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Profitmind Announces Series A Round
Profitmind announces its Series A funding round, accelerating development of agentic AI for enterprise retail pricing, inventory, and assortment optimization.
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Retail AI Report: Stripe Buys OpenRouter for $7B
Stripe pays $7B for OpenRouter to wire AI agents into checkout, Amazon aims Alexa at grocery replenishment, and ChatGPT Ads adds product feed bidding.
Retail AI Report: Free AI Agents and New EU Rules
OpenAI lifts ChatGPT chat limits at a billion users, Meta open-sources a local AI agent, and the EU begins enforcing AI transparency rules. What it all means for retail.
Retail AI Report: New Models & Cheaper Prices
Cheaper frontier and flash-tier AI models are lowering the per-transaction cost of retail AI in 2026 — and new data shows the technology moving onto the sales floor.
Retail AI Report: Where the Money Is Moving
Cheaper AI models from OpenAI and SpaceXAI are reshaping retail automation, while spend shifts from chatbots to forecasting, pricing, and fulfillment. This week's Retail AI Report.
Retail AI Report: The AI Fight Shifts From Models to Data
Record funding, Microsoft's $2.5B services bet, and Stitch Fix's revenue-driving AI show the retail battleground moving from models to data and decisioning.
Retail AI Report: Cheaper, More Capable Agents Meet New Federal Controls
New flagship models from OpenAI and Anthropic make AI agents cheaper and more capable just as Washington starts gating and pausing frontier releases.
Retail AI Report: Target’s ChatGPT Rollout and AI Export Controls
Target's full-stack ChatGPT rollout, OpenAI's $150M partner network, and tightening AI export controls show why AI adoption is now a competitive and risk decision for retail, not just a tech one.