Agentic AI

Businesses Move to Rein In AI in the Shift to Autonomous Finance
Businesses Move to Rein In AI in the Shift to Autonomous Finance
February 18, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

As enterprises hand artificial intelligence agents the authority to initiate payments, approve refunds, route compliance alerts and coordinate workflows across finance, HR and operations, a...

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Render Raises $100 Million to Build Cloud Tech for AI Agents
Render Raises $100 Million to Build Cloud Tech for AI Agents
February 17, 2026  |  Investments

Cloud technology company Render has raised $100 million in new funding. The firm’s Series C extension, announced Tuesday (Feb. 17), values Render at $1.5 billion...

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AI Turns Websites Into Adaptive Sales Engines
AI Turns Websites Into Adaptive Sales Engines
February 17, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Digital marketing has a blind spot. The industry has become extraordinarily adept at funneling persuasion before the click, but once those hard-fought-for clicks happen, the...

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Why Voice Is the New Middleware of Commerce
Why Voice Is the New Middleware of Commerce
February 17, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Voice technology has spent a decade as a high-tech novelty, a hands-free way to set timers or check the weather that consistently hit a ceiling...

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Anthropic Pushes Into India With Airline and Startup Pacts
Anthropic Pushes Into India With Airline and Startup Pacts
February 16, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic has opened its first office in India. With the company’s new office in Bengaluru, announced Monday (Feb. 16) and partnerships...

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OpenAI and Cisco Back Standards to Scale Agentic AI
OpenAI and Cisco Back Standards to Scale Agentic AI
February 16, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Right alongside the immense promise of agentic AI is the issue of trust. CFOs, according to PYMNTS Intelligence, are gaining it. So are consumers. As...

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AI Agents Are Now Running the Back Office at Insurance Giants
AI Agents Are Now Running the Back Office at Insurance Giants
February 12, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Insurance companies are beginning to deploy agentic artificial intelligence (AI) systems that do more than summarize documents or answer customer questions. They are orchestrating entire...

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37 Percent of Power Users Make AI Their Primary Finance Tool
37 Percent of Power Users Make AI Their Primary Finance Tool
February 12, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

The novelty phase of conversational artificial intelligence has officially ended, giving way to a more formidable market phase: structural reliance. While nearly half of U.S....

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AI Agents Are Becoming the New Power Brokers in Digital Commerce
AI Agents Are Becoming the New Power Brokers in Digital Commerce
February 12, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

This edition of “The Prompt Economy™ Tracker®” examines how tokenization is emerging as the foundational trust layer for agentic AI and the next generation of digital commerce....

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