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Hello, friends, Happy 2026, we're super enthusiastic about what this year means for artificial intelligence in financial services. We closed out 2025 by talking about why the new year will almost certainly bring us more AI in the financial industry (which seems like a no-brainer). Well, we're opening the year with some hints at why 2026 might also see the proliferation of different, perhaps entirely novel kinds of AI in finance. The AI & Finance column opens up with our first taste of what that might mean: A full-scale incursion of agentic AI into various financial services roles. This week, we also want to welcome Jump's Liam Hanson, who will contribute some financial advisor technology-related insights to our newsletter on an ongoing basis. As you'll see below, 2026 is off to a great start for AI & Finance... CHECK IT ALL OUT BELOW!
Let's start the New Year off right-with a bang. Welcome to AI & Finance where we do have a big list of headlines to report-but that's more a product of our unusually long, three-week sample period than any jump in financial services artificial intelligence news activity. In side news, AI is being deployed in some wild places, from managing agricultural feed supply chains to writing prescriptions. Yes, AI is writing prescriptions. In perhaps my favorite bit of AI-related analysis over the break, from Egan-Jones, it is argued that while AI is already changing society and the economy, it may not lead... CONTINUE HERE
Infrastructure brings out our inner nerd. Welcome to AI Education, where this week we're talking about AI infrastructure. For anyone who needs to know, we selected this topic because we liked it. That's how we got here, to AI Education. From our roots in Kentucky and rural northern New Jersey, where the skeletal remains of abandoned railroads stretch across the open landscape, to the highways and streets (transportation infrastructure), pipes and cables that our resources move through (water and electrical infrastructure), to the processors and wires our digital resources move through (IT infrastructure), we're fascinated by infrastructure-the foundations upon which economic activities... CONTINUE HERE
For the past eight years, I have worked at the intersection of wealth management and technology. I began my career at EY, where I ultimately led experimentation and AI initiatives for the wealth and asset management business consulting group. That experience gave me a front row seat to the development of advanced analytics and next best action engines across some of the largest financial institutions in the world. Those systems promised to deliver the right product to the right client at the right time. In many cases, they succeeded. Where they consistently fell short was in something more fundamental: understanding how advice should... CONTINUE HERE
This week's venture capital funding remained muted due to the new year holiday, however, taking into account the final weeks of 2025, we still have all five transactions in excess of the $100 million threshold. The top reported deal, per FinSMEs, came from Beijing-based Galbot, a developer of humanoid robots (AI-powered humanoid robots are having a moment right now), which raised more than $300 million in its latest round. Galbot will use the funds to "accelerate technology development, scale its robotic deployments, and expand its global reach," according to its announcement. Our second announcement is from Newport Beach, Calif.-based Tebra, which raised $250 million... CONTINUE HERE
The transition from 2025 into 2026 saw artificial intelligence shift from retrospective growth narratives to forward-looking institutional frameworks and new deployment frontiers. Policy initiatives, industry roadmaps, and generative systems dominated discussions as stakeholders globally repositioned for strategic expansion. AI governance takes center stage, with major economies signaling shared frameworks and regional policies to shape development and deployment. Next-generation computing architectures steal the show, as industry leaders unveil transformative hardware and embodied AI at a key tech expo. Autonomous and applied AI systems proliferate, from medical workflows to consumer experience enhancements, underscoring widening practical integration. The proposed acquisition of a major autonomous AI agent... CONTINUE HERE
In this week's episode of the Al & Ivy (AI) Podcast, the hosts turn their attention to Latin America and a rapidly evolving geopolitical flashpoint: What happens next in Venezuela - and what does it signal for the broader region? Drawing from a recent analysis published by WIRED, the episode examines Venezuela's political collapse, international pressure points, and the strategic implications of foreign intervention framed through what the hosts refer to as the "Donroe Doctrine." The discussion connects regional instability, energy interests, and global power dynamics shaping U.S. and international responses. The Donroe Doctrine, as explored in this episode, refers to an emerging posture... CONTINUE HERE
Source: thefinancials.com | Updated every 30 minutes, M-F during market hours
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