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Numeral raises $100m Series C for AI sales tax compliance
Numeral, a San Francisco startup that automates sales tax compliance with AI, has raised a $100m Series C led by Insight Partners. The round takes its total to $157m. Numeral says transaction volume on its platform grew 327% in a year, as California moves to extend sales tax to software.
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ByteDance brought in nearly 75% of Nscale’s 2025 sales, the FT reports
Nscale's IPO filing leaves out its biggest customer. The Financial Times reports it was ByteDance, whose Singapore unit Spring brought in nearly three quarters of Nscale's 2025 sales. A loan exhibit shows the contract covered 2,304 Nvidia B200 chips in Norway.
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Meta’s AI chief wants Muse to make you $1,000
Alexandr Wang’s #MuseMoneyChallenge has filled X with savings stories, many from Meta’s own staff according to Business Insider, as PayPal and Shopify open their checkouts to the agent
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OpenAI opens its Daybreak cyber defence programme to Ukraine
OpenAI will give Ukraine's government access to its Daybreak cyber defence programme, to help protect civilian infrastructure from attack. The BBC reports that the access is free and includes the GPT-5.6 Sol model. Ukraine's CERT-UA handled nearly 6,000 cyber incidents in 2025.