
A16z’s Big Bet: AI Agents and On‑Chain Finance Aim to Remake Money and Markets
A16z lays out a 2026 playbook where stablecoins, AI agents and on‑chain rails change liquidity, banks and tech winners—what investors should watch and how to position.

A16z lays out a 2026 playbook where stablecoins, AI agents and on‑chain rails change liquidity, banks and tech winners—what investors should watch and how to position.

The White House issued a national AI framework that pushes federal preemption, uniform safety rules, and procurement shifts. Here’s a plain-English guide to the provisions, who ben

ISHI Health has launched virtual heart failure clinics in California and Arizona, offering AI-enabled remote care overseen by specialists to expand access and aim to improve outcom

allwhere announced an integration with Jamf (JAMF) to automate Apple (AAPL) device deployment and returns. The move could speed customer onboarding and lift device-based revenue, b

MotorCity Dark Horse Racing says it was acquired and will join Meta (META) s LLaMA startup program. Here’s what changed, how AI could be used on the track, and why the deal matters

Aretum has bought Veterans Engineering to expand its cyber, cloud and professional services for federal clients. Here’s what the deal means for the market and what investors should

Phinge says founder Robert DeMaio was named #1 globally by Crunchbase and will be in Las Vegas during CES to show Netverse, a claimed patented ‘app-less’ platform. Here’s what the

The Games of the Future Abu Dhabi 2025 launches an official OTT platform powered by ADNOC, offering immersive streams, interactive features and on-site extras for Dota 2 fans.

Rokid smashed a crowdfunding record on Taiwan’s zeczec platform with more than NT$62 million in pre-orders and has begun its official Taiwan launch. Here’s what the product is, how

A photography awards night at the Palace Museum used smartphones and simple apps to help foreign diplomats make and share photos that open new doors for cultural exchange.

TIME s 2025 Person of the Year honors a loose coalition dubbed The Architects of AI. This piece explains who the Architects are, why 2025 was pivotal for AI, and what the selecti

TraxStar this week unveiled SynQ, a drag-and-drop platform that lets manufacturing labs design custom testing workflows without coding. Here’s what it can do and who stands to gain

Astra Tech’s messaging platform botim has partnered with Jingle Pay to offer low-cost remittances from the UAE to Pakistan, aiming to reach 1.7 million Pakistanis. Here’s how the s

UnitX unveils FleX, an AI visual inspection system the company says sharply reduces escaped defects and speeds deployment. Here’s what FleX is, what’s claimed, and what needs proof

GAP s new ByteInsight executive reports translate complex code problems into boardroom-ready risks and costs, aiming to speed modernization and cut surprise outages for large engin

Mukesh Jain leaves Amazon (AMZN) to found Kaya AI, pitching predictive supply-chain AI for construction. Here’s what that means for Amazon, cloud rivals and construction players.

Intersignal reports it executed a one‑trillion‑parameter AI model locally. That could shift privacy, latency and costs — but the claim needs independent proof and full benchmarks.

A new HFS Research / NewRocket study finds agentic AI is cutting delivery time and people-hours on ServiceNow projects. That widens the gap between platform owners and labor-heavy

Geneva PE has funded and launched NXXIM (Nexus Enterprise Imaging LLC), an AI-first platform that promises to unify medical images and run triage analytics. Here’s what the product

Furniture.com expanded its AI-powered marketplace with Kathy Kuo Home, Z Gallerie and RugsUSA, aiming to simplify furniture discovery and let shoppers compare more brands in one pl
Theia unveiled an AI-driven system that turns ordinary video into 3D bat and body tracking, promising lab-grade insight without the lab. What it can — and can’t — do next.

Sonic USA and Kies Motorsports have launched a co-branded 124-piece mobile track kit built for track days and on-the-road repairs — what s inside, who it s for, and where to buy it

HR Acuity won the Brandon Hall Group gold for Best Ethical AI Responsible Technology. Here’s what the award means for HR teams, how the product works, and what comes next.

SAS argues 2026 will be the year healthcare data earns clinical weight. This piece explains how analytics could shift from insight to action, what that looks like, and what will sl