment.

Embedded accounting data gives lenders real-time visibility into sole traders, unlocking a segment long shut out of invoice finance.

The applied-AI platform eyes Latin America's pilot-to-production gap, backed by a $150m Series B closed just four months after a $100m

The AI procurement startup's internal seed scheme tests whether high-growth companies can systematically manufacture their own founder alumni.

The Uruguayan cross-border payments platform joins a $12.2 trillion benchmarked index universe, broadening institutional exposure to emerging-market financial rails.

Khosla Ventures backs a Mountain View AI lab targeting the hallucination problem blocking AI adoption in finance, healthcare and insurance.

Bristol-based sourcing firm argues human-AI collaboration beats full autonomy as CPO confidence in AI redesign sits at just 36%.

Chargebacks911 argues post-transaction dispute rights, not technology, are the missing link between crypto ownership and everyday spending.

StakePredict turns crowd-sourced investor sentiment into fractional property ownership, a first for the Gulf's most-watched real estate market.

PayPal and PPRO expand cross-border checkout coverage, targeting a European international e-commerce market the companies value at €359bn.

The tie-up gives 350,000 European merchants instant access to Italy's most-used domestic card network, closing a critical acceptance gap for small

A $17Bn direct-to-consumer market in mobile gaming signals a structural break from platform billing across the entire app economy.

The Utah-based post-purchase platform has closed an $81m round led by Smash Capital, acquiring international returns provider ReturnBear as part of the deal.