About this episode
February 2026 was the month that AI's transformation stopped being an insider story and cascaded across groups — from developers embracing a new era of autonomous agents to Wall Street panic-selling stocks in AI's crosshairs to Washington's first real power struggle over who controls the technology. This KPMG-sponsored monthly recap puts a fine point on how the rise of agentic AI, the SaaS apocalypse, and the Anthropic-Pentagon conflict all connect as part of one sweeping shift. In the headlines: the latest on Anthropic versus the US government including Claude's reported use in the Iran strikes, and OpenAI's record $110 billion fundraise.Want to build with OpenClaw?LEARN MORE ABOUT CLAW CAMP: ????????????https://campclaw.ai/????????????Or for enterprises, check out: ????????????https://enterpriseclaw.ai/????????????Brought to you by:KPMG – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, Agentic AI Untangled, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at ????????www.kpmg.us/Navigate????????AIUC-1 - Get your agents certified to communicate trust to enterprise buyers - ?https://www.aiuc-1.com/?Mercury - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at ??????????https://mercury.com/personal-banking??????????Rackspace Technology - Build, test and scale intelligent workloads faster with Rackspace AI Launchpad - ????????????????http://rackspace.com/ailaunchpad????????????????Blitzy - Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? ?????????????https://blitzy.com/?????????????Optimizely Agents in Action - Join the virtual event (with me!) free March 4 - ????????????????????https://www.optimizely.com/insights/agents-in-action/????????????????????AssemblyAI - The best way to build Voice AI apps - ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????https://w