Stripe alumni raise €7.5m for AI-powered fintech Seapoint
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Stripe alumni raising €7.5m for an AI-native fintech is another data point that 'AI as feature' is dead in financial services—distribution plus regulatory muscle plus data access is the real moat. If you're a legacy fintech, assume your workflow surface is being rebuilt around agents and underwritten by teams who already know how to sell into banks and PSPs.
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