The Web Was Always Supposed to Get Paid: Stefan Thomas on AI Agents, HTTP 402, and Taking Another Shot at Dassie
AI agents now outnumber people on many websites, and none of them look at an ad. At Ripple Swell, Coil CEO and former Ripple CTO Stefan Thomas explained why the web’s missing payment layer suddenly matters.
“The Cost of Getting It Wrong”: Amir Ghowsi Asks HeyGen and Flock Safety How AI Is Really Changing Customer Success
Everyone has been told to be more agentic. At Moment 2026, Cora.ai co-founder and CEO Amir Ghowsi skipped the hand-waving and asked two customer success leaders, one at an AI-native rocket ship and one where seconds matter, what actually works.
Skip the Paper Era: Braven’s Carlos Chávez on Whether AI Is Latin America’s Insurance Leapfrog
China skipped credit cards and went straight to digital wallets. At ITC Vegas, Braven co-founder and CEO Carlos Chávez took the stage to argue Latin American insurance can make the same jump.
One Risk at a Time: Embea’s Johannes Becher on Healthcare Data, Underwriting and the Future of Life Insurance
Embea founder and CEO Johannes Becher pulled double duty at ITC Vegas: moderating a fireside chat on turning healthcare data into an underwriting edge, then joining a panel of founders from three continents on closing the protection gap.
“AI Has Broken Trust": Tedd Huff and Socure's Matthew Thompson on Fraud, Deepfakes and AI Agents in the Stablecoin Era
Faster money means faster fraud. Tedd Huff asked Socure’s Matthew Thompson what identity has to look like when scammers use deepfakes and AI agents move money for us.
Bridge or BVNK, Built for Africa: Zynta’s Cairon Clarke on the Continent’s Stablecoin Decade
Sending $100,000 into Africa is still a headache. Zynta’s CEO made the case that regulated stablecoin rails, and the licenses behind them, are how that changes.
OpenRouter Routes the Intelligence. Heron Routes the Money: Samir Addamine’s Pitch for Stablecoin Payments Without the Crypto
At the StableCon pitch competition, Heron’s CEO argued the problem with stablecoin payments was never access. It is abstraction, coverage and workflow.
The Morning U.S. Bank Launched USBDC: Jamie Walker Tells Tedd Huff Why the Bank Is Leaning In, and What Still Has to Be Solved
Hours after U.S. Bank launched its USBDC stablecoin on Stellar, Tedd Huff asked the executive behind it whether the demand is real, and who answers when something breaks.