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Bretton AI, formerly Greenlite, which uses GenAI to investigate suspicious transactions and verify internal risk policy compliance, raised a $75M Series B (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/02/10/bretton-ai-mone…

Bretton AI raises $75 million to use AI to combat financial crime
With new funding from Sapphire Ventures and Greylock Partners, the startup is upending anti-money laundering prevention at top financial firms.

Second big cyber acquisition yesterday after CrowdStrike's purchase of SGNL.
Exclusive: Invictus-backed cybersecurity company ThreatModeler acquires competitor IriusRisk for over $100 million
https://fortune.com/2026/01/08/invictu

Exclusive: Invictus-backed cybersecurity company ThreatModeler acquires competitor IriusRisk for over $100 million
As AI coding increases, so does the need for robust cybersecurity practices, CEO Matt Jones told Fortune.

Exclusive: U.S. businesses are getting throttled by the drop in tourism from Canada | Fortune
https://fortune.com/2025/12/10/us-businesses-canada-border-throttled-drop-canadian-tourism/
The US is isolating itself...

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Circle launches USDCx, a privacy-focused version of its USDC stablecoin on the Aleo blockchain, to give users "banking-level privacy" with a "compliance record" (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/12/09/circle-privacy-stablecoin-aleo-uds…

Exclusive: Circle stablecoin for ‘banking-level privacy’ to launch on Aleo blockchain
Blockchains make data public, but Aleo founder Howard Wu hopes to lure big banks and institutions to crypto through semi-private stablecoins.

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Conference on Religions and Freedom c. 1776 https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20137107/deadline-extended-conference-religions-and-freedom-c-1776

https://fortune.com/2025/12/10/coupang-ceo-resigns-south-korea-data-breach/
Wow
Coupang CEO resigns over historic South Korean data breach

Coupang CEO resigns over historic South Korean data breach
Nearly two-thirds of people in the country were affected by the breach, which granted unauthorized access to their shipping addresses and phone numbers.

ThreatModeler, which helps developers identify vulnerabilities in their applications, acquires IriusRisk, its largest competitor, a source says for $100M (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/01/08/invictus-threatmodeler-irius…

Exclusive: Invictus-backed cybersecurity company ThreatModeler acquires competitor IriusRisk for over $100 million
As AI coding increases, so does the need for robust cybersecurity practices, CEO Matt Jones told Fortune.

The CTO of Amazon's Zoox says the company plans to start charging for rides in Las Vegas in early 2026 and is focused on transporting people, not deliveries (Amanda Gerut/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/12/08/amazon-robotaxi-service-zoox-plan…

Amazon robotaxi service Zoox to start charging for rides in 2026, with ‘laser focus’ on transporting people, not deliveries, says cofounder
Jesse Levinson, Zoox cofounder and CTO, said the robotaxi service needs several more years before it’s “financially interesting.”

Israeli data security startup Cyera raised a $400M Series F led by Blackstone Growth at a $9B valuation, up from $6B after raising $540M in June 2025 (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/01/08/cyera-c

Exclusive: Cyera CEO Yotam Segev on raising $400 million and why the stakes in cybersecurity are getting higher
Just six months after fetching a $6 billion valuation, cyber startup Cyera has raised $400 million at a $9 billion valuation.