Paradigm is seeking to raise a new 1.5 billion dollar fund to invest in AI, robotics and other frontier technologies, according to the Wall Street Journal. The San Francisco firm, which reports 12.7 billion dollars in assets under management, will keep backing crypto while its technical team evaluates frontier‑tech deals; earlier vehicles include a 2.5 billion dollar flagship launched in November 2021 and an 850 million dollar early‑stage fund announced in 2024.

On February 27, 2026, Amazon.com, Inc. said it would invest $50 billion in OpenAI as part of the AI firm's $110 billion private funding round, valuing OpenAI at $730 billion pre-money. The multi-year arrangement also designates Amazon Web Services as OpenAI's exclusive third-party cloud provider and expands OpenAI's AWS usage by $100 billion over eight years. Amazon shares traded around $208.21 with a modest intraday gain and a market cap near $2.218 trillion following the announcement.

Sentient has launched Arena, a production-style benchmarking platform for testing AI agents on enterprise-oriented workflows, with Pantera Capital and Franklin Templeton's digital assets arm participating in the inaugural cohort. The platform evaluates agents on standardized tasks involving long documents, incomplete data and conflicting information, tracks failure categories such as hallucinations and missing evidence, and plans a public leaderboard, as firms across finance and crypto explore more autonomous AI systems.

TRM Labs reports that AI‑enabled crypto fraud activity rose about 500% over the past year, with generative tools accelerating phishing, identity theft, and laundering. Chainalysis says these operations earn 4.5 times more per scheme and generate 9 times more daily transactions than non‑AI scams. Recent incidents include large holder losses and U.S. seizures linked to pig‑butchering rings.

On 26 February 2026, Ripple took part in a $5 million seed round for San Francisco‑based t54 Labs, which builds identity and risk infrastructure for autonomous AI agents across XRPL, Solana and Base. The financing, co-led by Anagram, PL Capital and Franklin Templeton, will fund engineering growth and developer outreach.

On February 25, 2026, Thrive Capital committed roughly $1 billion to OpenAI. In December, the firm agreed to a deal at a $285 billion valuation, and OpenAI is now raising up to $800 billion, implying Thrive's position could approach triple its entry. Thrive also closed its Thrive X fund at over $10 billion, nearly twice its prior vehicle.

MoonPay has launched MoonPay Agents, a non-custodial software layer that lets AI agents open wallets, hold digital assets and transact with stablecoins directly onchain. The infrastructure is being introduced as financial institutions explore stablecoin rails and as forecasts project the AI agent market could reach $236 billion by 2034.

Anthropic introduced Claude Cowork on January 30 and, during an online event on Tuesday, said Claude can now operate inside popular business apps. The company highlighted integrations with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, Google Drive, Gmail, and Calendar, plus DocuSign and LegalZoom, as stocks reacted with sharp declines in early February and a Tuesday rebound for FactSet (+3.8%) and Thomson Reuters (+8.8%).