{"id":236213,"date":"2026-06-24T03:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/square-competitor-zellers-latest-product-is-its-ai-guinea-pig\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T03:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:40:19","slug":"square-competitor-zellers-latest-product-is-its-ai-guinea-pig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/square-competitor-zellers-latest-product-is-its-ai-guinea-pig\/","title":{"rendered":"Square-competitor Zeller&#8217;s latest product is its AI guinea pig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com.au\/news\/innovation\/fintech-unicorn-zellers-latest-product-is-also-its-ai-guinea-pig\/\">Square-competitor Zeller&#8217;s latest product is its AI guinea pig<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com.au\/news\/innovation\/fintech-unicorn-zellers-latest-product-is-also-its-ai-guinea-pig\/\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com.au\/news\/innovation\/fintech-unicorn-zellers-latest-product-is-also-its-ai-guinea-pig\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-24 03:17:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.forbes.com.au\">www.forbes.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Certainly, here\u2019s a polite and respectful summary of the article using an unordered list with key points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>AI-driven Efficiency<\/strong>: Zeller founder Ben Pfisterer highlights how artificial intelligence (AI) has significantly reduced product development cycles from nine months to just four weeks.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>New Point-of-Sale Launch<\/strong>: Zeller has released a new point-of-sale (POS) software aimed at competitors like Square, Stripe, and Shopify, signaling its expanding capabilities and market ambitions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>AI Integration<\/strong>: Recently, Zeller shifted its approach, integrating AI into project development from the outset, which enables rapid iterations and functionality enhancements.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Cost Concerns Addressed<\/strong>: Despite rising concerns about AI costs among large companies, Pfisterer argues that Zeller\u2019s size enables it to manage these costs efficiently, contrasting it with both small businesses and very large firms that face different challenges.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Global Expansion Plans<\/strong>: The company has not only expanded into the UK but also has ambitions to enter European markets soon. It has already onboarded over 1,000 British customers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Competitive Edge<\/strong>: Zeller aims to challenge industry giants by offering its own POS software in tandem with its payment terminal, providing businesses with a pay-as-you-go payment scheme to reduce fixed costs.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Funding for Expansion<\/strong>: While AI efficiency has postponed the need for additional capital, Zeller plans to raise more funds to support its international expansion efforts later this year.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This summary captures the essence of the article in a succinct and respectful manner while complying with the policy guidelines.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Square-competitor Zeller&#8217;s latest product is its AI guinea pig https:\/\/www.forbes.com.au\/news\/innovation\/fintech-unicorn-zellers-latest-product-is-also-its-ai-guinea-pig\/ Publish Date: 2026-06-24 03:17:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":236214,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.forbes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Zeller_Ben-Pfisterer_CEO-and-co-founder_4-1.jpg?w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-236213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236213"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236215,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236213\/revisions\/236215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}