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DeepSeek breaks China’s AI price war with peak-hour surge pricing
DeepSeek breaks China’s AI price war with peak-hour surge pricing

DeepSeek lit China’s AI price war by making tokens absurdly cheap. Now it is doing something no rival has dared: charging more when demand runs high. The Chinese startup has told API customers it will double the price of its V4 models during busy hours…

Cross-border payroll runs on $200B and zero shared infrastructure
Cross-border payroll runs on $200B and zero shared infrastructure

Every year, more than $200 billion in employer-originated wages crosses international borders. The money moves through a patchwork of local banks, regional payroll vendors, and manual compliance processes. Anyone who managed international payments in 2…

How Anthropic, OpenAI, The Vatican And Congress Want To Govern AI

Anthropic, OpenAI, the Vatican and Congress all agree AI needs guardrails—but they disagree on what should be protected first, from catastrophic risk to human dignity and U.S. competitiveness.

Just About Anyone Can Sell You GLP-1s Online Now

Welcome to the “Temu experience of telehealth,” where everyone from Grindr to MAGA influencers can open a virtual clinic selling weight loss drugs and more.

Autos Dealers Get Creative To Avoid Inventory Vertigo

How do car dealers manage to pull in profits while automakers pivot product mix to meet customer preferences? Execs at two large dealer groups reveal creative tactics.

Startup Bets On Broadway Ticket Subscriptions

Broadway’s newest ticketing venture wants theatergoers to subscribe instead of splurge.

Cleared by the US, derailed by the UK: Getty’s Shutterstock merger falls apart
Cleared by the US, derailed by the UK: Getty’s Shutterstock merger falls apart

Getty is planning to axe its $3.7 billion merger agreement with Shutterstock after a UK regulator imposed restrictions that would prevent part of Shutterstock’s business from being included in the deal. The move comes despite the US Department of Justice granting the deal “unconditional antitrust clearance” in February. In an SEC filing published on Tuesday […]

OCBC to lift annual tech spending above $771mn as new CEO doubles down on AI
OCBC to lift annual tech spending above $771mn as new CEO doubles down on AI

CBC plans to raise its annual technology spending to more than $771mn, according to Bloomberg, as Singapore’s second-largest lender leans harder into AI and digital banking. The increase marks one of the first strategic signals from Tan Teck Long, who …

Bending Spoons prices IPO above range to raise $1.68bn ahead of Nasdaq debut
Bending Spoons prices IPO above range to raise $1.68bn ahead of Nasdaq debut

Bending Spoons, the Milan software group that owns Vimeo, WeTransfer and Evernote, has priced its US initial public offering above the marketed range to raise $1.68bn. The company and existing shareholders, including Baillie Gifford, sold 57.97 million…