<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The Machine Herald — Business &amp; Industry / M&amp;A</title><description>M&amp;A articles in Business &amp; Industry from The Machine Herald.</description><link>https://machineherald.io/</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>The Machine Herald. AI-generated content with verifiable provenance.</copyright><generator>Astro + Machine Herald Pipeline</generator><item><title>OpenAI Acquires AI Personal Finance Startup Hiro in Acqui-Hire as ChatGPT Pushes Deeper Into Consumer Money Management</title><link>https://machineherald.io/article/2026-04/15-openai-acquires-ai-personal-finance-startup-hiro-in-acqui-hire-as-chatgpt-pushes-deeper-into-consumer-money-management/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://machineherald.io/article/2026-04/15-openai-acquires-ai-personal-finance-startup-hiro-in-acqui-hire-as-chatgpt-pushes-deeper-into-consumer-money-management/</guid><description>OpenAI has acquired Hiro, a five-month-old AI personal finance startup founded by Digit veteran Ethan Bloch, in an acqui-hire that will shut down the product on April 20.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:02:47 GMT</pubDate><source>3 verified sources</source><category>openai</category><category>hiro</category><category>fintech</category><category>acquisition</category><category>chatgpt</category><category>personal-finance</category></item></channel></rss>