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pymnts.com > artificial-intelligence-2 > 2026 > the-one-person-billion-dollar-company-is-here

The One-Person Billion-Dollar Company Is Here

17+ hour, 52+ min ago  (433+ words) It used to take large teams and years to build a billion-dollar company. Now just one AI-savvy founder can scale it solo. Matthew Gallagher launched Medvi, a GLP-1 telehealth startup, out of his Los Angeles home in September 2024 with just…...

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pymnts.com > artificial-intelligence-2 > 2026 > your-daily-life-is-now-a-data-product-companies-are-paying-for-it

Your Daily Life Is Now a Data Product. Companies Are Paying for It

22+ hour, 48+ min ago  (632+ words) When Zeus, a medical student in central Nigeria, comes home from the hospital, he straps his iPhone to his forehead and records himself making his bed. He moves slowly, keeping his hands in frame. The footage goes to Micro1, a Palo…...

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pymnts.com > artificial-intelligence-2 > 2026 > the-new-power-broker-in-consumer-decisions-is-ai

The New Power Broker in Consumer Decisions Is AI

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (576+ words) The history of technology is littered with winners and losers. The winners typically have at least one thing in common: they were able to control the primary interface between large user audiences and the digital services they desired. The personal…...

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pymnts.com > cybersecurity > 2026 > check-city-notifies-322687-people-of-march-2025-data-breach

Check City Notifies 322,687 People of March 2025 Data Breach

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (335+ words) The data breach compromised names, Social Security numbers, government-issued ID numbers, financial account numbers, credit and debit card numbers, dates of birth and addresses, according to the report. A ransomware group called Clop claimed in May 2025 that it was responsible…...

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pymnts.com > artificial-intelligence-2 > 2026 > what-people-actually-want-from-ai

What People Actually Want From AI

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (591+ words) The study, conducted through Anthropic's AI interviewer tool and published this week, is described by the company as the largest and most multilingual qualitative study ever conducted. Participants were asked open-ended questions about what they hoped AI could make possible…...

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pymnts.com > cryptocurrency > 2026 > why-google-thinks-crypto-is-vulnerable-to-quantum-progress

Why Google Thinks Crypto Is Vulnerable to Quantum Progress

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (634+ words) Quantum computing is advancing faster than expected and could eventually break the cryptographic systems. Migrating to post-quantum cryptography will be critical for long-term crypto security. Today's operating landscape is full of pitfalls for businesses, particularly crypto-native ones. And a new…...

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pymnts.com > cybersecurity > 2026 > anthropic-says-claude-code-leak-did-not-expose-customer-data

Anthropic Says Claude Code Leak Did Not Expose Customer Data

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (368+ words) Anthropic has reportedly said no sensitive customer data was exposed in an accidental leak. A programmer then used separate AI tools to rewrite Claude Code's functionality in other programming languages so the information stayed publicly accessible without triggering further takedowns....

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The Enterprise AI Readiness Gap: What Company Data Reveals About the Real Barrier to Scale

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (876+ words) Enterprise leaders know AI can deliver value. Now they need to figure out why their own companies are slowing things down. This report shows that 71% of executives say internal barriers matter more than the technology itself, even as AI is…...

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pymnts.com > back-office > 2026 > payroll-leads-ai-shift-in-the-back-office

Payroll Leads AI Shift in the Back Office

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (489+ words) The back office has always been the part of the enterprise that nobody glamorizes, and everybody depends on. Payroll runs. Taxes get filed. Compliance boxes get checked. And then the cycle starts again. For decades, this was simply the cost…...

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pymnts.com > artificial-intelligence-2 > 2026 > companies-balance-ai-opportunities-with-fear-of-ai-bubble

Companies Balance AI Opportunities With Fear of AI Bubble

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (361+ words) At the time Microsoft made that decision, it was spending more per quarter than it used to spend per year, due to the cost of chips and data centers, according to the report. Today, as demand for AI services continues…...