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PayU partners with CoRover.ai to enable AI-led agentic payments

PayU partners with CoRover.ai to enable AI-led agentic payments

11 Mar 2026, 15:16 PM

The statement noted that the partnership is one of the first collaborations between a sovereign LLM provider and a payment aggregator to power AI-driven agentic payments.

PayU ties up with GoKwik to launch integrated commerce stack for D2C brands

PayU ties up with GoKwik to launch integrated commerce stack for D2C brands

09 Mar 2026, 13:28 PM

PayU noted that D2C brands suffer from significant leakage caused by checkout drop-offs, payment failures, and conversion inefficiencies in the final moments of purchase.

Anthropic raises $30 billion in Series G funding led by GIC, Coatue

Anthropic raises $30 billion in Series G funding led by GIC, Coatue

13 Feb 2026, 09:39 AM

This funding round also includes a portion of the previously announced investments from Microsoft and Nvidia.

Pine Labs strikes strategic partnership with UAE-based Wio Bank

Pine Labs strikes strategic partnership with UAE-based Wio Bank

27 Jan 2026, 11:29 AM

As part of the partnership, Wio Bank will deploy Credit+, Pine Labs’ modular, API-first acquiring platform, to power its core acquiring operations.

Sequoia to invest in Anthropic

Sequoia to invest in Anthropic's fresh funding round

19 Jan 2026, 12:04 PM

The AI startup had last raised $13 billion as part of its Series F funding round in September last year.

State Street to invest Rs 580 crore in Groww

State Street to invest Rs 580 crore in Groww's asset management arm

14 Jan 2026, 16:00 PM

Groww Asset Management is also entering into a strategic relationship agreement with the buyer.

Anthropic raising $10 billion at $350 billion valuation

Anthropic raising $10 billion at $350 billion valuation

08 Jan 2026, 12:39 PM

The AI startup had last raised $13 billion as part of its Series F funding round earlier in September last year led by ICONIQ.

Emergent gets strategic investment from Google

Emergent gets strategic investment from Google's AI Futures Fund

09 Dec 2025, 12:14 PM

Emergent will use the fresh capital for product development, and global and team expansion.

Anthropic expands partnership with Snowflake in $200 million multi-year deal

Anthropic expands partnership with Snowflake in $200 million multi-year deal

05 Dec 2025, 11:43 AM

The next phase of partnership will help in deploying AI agents powered by Claude's advanced reasoning and Snowflake's governed data and AI environment.

Nvidia plans to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI

Nvidia plans to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI

23 Sep 2025, 14:25 PM

The investment will be part of a strategic deal to deploy at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia systems for OpenAI’s next-generation AI infrastructure.

Anthropic close to raising fresh funding at $170 billion valuation

Anthropic close to raising fresh funding at $170 billion valuation

30 Jul 2025, 14:18 PM

Iconiq Capital, a San Francisco-based investment group, is leading the round.

Cred raises $72 million led by GIC in a downround

Cred raises $72 million led by GIC in a downround

11 Jun 2025, 14:22 PM

The investment was made at a valuation of $3.5 billion, much lower than the valuation of $6.4 billion when they last raised capital in 2022.

Singapore’s GIC seeks CCI approval to pick 2.1% stake in Groww

Singapore’s GIC seeks CCI approval to pick 2.1% stake in Groww

19 May 2025, 15:45 PM

This development comes as Groww prepares for a pre-IPO fundraising round aiming to secure approximately $200 million.

Exclusive: PayU chief business officer Sudhir Sehgal quits

Exclusive: PayU chief business officer Sudhir Sehgal quits

07 Jan 2025, 17:02 PM

His exit adds to a series of high-profile leadership exits at PayU over last couple of months.

A top executive at PayU steps down amid leadership changes [Exclusive]

A top executive at PayU steps down amid leadership changes [Exclusive]

29 Nov 2024, 02:26 AM

In recent months, The Head and Tale has exclusively reported on other senior-level departures at PayU India, including Wibmo CEO Suresh Rajagopalan.

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