Microsoft and Nvidia Target Mac Studio’s Unified Memory
Microsoft and Nvidia coming for that Mac studio unified memory spot This is one hell of an idea - for local inference capable devices
Fintech Brainfood Seeks Summer Interns and Growth Lead
Ever wanted to work with Fintech Brainfood? We’re looking for two summer interns, a growth lead, and a builder to help us scale out content to more platforms, and build some incredibly fun stuff.
Agentic Commerce Evolves Across All Eight Transaction Steps
Agentic commerce isn't just payment or discovery. It's a whole chain of events that lead up to the payment. Each of those moments in the lifecycle is becoming more agent-driven over time. This post maps the 5 levels of agentic commerce across...
Five-Year Review: How 869 Fintechs Actually Performed
Over the past 5 years I've covered 869 companies in Fintech Brainfood. I thought I'd go back and look and how they've fared. 👇 https://t.co/pdOhXfOCEo
Two Companies: AI Winners and Those Left Behind
There will be two types of company in the next decade Those who benefit from the structural tailwind of AI And those who get left behind
User Criticizes Opus 4.7, Prefers 4.6
@AnthropicAI I don't know what you did to opus 4.7, but it's so bad I'm still shook. It's not getting better. Thank god I can still find 4.6 in the model picker.
Merchants Own Checkout, Not AI, in Agentic Commerce
The merchants are trying to tell you something about agentic commerce. After two years of agent demos, chatbot checkouts, press releases, and “AI shopping” theatre, the market found its first real answer. The AI does not own the checkout. The merchant does.
From Libra to Meta: David Marcus on Agentic Commerce
Fresh off the Meta doing Stablecoins, and @lightspark announcing grid global accounts We have the PERFECT guest coming Monday @davidmarcus Former PayPal CEO, reflects on the journey from Libra, to Meta doing Stablecoins to Agentic commerce 👇
Major FinTech Sponsor Bank Goes Live on Tempo
One of the most important sponsor banks in Fintech is now live on @tempo for cross border payments A bank. Live on Tempo.
Stablecoin Adoption Grows as Crypto Hype Wanes
Had too much fun chatting stablecoins with @segall_max, @zcabrams and @pariscribben at @stripe sessions. We were in a room full of bankers. And the biggest surprise? The more the hype blows off of crypto and stablecoins. The more enterprises and volume comes....
Stripe Demos Launch via CLI—Industry Standard?
Demos at @stripe sessions all start with a CLI Name another payments company that's true for
Stripe Link Turns Into Agent Wallet with Human Approval
Stripe link is now a wallet for agents Give your agents link creds It tries to buy something You approve (human in the loop)
AI Agents Revive Stripe's Long‑ignored CLI
Stripe launched a CLI seven years ago, and nobody used it Until AI agents came along. https://t.co/M5RIBzzzXw
CLI Now a Baseline for Fintech After Mercury Launch
Oooo @mercury just launched their CLI The day after they got their conditional OCC Charter Having a CLI is becoming tablestakes for finance companies https://t.co/GYqdxxD6lP
Stablecoin BaaS Replaces Traditional Banking Stack
🚨 JUST IN: Former PayPal CEO David Marcus just unveiled a stablecoin banking product for businesses and AI agents. Stablecoin balances. Yield. Payments. Cards. All chain-native, all behind an API. This is Banking-as-a-Service but onchain. --- Banking-as-a-Service is getting rebuilt on stablecoin rails. The...