Episode

#055 AI News for business - week 21

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May 20, 2026
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652
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Summary

Claude responded: In five business days, OpenAI launched Deployco and Anthropic rolled Claude across PwC's global workforce, locking in the Big Four and Big Three as named partn…In five business days, OpenAI launched Deployco and Anthropic rolled Claude across PwC's global workforce, locking in the Big Four and Big Three as named partners. The same week, Figure AI's humanoids sorted 101,391 packages over 81 hours with no humans in the loop — collapsing the white-collar and physical-labor AI curves into a single calendar. What stood out this week?   OpenAI launches Deployco, a $4B implementation subsidiary backed by Bain, Capgemini, and McKinsey  Anthropic rolls Claude Code and Cowork across PwC's global workforce and signs a $200M Gates Foundation deal  Figure AI's humanoid fleet runs 81 hours autonomously, sorting 101,391 packages with no humans in the loop  White-collar and physical-labor AI adoption curves converge into a single timeline  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.