The Pulse of Artificial Intelligence
Something quiet but significant just happened in the world of insurance — and it tells us more about where AI is actually landing than a dozen conference keynotes ever could. When institutional lenders start writing growth capital into AI underwriting platforms, the technology has crossed a threshold that pitch decks and pilot programs never could. … Read more
The most consequential shift in payments isn’t a new card or a faster checkout button — it’s the removal of the human hand from the transaction entirely. In March 2026, Mastercard completed its first live, authenticated agentic payment in Singapore, partnering with DBS and UOB to let an AI agent book a real airport ride … Read more
There is a quiet crisis that has plagued industrial robotics for decades — robots that perform flawlessly in controlled lab environments but stumble the moment they meet a real factory floor. A new partnership between ABB Robotics and NVIDIA is directly attacking this problem, and what they have built together may represent a genuine turning … Read more
The most significant shifts in financial services rarely announce themselves loudly — and the accelerating adoption of agentic AI inside major institutions is a perfect example. When SEI, one of the world’s most established financial infrastructure providers, quietly partnered with IBM to rebuild its internal operations around intelligent automation, it sent a clear signal: agentic … Read more