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Daily digest

Daily digest

A running log of what’s moving in fintech and AI, with my notes.

  • 6 Aug 20262 notes

    Agentic Marketing Is a Credit Risk Problem Too

    Plus 1 more note filed this day.

  • 5 Aug 20261 note

    AI Agents Need Security Infrastructure, Not Just Guardrails

  • 3 Aug 20262 notes

    Agentic AI in Lending: The Governance Problem Nobody Is Solving

    Plus 1 more note filed this day.

  • 27 Jul 20264 notes

    Fintech Has No Trillion-Dollar Company Yet

    Plus 3 more notes filed this day.

  • 23 Jul 20262 notes

    Chime's Investing Move Is a Warning Shot

    Plus 1 more note filed this day.

  • 20 Jul 20262 notes

    AI Agents Need Infrastructure, Not Just Models

    Plus 1 more note filed this day.

  • 17 Jul 20263 notes

    AI Agents Writing Your Docs: The Control Question

    Plus 2 more notes filed this day.

  • 15 Jul 20261 note

    What Alien Logo Design Teaches Us About Brand Trust

  • 13 Jul 20263 notes

    Your AI Agent Is Confidently Wrong. Here's Why.

    Plus 2 more notes filed this day.

  • 9 Jul 20266 notes

    Klarna Wants a Bank Charter. So Should You Care?

    Plus 5 more notes filed this day.

  • 19 Jun 20262 notes

    Agentic AI Needs Infrastructure Discipline, Not Just Prompts

    Plus 1 more note filed this day.

  • 18 Jun 20261 note

    Coinbase's Everything Exchange Signals the Real Threat

  • 16 Jun 20261 note

    AI Agents Aren't Failing, Your Infrastructure Is

  • 15 Jun 20262 notes

    Your Website's Real Audience Is No Longer Human

    Plus 1 more note filed this day.

  • 12 Jun 20262 notes

    AI Writes the Code, Formal Methods Check the Maths

    Plus 1 more note filed this day.

  • 11 Jun 20262 notes

    Agentic AI Security Is a Credit Risk Problem

    Plus 1 more note filed this day.

  • 8 Jun 20264 notes

    Your Data Moat Matters More Than Your Model

    Plus 3 more notes filed this day.

  • 5 Jun 20261 note

    Local AI Agents Will Break Your Governance Model

  • 4 Jun 20262 notes

    AI Agents Need Permissions Infrastructure, Not Just Policies

    Plus 1 more note filed this day.

  • 2 Jun 20261 note

    Chinese AI Is Closing the Gap Faster Than You Think

  • 1 Jun 20266 notes

    70% Automation Claims Should Trigger Scepticism, Not Budgets

    Plus 5 more notes filed this day.

  • 28 May 20261 note

    Marqeta's Real Threat Is to the Banks Themselves

  • 27 May 20266 notes

    Mercury's Bank Charter Bid Changes the Fintech Calculus

    Plus 5 more notes filed this day.

  • 18 May 20261 note

    Walmart's BNPL Switch Reveals an Uncomfortable Truth

  • 15 May 20261 note

    810x Productivity Claims Should Worry Your CTO

  • 14 May 20263 notes

    BNPL's Credit Reporting Problem Is Coming Here Too

    Plus 2 more notes filed this day.

  • 13 May 20261 note

    Salesforce's Agentic Hype Has a Reality Problem

  • 11 May 20264 notes

    Parker's Collapse Is a Banking Partner Problem

    Plus 3 more notes filed this day.

  • 7 May 20263 notes

    Mercury Dodged Synapse. Most Fintechs Won't Be So Lucky.

    Plus 2 more notes filed this day.

  • 6 May 20261 note

    Cheap Code Changes What Engineers Are Actually For

  • 5 May 20261 note

    AI Agents Built in Markdown: Why That Matters

  • 4 May 20264 notes

    Revolut's Barcelona Store Is About Trust, Not Branches

    Plus 3 more notes filed this day.

  • 30 Apr 20266 notes

    Payroll-Linked Lending Is the Underwriting Edge UK Fintechs Are Missing

    Plus 5 more notes filed this day.

  • 28 Apr 20262 notes

    China's Manus Veto Is a Warning Shot for AI Strategy

    Plus 1 more note filed this day.

  • 27 Apr 20262 notes

    Your Design System Is Now Compliance Infrastructure

    Plus 1 more note filed this day.

  • 24 Apr 20262 notes

    Your AI Agents Are Only As Good As Your Data Pipes

    Plus 1 more note filed this day.

  • 23 Apr 20262 notes

    When AI Queries Outnumber Human Ones, Everything Changes

    Plus 1 more note filed this day.

  • 22 Apr 20261 note

    Agentforce's Real Bet Is on the Integrators

  • 21 Apr 20261 note

    Your AI Agents Have Root Access. Now What?

  • 20 Apr 20261 note

    Amex Is Buying the AI Layer, Not Building It

  • 17 Apr 20262 notes

    Codex Is Now an Automation Layer, Not a Coding Tool

    Plus 1 more note filed this day.

  • 16 Apr 20262 notes

    The Invisible Infrastructure Winning the Fintech Race

    Plus 1 more note filed this day.

  • 14 Apr 20262 notes

    Salesforce TDX and the Agentforce Reality Check

    Plus 1 more note filed this day.

  • 13 Apr 20262 notes

    Your API Docs Are Broken for AI Agents

    Plus 1 more note filed this day.

  • 10 Apr 20262 notes

    The Interface Is the Product Now

    Plus 1 more note filed this day.

  • 9 Apr 20264 notes

    Canva's Acquisitions Signal a SaaS Reckoning for Finance Teams

    Plus 3 more notes filed this day.

  • 6 Apr 20261 note

    Agentic IT Is Coming. Governance Has to Come First.

  • 3 Apr 20261 note

    IBM and ARM Are Quietly Reshaping Enterprise Infrastructure Choices

  • 2 Apr 20261 note

    AI Agents Need Expertise, Not Just Documents

  • 1 Apr 20261 note

    Your AI Security Agents Have No Idea What Normal Looks Like

  • 30 Mar 20261 note

    Compliance Automation Is Eating the GRC Team

  • 27 Mar 20263 notes

    Revolut's Numbers Are a Warning Shot for UK Lenders

    Plus 2 more notes filed this day.

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