Agentic AI

What Happens to Stores When AI Agents Do the Shopping?

What Happens to Stores When AI Agents Do the Shopping?
What Happens to Stores When AI Agents Do the Shopping?
February 18, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Fifty years ago, Susan was one of more than a hundred million Americans who drove to a shopping mall an average of once a week...

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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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