Payment Technology and Innovations

SpaceX’s stock has been added to several major index funds, marking a significant milestone. Here’s what investors need to know about this development.

India has built world-class digital rails like Aadhaar and UPI to deliver targeted benefits at scale, focusing on infrastructure over generous benefits.

SpaceX completes a $60 billion acquisition of Cursor, owning all AI layers except the model, which is still the weak link. Impact on AI industry and competition.

Thorsten Meyer AI spotlights Readiness, a 20-minute diagnostic meant to test AI readiness before companies fund deployments.

Coinbase’s recent layoffs and reorg are officially linked to AI, but underlying factors suggest market pressures and cost-cutting are primary drivers.

Delvasta introduces an early-access platform enabling AI-powered, self-constructing, branching forms to improve lead capture and data quality.

China’s government actively directs AI, robotics, and industrial growth through top-down planning, contrasting with market-driven Western models.

Perplexity introduces Search as Code, enabling AI agents to assemble custom retrieval pipelines, promising higher accuracy and efficiency. Development ongoing.