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+18 Priya Raman A 35B valuation looks steep with those losses, but Nvidia backing could still pull in plenty of buyers.
+4 Chris Dalton Spinning off a company two years after buying it feels like financial engineering more than strategy, wonder who's really benefiting here.Ant International secures $1.2B for global payments expansion Business — Jul 21, 2026 Ant International raised about $1.2 billion in a Series A, with participation from Ant Group and Alibaba as it pursues global expansion in merchant payments, account management and other financial services, while integrating AI across its infrastructure. The Singapore-based unit, spun out in 2024, operates four units—Alipay+, Antom, WorldFirst and Bettr—across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America, serving roughly 150 million merchants and 2 billion user accounts and was valued at about $10 billion prior to the funding. +8
