Xero, which provides accounting software for small businesses, has signed a multi‑year agreement to link its platform with Anthropic’s Claude AI. The partnership will add Claude’s AI capabilities into the Xero platform, while enabling access to Xero’s financial data and functions from Claude.ai. Xero said the partnership is designed to give small companies and their accounting and bookkeeping advisors instant access to key financial data and the ability to act on it from either platform. Xero chief pro ...

Cybersecurity Stocks Hit By New Anthropic Worries Amid 'Mythos' Reports | Investor's Business Daily FEATURE STORY: Could These 3 Stocks Become The Largest IPOs Ever? Cybersecurity stocks fell on Friday amid renewed fears over artificial intelligence model maker Anthropic is developing new software tools that could compete with industry incumbents. According to media reports, Anthropic is developing a new Claude AI model code-named "Mythos" that features new capabilities, including computer security ...

Anthropic executives are considering taking the company public as early as the fourth quarter, The Information reported Thursday (March 26), citing unnamed sources.By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing communications from PYMNTS and to the sharing of your information with our sponsor, if applicable, in accordance with our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions .Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required.So ...

India's undersea turbulence; Anthropic's courtroom winWant this newsletter delivered to your inbox?Also in the letter:■ IT firms lean on M&A■ OpenAI's ad pilot mints money■ Microsoft set for worst quarterTelcos navigate subsea cable risks; Centre asks for analysis, fallback options as war rages The Centre has asked telecom operators and subsea cable firms Driving the news: The Department of Telecommunications has already met industry leaders as anxiety mounts over Iran’s threats to cables that run through t ...

Key TakeawaysA US federal judge blocked the Trump administration's attempt to blacklist AI firm Anthropic, ruling that the government's "supply chain risk" designation appeared arbitrary and retaliatory.Reported airstrikes in the Iranian city of Qom have killed six people, according to the Fars News Agency, further escalating regional tensions despite a temporary pause in energy-sector strikes.The Indonesian stock market (IDX) fell 1.2% to 7,081 points, as investors reacted to the combined pressure of Middl ...

Now that I’m settled in, one of the first things I like to do is what I call a maturity assessment. The goal is to evaluate the entire finance and accounting function and identify areas for improvement. For example, we might look at liquidity and break it down into components such as liquidity access, internal and external reporting, policies, procedures and contingency planning. Each area gets scored on a scale from one to 10, with 10 representing best in class.The team was another big factor, both the lea ...

There’s also SaaS (software as a service) pricing power. Van Geelen tells a story about OpenAI’s forward-deployed engineers being used as procurement leverage to extract 30% discounts from software vendors. When your customer’s AI vendor helps it negotiate against you, your pricing power isn’t eroding. It’s being actively demolished.Start with white-collar employment. Information-worker jobs are already down roughly 8% from their 2023 peak. Big Tech has been executing round after round of layoffs while repo ...

International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) is one of the Jim Cramer’s Biggest Quantum Computing & Data Center Stock Hits. International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) is one of the largest enterprise computing companies in the world. While Cramer is also a fan of its enterprise business, the firm is one of two quantum computing stocks that the CNBC TV host has regularly spoken in favor of. Throughout 2025, as stocks of firms such as Rigetti soared, Cramer cautioned against them and i ...

In this article, we discuss the 8 Best NFT Stocks to Invest in According to Analysts.The markets have not done well lately amid the ongoing geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainties. On March 13, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.26%, the S&P 500 retreated 0.61%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.93%. All three major indexes recorded a weekly loss of more than 1.2%, marking the third straight week of losses for stocks.That said, more opportunities may be opening up for investors. This includes A ...

By Milana Vinn and Echo Wang NEW YORK, March 16 (Reuters) - OpenAI (OPAI.PVT) is in advanced talks with private equity firms including TPG, Advent International, Bain Capital and Brookfield Asset Management to form a joint venture that would distribute its enterprise products across the firms' portfolio companies and beyond, four people familiar ‌with the matter said. The proposed deal has a pre-money valuation of about $10 billion, two of the people said, and could give OpenAI a faster route into ‌cor ...