Rachel Pasqua

For AI agents to participate in economic activity, they need a form of money they can actually use. That immediately rules out most of the existing financial system. Modern payments infrastructure is built around identity, regulation, and institutional intermediaries. Every transaction assumes a human account holder, a bank relationship, and a chain of entities responsible for verifying who someone is before money can move.

The Limits of Scale In a 2012 interview with Fast Company , Bob Greenberg, founder of R/GA and a pioneer of the digital agency model, made a simple observation: once an organization grows beyond roughly 200 people, maintaining a creative culture becomes extremely difficult . Greenberg’s observation aligns with Dunbar’s number , the idea that a human can maintain stable working relationships with an average of 150 people. Beyond that point, communication becomes more formal, collaboration...

It’s that time of year again. To be fair, it’s been that time of year since CES rolled around in January. Conference season hits quickly after the new year and for those of us on the event circuit, it can be tough to shake off the holiday inertia and show up ready to represent your brand at its best. But in an increasingly virtual business world, these real world moments are a rare and powerful opportunity to stand out and make someone think, “Why aren’t we working with them already?” Events...