AI voice startup ElevenLabs raised a $500M Series D led by Sequoia at an $11B valuation, taking its total funding to nearly $800M, and reports $330M in 2025 ARR
The startup is increasingly joining with creative stars and expanding its work with business customers
Anthropic says 60%+ of its business customers use more than one Claude product, a trend it began noticing in summer 2025 after Claude Code's rise in popularity
Richard Nieva / Forbes :
Anthropic announces a deal with Cognizant, under which Cognizant will roll out Claude to its 350K employees and co-sell Claude models to its business customers
Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal :
Stripe launches Open Issuance, a Bridge-powered platform that lets companies create its own stablecoins, used by crypto wallet Phantom to issue its CASH token
a new stablecoin created with stripe + bridge w/ baked in developer rewards, stripe merchant support, and new phantom $ features, launching on solana. [video] Ryan Rasmussen / @rasterlyrock : Stripe w...
Microsoft launches the 13.8-inch Surface Laptop 5G for business customers, featuring Intel Core Ultra series 2 processors, shipping on August 26 for $1,799+
Intel Core Ultra-powered laptop will ship as part of business line Tom Warren / The Verge : Microsoft's new Intel-powered Surface Laptop 5G arrives in August X: Daniel Rubino / @daniel_rubino : Some i...
AT&T launches Account Lock to protect wireless users against SIM swapping attacks, following similar features from T-Mobile, Verizon, and Google Fi
here's what you need to know Alex Perry / Mashable : AT&T's new Wireless Account Lock can protect you from SIM swapping Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer : AT&T rolls out “Wireless Lock” feature to b...
India's Bharti Airtel signs a deal with SpaceX to launch Starlink in the country, offering it to business customers and providing rural internet access
India's Bharti Airtel (BRTI.NS) said on Tuesday it had signed a deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX for the highly anticipated launch …
Analysis: SAP accounts for ~40% of Frankfurt DAX's 18.7% gains in 2024, with SAP up 70%+ as the software company transitions its business customers to the cloud
Financial Times :
Wise reports H1 2025 revenue up 19% YoY to £591.9M, profit up 55% YoY to £217.3M, and active personal and business customers up 25% YoY to 11.4M; WISE jumps 5%+
Ryan Browne / CNBC :
Dubai-based Ziina, a P2P payments app with 50K retail and business customers, raised a $22M Series A led by Altos Ventures, bringing its total funding to $30M+
Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch :