Agent Programs & Merchant Services

Fiserv has promoted Takis Georgakopoulos to CEO, effective immediately. This leadership change aims to strengthen the company’s strategic direction.

A new manual valuation method is being tested to establish fair market prices for used AI hardware, aiding brokers in secondary GPU sales.

An analysis of the skills marketplace’s growth, structural challenges, and key developments six months after predictions, based on recent data and industry insights.

OpenClaw and Hermes introduce a new layer of persistent personal agents capable of autonomous actions across digital environments, transforming AI interaction.

A new skills standard exists, but a marketplace with monetization, vetting, and discovery remains absent, leaving a significant gap in AI ecosystem development.

Resellers selling on eBay, Poshmark, and Mercari are testing a manual cross-platform buyer ledger to improve customer insights and decision-making.

Anthropic introduces Claude-based financial agents and connectors, positioning as an orchestration layer over data providers, challenging Bloomberg Terminal’s dominance.

Google announces a $750 million fund and rebrands Vertex AI to Gemini Enterprise, aiming to regain enterprise AI market share from Anthropic, which now leads with 40%.

Analysis of 2026 AI launches reveals 90% are features, not true agent platforms, risking vendor lock-in and misaligned expectations.

A new rebrandable client delivery dashboard for AI agencies is being tested as a first step to improve client transparency and professionalism.