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to keep using.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/jeffrey-zang-the-ai-wrapper-boom-is-missing-the-real-problem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/jeffrey-zang-the-ai-wrapper-boom-is-missing-the-real-problem</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:26:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/657YTp_EH/0x0/jeffrey-zang-1787678740943.jpeg"/><media:credit>Jeffrey Zang</media:credit><media:description>Jeffrey Zang: The AI Wrapper Boom Is Missing the Real Problem</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Akshay Petta Left BlackRock to Build the Systems Behind Reliable Financial AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[After using code to transform investment analysis, the former strategist moved into engineering and began building regulated financial platforms from the ground up.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/akshay-petta-left-blackrock-to-build-the-systems-behind-reliable-financial-ai</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/akshay-petta-left-blackrock-to-build-the-systems-behind-reliable-financial-ai</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:38:30 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/xufCqBieE/0x0/akshaypetta-1787593086351.jpg"/><media:credit>John Mark Legaspi</media:credit><media:description>Akshay Petta Left BlackRock to Build the Systems Behind Reliable Financial AI</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Can Execute Transactions -- Lu Zhang Is Focused on Whether It Actually Should Be]]></title><description><![CDATA[As commerce moves from AI-assisted tools toward AI-executed decisions, Zhang is focused on the rules that determine when an automated commercial action should proceed.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/ai-can-execute-transactions-lu-zhang-is-focused-on-whether-actually-should-be</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/ai-can-execute-transactions-lu-zhang-is-focused-on-whether-actually-should-be</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/e63wTWIFg/0x0/luzhangimage11200x628-1787541129202.jpg"/><media:credit>Fred C. from The FC Studio</media:credit><media:description>AI Can Execute Transactions -- Lu Zhang Is Focused on Whether It Actually Should Be</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toby Li Is Building a Faster Way to Move Cargo Across the Moon]]></title><description><![CDATA[InSitu Space’s Daedalus hopper is designed to carry payloads beyond a single landing site, giving scientists and operators access to lunar terrain that conventional rovers may struggle to reach.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/toby-li-is-building-a-faster-way-to-move-cargo-across-the-moon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/toby-li-is-building-a-faster-way-to-move-cargo-across-the-moon</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/Invp3JUnc/0x0/tobyli1200x628-1787540150036.jpg"/><media:credit>Toby Li</media:credit><media:description>Toby Li Is Building a Faster Way to Move Cargo Across the Moon</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Demo to Deployment: Paras Savnani on the Testing Gap in Robotics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Can a robot perform reliably once it leaves a controlled 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the physical world.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/how-can-video-generation-lead-to-robots-interacting-with-the-physical-world</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/how-can-video-generation-lead-to-robots-interacting-with-the-physical-world</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:19:19 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/x2gmvGaiV/0x0/robots-ai-world-1-1787443993016.jpeg"/><media:credit>Ho Tin Fan</media:credit><media:description>How Can Video Generation Lead to Robots Interacting With The Physical World?</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hajra Arbab Knows What Happens Before a Story Even Reaches the Screen]]></title><description><![CDATA[The media executive, producer, and arts leader works across global entertainment, independent film, and The Colony Lahore to help stories find the people they were made for.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/hajra-arbab-knows-what-happens-before-a-story-even-reaches-the-screen</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/hajra-arbab-knows-what-happens-before-a-story-even-reaches-the-screen</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:23:30 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/1-DxSulDM/0x0/hajraarbabfinal1200x628-1787332543192.jpg"/><media:credit>John Eli </media:credit><media:description>Hajra Arbab Knows What Happens Before a Story Even Reaches the Screen</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dan Zabrotski Is Betting That AI Will Change What Human Teaching Is Worth]]></title><description><![CDATA[The software engineer behind a zero-commission language marketplace is confronting an uncomfortable possibility: AI may take some lessons from human tutors while increasing the value of the work that still requires a person.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/dan-zabrotski-is-betting-that-ai-will-change-what-human-teaching-is-worth</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/dan-zabrotski-is-betting-that-ai-will-change-what-human-teaching-is-worth</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:05:03 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/kb2i9fi4o/0x0/danzabrotski1200x628-1787331707099.jpg"/><media:credit>Daria Simonyan</media:credit><media:description>Dan Zabrotski Is Betting That AI Will Change What Human Teaching Is Worth</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eldar Azamatov: Testing What AI-Native Engineering Looks Like in Practice]]></title><description><![CDATA[Azamatov is focused on the engineering systems that keep speed from weakening software quality.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/eldar-azamatov-testing-what-ai-native-engineering-looks-like-in-practice</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/eldar-azamatov-testing-what-ai-native-engineering-looks-like-in-practice</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:46:48 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/PwZad1-zo/0x0/eldar-azamatov-1-1787272961416.jpg"/><media:credit>Bekbol Toktonaliev</media:credit><media:description>Eldar Azamatov: Testing What AI-Native Engineering Looks Like in Practice</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sanchita Sultana: Looking Beyond Tobacco Use to the Conditions That Shape It]]></title><description><![CDATA[The epidemiologist’s research examines why evidence-based tobacco interventions do not reach every population equally]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/sanchita-sultana-looking-beyond-tobacco-use-to-the-conditions-that-shape-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/sanchita-sultana-looking-beyond-tobacco-use-to-the-conditions-that-shape-it</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:30:40 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/t6AV58QLo/0x0/sanchitasultana-1787271764577.jpg"/><media:credit>Sam&apos;s Photo</media:credit><media:description>Sanchita Sultana: Looking Beyond Tobacco Use to the Conditions That Shape It</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dr. Shruti Sharma on Helping Deep Tech Founders Turn Strong Science Into a Clearer Path Forward]]></title><description><![CDATA[The materials scientist and innovation ecosystem builder works with early-stage ventures on the practical decisions that help complex technologies move toward customers, partners, pilots, and funding.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/dr-shruti-sharma-on-helping-deep-tech-founders-turn-strong-science-into-a-clearer-path-forward</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/dr-shruti-sharma-on-helping-deep-tech-founders-turn-strong-science-into-a-clearer-path-forward</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:18:46 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/_Qrfojg1n/0x0/shruti-sharma-1787163329335.jpeg"/><media:credit>Staff Photographer for Brookhaven National Laboratory</media:credit><media:description>Dr. Shruti Sharma on Helping Deep Tech Founders Turn Strong Science Into a Clearer Path Forward</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joshua Kalms Built an Audience Before He Built His Client Pipeline]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Multiply CEO turned years of public advertising analysis into media brands reaching hundreds of millions of people, creating a visible body of work that became a source of new business for his creative performance agency.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/joshua-kalms-built-an-audience-before-he-built-his-client-pipeline</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/joshua-kalms-built-an-audience-before-he-built-his-client-pipeline</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:28:23 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/VOtiDh4KK/0x0/joshkalms1200x628fullsize-1787088424664.jpg"/><media:credit>Courtesy of Multiply</media:credit><media:description>Joshua Kalms Built an Audience Before He Built His Client Pipeline</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fans Have Always Paid for Access -- BuzzStar Turned It All Into an App]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the live fan-access platform, fans pay by the minute for one-on-one video calls with the creators and celebrities they follow. The economics of fame suggest it was inevitable.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/fans-have-always-paid-for-access-buzzstar-turned-it-all-into-an-app</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/fans-have-always-paid-for-access-buzzstar-turned-it-all-into-an-app</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:35:53 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/zExVxB2c1/0x0/buzzstar-1-1787085317970.jpg"/><media:credit>BuzzStar</media:credit><media:description>Fans Have Always Paid for Access -- BuzzStar Turned It All Into an App</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 Lessons I Wish I'd Known Before Founding My AI Startup]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oscar Brisset's trajectory as an AI startup founder. ]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/4-lessons-i-wish-id-known-before-founding-my-ai-startup</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/4-lessons-i-wish-id-known-before-founding-my-ai-startup</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:42:28 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/Bf4Ypa5Pq/0x0/oscar-brisset-1786819161020.jpeg"/><media:credit>Oscar Brisset </media:credit><media:description>4 Lessons I Wish I&apos;d Known Before Founding My AI Startup</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reputation Insider Puts AI Reputation on the Corporate Agenda]]></title><description><![CDATA[A company may know exactly what appears on the first page of Google and still have little idea how it is described by AI. ]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/reputation-insider-puts-ai-reputation-on-the-corporate-agenda</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/reputation-insider-puts-ai-reputation-on-the-corporate-agenda</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Distractify Staff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:10:16 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/laTTJQm0y/0x0/image1-1-2-1786817301012.jpg"/><media:credit>Reputation Insider</media:credit><media:description>Reputation Insider Puts AI Reputation on the Corporate Agenda</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Kenneth Rosenfeld’s Post-Trial Strategy Changed the Outcome of a High-Stakes DUI Murder Case]]></title><description><![CDATA[Even in the face of the most serious convictions, the right approach at the right time can make all the difference.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/kenneth-rosenfeld-post-trial-strategy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/kenneth-rosenfeld-post-trial-strategy</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Distractify Staff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:01:47 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/IwBBYx90m/0x0/kenneth-lawyer-1784657032674.jpg"/><media:credit>Kenneth Rosenfeld</media:credit><media:description>How Kenneth Rosenfeld’s Post-Trial Strategy Changed the Outcome of a High-Stakes DUI Murder Case</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael J. Cohen: The Architect Behind AIG’s Global Expansion Now Shaping the Future of Insurance Through EOS]]></title><description><![CDATA[EOS is a weather-driven underwriting and risk intelligence company led by industry executive Kris Hamburger.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/michael-j-cohen-aig-global-expansion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/michael-j-cohen-aig-global-expansion</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:00:09 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/RVPLIuNi0/0x0/michael-cohen-photo-1784656367517.jpg"/><media:credit>Michael J. Cohen/Warrior Network Agency</media:credit><media:description>Michael J. Cohen: The Architect Behind AIG’s Global Expansion Now Shaping the Future of Insurance Through EOS</media:description></item></channel></rss>