Agentic Commerce’s Next Phase Hinges On Closing The Consumer Trust Gap

Google UCP and OpenAI ACP race to lead agentic commerce, but consumer trust gaps in data and payments remain the biggest barrier.

Sentra Raises $5 Million To Build Enterprise General Intelligence

Sentra raises $5 Million from a16z speedrun and Together Fund to build enterprise AI that captures decisions, meetings, and organizational memory inside companies.

Choosing The Right AI In 2026 Is No Longer About Choosing The Right Model

In 2026, choosing the right AI comes down to matching capability profiles to specific tasks, risk levels and business outcomes, rather than chasing benchmark winners.

The State Of The $2.52 Trillion AI Bubble, January 2026

The explosion in data quantity has kept the marriage of computing and statistics thriving through successive hype cycles: “big data,” “data science,” and now “AI.”

The Innovator’s Dilemma, 2026: Achieving Serendipity In An AI World

Serendipity innovation is not something that can be engineered – though many organizations try.

As Healthcare AI Changes On The Fly, FDA Reconsiders How To Keep It Safe

The FDA’s approval process was designed for medical devices that stay largely the same after launch. Clinical AI does not operate this way; it is built to evolve.

No One Can Predict AI’s Impact On Jobs; But Here Are 4 Possibilities

With AI, the best we can do for now is to paint likely scenarios that may unfold.

Before Spending Billions On Rail, Italy Mapped Everything Around It

Italy is modernizing its rail transportation infrastructure. Key in this strategy is a transformation of station mapping with GIS and digital twins.

Taming The AI Beast: It May Be Too Late, One AI Leader Fears

Anthropic co-founder issues warning about the rapidly increasing and encroaching power of AI, and what we need to do about it.

How Portable Ultrasounds Keep Astronauts Healthy

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at how a new discovery could lead to unsinkable ships, the billions invested in AI “neolabs” and more.