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Investor Presentation Released: Lightspeed

AI parsed presentation narrative: Lightspeed is demonstrating significant progress toward profitability, narrowing its quarterly net loss to $2.4 million from $49.6 million in the prior year. Management is executing a dual-track strategy of operational streamlining through restructuring and portfolio optimization, highlighted by the $44 million sale of its non-core Upserve hospitality business. Key tailwinds mentioned: Expansion of Financial Services, Transaction-based Revenue Growth.

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Patronus AI raises $50M to test AI agents

Patronus AI, a San Francisco startup founded in 2023 by former Meta AI researchers Anand Kannappan and Rebecca Qian, raised $50 million in a Series B round led by Greenfield Partners. The company builds simulated "digital world models" that replicate websites and internal systems to stress-test AI agents using reinforcement learning, aiming to reveal shortcuts and failure modes that benchmarks miss. Patronus says its revenue grew 15-fold over the past year and that many frontier AI labs and startups are customers. The Series B included participation from Notable Capital, Lightspeed, Datadog, and Samsung and brings Patronus’s total funding to $70 million. Current product focuses include engineering and finance simulations; the company positions itself against in‑house evaluation teams and human-data firms that assist with reinforcement learning.