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Rainforest, a startup that embeds payment processing into other software platforms, has raised $29 million in a Series B funding round, the company told Crunchbase News exclusively. Matrix Partners and Infinity Ventures co-led the financing for the Atlanta-based company, which also included participation from Accel and Tech Square Ventures. All are repeat backers. In total, Rainforest has raised $57.5 million since its 2022 inception. Rainforest, which is a self-described challenger to fintech giant Stripe, bills itself as a “payments-as-a-service” provider. Put simply, it aims to help vertical software companies enable payment processing for their merchants. CEO and founder Joshua Silver…

By the time Harry Qi was 23 years old, he had achieved the kind of financial success that most people will never attain: making about $1 million a year. He was working as “a quant” in his first job out of college. That’s hedge-fund speak for a stock-trading analyst at a statistical-model driven “quant” fund. But, like many people who spend their energies pursuing ever more money, he felt empty. “At some point you just want to make a much bigger impact on this world,” Qi, now 29, tells TechCrunch.  So in 2019, he and his high school buddy, Omid…

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A return to full-time in-person work or severance pay, it’s time for many Paramount employees to pick their poison. Just weeks after reports of upcoming layoffs, Paramount’s new full-time RTO mandate has set worker sentiments ablaze. Starting January 5, 2026, workers at the newly merged Paramount Skydance company will have to return to in-person work permanently. Paramount’s 5-day return-to-office mandate also comes with a buyout offer, giving employees the option of quitting its forces voluntarily.Paramount Announces a Full-Time RTO Mandate to “Unlock Its Full Potential”Does Paramount truly believe a permanent return to in-person work will be beneficial for the company,…

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has wrapped up a series of public hearings on SpaceX’s proposal to launch its Super Heavy Starship rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC).  The sessions, held both in-person and online, form part of the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) review that will determine whether SpaceX would be cleared to conduct Starship launches and landings from Florida’s Space Coast. FAA review and Starship launch plans According to the FAA’s draft EIS, SpaceX seeks permission to fly its fully reusable Starship system from Launch Complex 39A, where construction of a dedicated tower and infrastructure has already…

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Consumer sentiment in the U.S. declined in August amid rising costs and economic anxiety, according to recent McKinsey’s ConsumerWise research. Only 41% of consumers are optimistic about the U.S. economic conditions, down 3 percentage points from May. While the rate of consumers pessimistic about the economy decreased 4 percentage points to 21%, the number of consumers who said they had mixed sentiment about the economy swelled to 38%. A majority of consumers expect to spend around the same amount on…

Goldman Sachs recommends gold mining stocks as one of its top trades heading into the final quarter of the year, with the investment bank expecting the precious metal will continue to rally. Spot gold has already soared 38% this year, rising above $3,600 per ounce. Goldman expects prices will rise another 14% through 2026 due to strong demand from central banks and exchange traded funds. “Gold mining stocks should rally alongside the underlying commodity,” Goldman analysts led by David Kostin told clients in a report published postmarket Friday. Mining stocks Dakota Gold , Anglogold Ashanti and Newmont have doubled this…

Plus: Cohere co-founder calls out Sam Altman for AGI hype. It’s a sign of the times that a press conference ostensibly focused on relief from the trade war also contained commitments to the country’s military sovereignty. On Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced support for industries impacted by US tariffs, particularly automotive and agriculture. Included in the announcement was a new “Buy Canadian” policy, requiring domestic and foreign suppliers contracting with the federal government to source key materials from Canadian companies in defence procurements. Standing beside Carney on the podium was Industry Minister Mélanie Joly, who had just accompanied the…

HOLLYWOOD, Md., Sept. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SMX, a leader in mission-focused digital modernization, and C3 AI (NYSE: AI), today announced a three-year Strategic Integration Partnership. The collaboration will leverage the SMX Elevate® platform with the C3 Agentic AI Platform and AI applications within the most demanding, high-security government and commercial environments.This partnership unites SMX’s deep expertise in cloud, cybersecurity, and mission-critical solutions with C3 AI’s powerful, scalable Enterprise AI platform. A primary focus of the collaboration will be enabling deployments that build on C3 AI capabilities for customers requiring compliance with FedRAMP High and Department of Defense (DoD)…

Recent research has been increasingly focusing on developing 3D world models that simulate complex real-world scenarios. World models have found broad applications across various domains, including embodied AI, autonomous driving, entertainment, etc. A more realistic simulation with accurate physics will effectively narrow the sim-to-real gap and allow us to gather rich information about the real world conveniently. While traditional manual modeling has enabled the creation of virtual 3D scenes, modern approaches have leveraged advanced machine learning algorithms for 3D world generation, with most recent advances focusing on generative methods that can create virtual worlds based on user instructions. This work…