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The Goldman Sachs Exec on AI, Wall Street & the Firm That Went Bankrupt in 40 Minutes

July 6, 2026·25 min
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The Goldman Sachs exec who automated Wall Street on what AI agents actually do to jobs, companies, and the future of enterprise software. Marty Chavez got his AI PhD in 1991 when there were exactly zero AI jobs. So he went to Goldman Sachs and spent decades building the machines that took over Wall Street. Now at Sixth Street and on Alphabet's board, he joins Eric Newcomer at the Cerebral Valley AI Summit in London to explain what actually happens when AI replaces human labor, why a trading firm went bankrupt in 40 minutes because of a bot, and what it really takes to sell software to a large institution.Subscribe for weekly conversations with the founders, investors, and executives shaping the tech industry.

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