Tagged: AI agent

June 3, 2026 @ 11:44 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fintech industry participants weighed in on Robinhood’s (NASDAQ: HOOD) use of artificial intelligence (AI) agents this past week. “There’s a huge opportunity for Robinhood to reshape trading behavior again through AI agents. As these systems become more deeply embedded in investing platforms, users will increasingly stop viewing… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 2:54 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Researchers from Google DeepMind, Microsoft Research, Columbia University, t54 Labs, and Virtuals Protocol propose the Agentic Risk Standard (ARS), a framework that applies financial risk management principles to AI agent transactions. Their paper, Quantifying Trust: Financial Risk Management for Trustworthy AI Agents introduces a settlement-layer… Read More

April 11, 2026 @ 8:40 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Ampd, the agentic suite of solutions connecting brand media to commerce, this week launched Agentic Shoppable Media. This solution addresses the challenges many brands have faced with their shoppable media strategies, namely shopper drop-offs (up to 95%), and concerns around meeting equitable retailer routing. The… Read More

March 25, 2026 @ 1:16 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Jozu has launched Jozu Agent Guard, a zero-trust AI runtime that executes agents, models, and MCP servers within secure environments, with built-in policy enforcement and guardrails that agents cannot disable. As enterprises rapidly adopt AI agents, MCP servers, and tools like Copilot, OpenClawd, and Claude… Read More

March 21, 2026 @ 9:21 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Experian unveiled enhancements to Experian Virtual Assistant (EVA). “This next generation of EVA reflects the direction of our consumer AI strategy,” said Debbie Hsu, executive vice president of product at Experian Consumer Services. “We are bringing together conversational AI, personalization, and our trusted… Read More

March 11, 2026 @ 12:07 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Sutherland launched Sutherland FinAI Hub, an enterprise Agentic AI platform built for banking and financial services. As financial institutions accelerate AI adoption, many initiatives remain confined to pilots, unable to scale across legacy systems and core operations. Sutherland FinAI Hub is designed to… Read More

February 27, 2026 @ 6:49 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, General Magic announced a $7.2 million seed funding round led by Radical Ventures, with participation from a16z Speedrun and new investment from Figma VP of Product Brendan O’Driscoll and Larry James Erwin from OpenAI. The company has raised $8.4 million to date, backed… Read More

February 6, 2026 @ 11:58 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, LedgerLink announced expanded platform support for AI agent (A2A) banking, enabling regional and community banks to serve AI agents and AI-led organizations building on blockchain networks. Banks are the missing gateway between Web3 and broad commercial adoption. LedgerLink enables banks to provide compliant… Read More

January 28, 2026 @ 8:11 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Zocks, a privacy-focused AI platform for financial advisors, has raised $45 million in Series B funding co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and QED Investors, along with participation from Illuminate Financial and all existing investors, including Motive Partners, Expanse Venture Partners, Entrée Capital, and 14Peaks Capital…. Read More

December 14, 2025 @ 4:50 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Channel3 this week confirmed a $6 million seed round led by Matrix, with participation from Ludlow Ventures, Paul Graham, Sri Batchu and Matteo Franeschetti. The investment assists Channel3 with its mission of making every product on the web discoverable and actionable by AI. The agentic… Read More

December 8, 2025 @ 1:39 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Pine, an AI agent for consumers’ digital chores, has closed a $25 million Series A funding round. Investors included Fortwest Capital. This financing positions Pine to advance its “ask-and-it’s-done” AI, an autonomous digital agent that makes calls, handles emails and operates software to complete real-world… Read More

December 3, 2025 @ 8:05 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

As AI agents make inroads into payments, they’re raising many questions that the industry is rushing to answer. In some cases, the industry isn’t moving fast enough. Sift’s senior trust and safety architect, Brittany Allen, said AI agents are a popular session topic at conferences…. Read More

November 24, 2025 @ 4:58 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bluwhale, a decentralized intelligence network powering AI agent transactions across blockchains, has launched AI Stablecoin Agent, a breakthrough designed to support individual investors in managing dollar-denominated digital assets in a controlled and automated manner. Stablecoins have grown into a significant asset class within Web3, now… Read More

October 31, 2025 @ 2:06 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bottomline, a provider of business payments and cash management, has announced the forthcoming launch of an advanced AI agent integrated into its Global Cash Management and Payments Hub solution. With a planned rollout in early 2026, this new technology will empower finance leaders with conversational… Read More

October 24, 2025 @ 11:26 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

lemlist, a sales engagement platform, has acquired AI platform Claap. Claap, valued between $15 million and $30 million, transforms every sales conversation into actionable insights and context-aware AI agents. With the self-funded acquisition, lemlist will now provide sales teams with AI-generated actionable insights based on… Read More

January 5, 2025 @ 8:05 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

MatterFi founder Michael “Mehow” Pospieszalski believes he has created the infrastructure cryptocurrency needs to go mainstream. When the time is right, MatterFi’s technology could simplify crypto usage for billions of people. The company develops new security infrastructure for software wallets, hardware wallets and custody systems,… Read More