Goldman Sachs is partnering with the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic to develop AI agents to streamline various roles within the bank, as revealed by the firm's technology chief in an exclusive conversation with CNBC.
For the past six months, the bank has collaborated with Anthropic engineers to jointly create autonomous agents focused on two key areas: trade and transaction accounting, and client vetting and onboarding, as detailed by Marco Argenti, Goldman’s chief information officer.
According to Argenti, the firm is “in the early stages” of crafting agents based on Anthropic’s Claude model, which are expected to significantly reduce the time required for these critical tasks.
The founder of the cryptocurrency trading platform Crypto.com has acquired the domain AI.com for an impressive $70 million, marking the highest publicly reported domain sale. This acquisition aims to establish a new player in the artificial intelligence sector. The site will feature a personal "AI agent" designed for consumers to send messages, utilize applications, and engage in stock trading.
Kris Marszalek, co-founder and CEO of Crypto.com, declined to comment on the purchase price, which the deal's broker, Larry Fischer of GetYourDomain.com, verified. Fischer revealed to the Financial Times that the $70 million was paid in full to an undisclosed seller using cryptocurrency, the largest such transaction ever made public.
Marszalek initially launched Crypto.com in 2016, amid a saturated market of cryptocurrency exchanges, and the company's annual revenue has surged to approximately $1.5 billion. Crypto.com has also secured multiple significant partnerships with the Trump family's media venture, Trump Media & Technology Group.