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KeyBank business clients under ‘pressure’ to implement AI
Middle-market businesses are tapping AI and automation to expand their operations in the short term. Fifty-four percent of small businesses will integrate some form of AI in the next six months, a 10% year-over-year increase from the fourth quarter of 2023, according to KeyBank’s Middle Market Sentiment report, released last week. Post-pandemic, middle-market businesses had…
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Fintech funding: Citi Ventures cautious of AI hype
Citi Ventures is aware and wary of a potential hype cycle relating to AI and aims to avoid investing in overvalued startups. “The over-hype, under-hype cycle is something that happens continuously, and AI has not been immune to that,” Managing Director Luis Valdich told Bank Automation News. “We try to make investment decisions carefully…