Financing the agentic economy
The agentic economy is coming. Not chatbots, not copilots, but autonomous AI agents that can plan, decide, transact, and spawn sub-agents to carry out tasks their principals may never have explicitly authorised. The open-source platform OpenClaw has triggered a national frenzy in China, with local governments subsidising “one-person companies” built on networks of agents, and […]
AI could push society past points of no return, new research warns
University of Oxford and Theia Finance Labs launch ‘Silicon Boundaries’ concept, warning that unchecked deployment of AI risks irreversible societal tipping points. Researchers identify impacts of AI across nine dimensions, from mental health to democratic stability to financial markets. Oxford and Berlin, 26th March 2026 – A new report published today by the Oxford Sustainable Finance […]