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EP24: Can AI Learn to Think About Money?" -  with Bayan Bruss (Capital One)
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Feb. 8, 2026

EP24: Can AI Learn to Think About Money?" - with Bayan Bruss (Capital One)

Bayan Bruss, VP of Applied AI at Capital One, joins us to talk about building AI systems that can make autonomous financial decisions, and why money might be the hardest problem in machine learning. Bayan leads Capital One's AI Foundations team, where they're working toward a destination most people don't associate with banking: getting AI systems to perceive financial ecosystems, form beliefs about the future, and take actions based on those beliefs. It's a framework that sounds simple until yo...
Guest: Bayan Bruss