by Ekrem Duman | Aug 10, 2026 | AI Strategy & Operations, Finance, Technology News
⚡ TL;DR Enterprises rushed into AI agent pilots in 2025 and early 2026, but most never made it to production. New data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, McKinsey and IDC puts the number of companies with at least one AI agent actually running in production at...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 9, 2026 | AI Strategy & Operations
OpenAI is shutting down its ChatGPT Atlas browser on August 9, 2026 — less than a year after launching it in fall 2025 — and folding its browsing and computer-use features into ChatGPT and Codex instead. The move is a clear signal that the fight over AI browser agents...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 29, 2026 | AI Strategy & Operations, Finance
⚡ TL;DR Moody’s Ratings warned in July 2026 that “unprecedented” AI infrastructure spending — projected to hit $785 billion in 2026 and $1 trillion by 2027 — is eroding free cash flow and increasing balance-sheet risk at Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet,...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 28, 2026 | AI Strategy & Operations, Procurement
Agentic AI in procurement means software agents that plan, negotiate, and execute buying tasks with limited human sign-off, rather than just generating text or dashboards. In 2026, survey data shows roughly 90% of procurement leaders are implementing or planning to...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 20, 2026 | AI Strategy & Operations
⚡ TL;DRTwo of the most quoted voices in tech and finance — Palantir’s Alex Karp and economist Nouriel Roubini — gave sharply different reads on AI’s endgame in July 2026: Karp is betting on personal windfall from the AI boom, while Roubini argues society...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 18, 2026 | AI Strategy & Operations
Agentic AI Investment vs. Failure Risk (2026)19%Significant investment42%Conservative investment40%+Projects canceled by 2027Source: Gartner, 2026 Enterprise agentic AI investment levels compared with Gartner’s 2027 project-cancellation forecast. ⚡ TL;DRGartner...
