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Adapting to Agents, Plugging into Problem Solving
Glen speaks with Tony Hernandez about the power of CU Unplugged’s “un-conference” model, why he couldn’t wait a full year to rev up its collaborative engine again, and how a BOGGSAT can deliver impressive results. Fresh from the Innovation Club, Velir’s Cory Caplette and Josh Hover share insights on retooling websites for agentic traffic, the risk of “AI invisibility,” and the offsetting opportunity to gain mindshare. Also- X Money expands (but leans on the fine print).
Links related to this episode:
- CU Unplugged, November 18-20 in Fort Worth, Texas: https://www.cu-unplugged.com/
- VentureTech, November 16-18 at the same site: https://myventuretech.com/ (DISCOUNT AVAILABLE for those attending both events)
- Velir x Brooklyn Data: https://www.velir.com/
- Our recent interviews with Finovate standouts Go.AI https://www.big-fintech.com/a-fintech-by-any-other-name-2/ and Tweezr https://www.big-fintech.com/putting-an-accent-on-identity-code-modernization-and-fraud/ as discussed at BIG’s recent Innovation Club.
Also, both startups’ 7-minute demo videos:
- https://finovate.com/videos/finovatefall-2026-go-ai/
- https://finovate.com/videos/finovatefall-2026-tweezr/
We recently held a very productive semi-annual in-person meeting of the Innovation Club- a curated group of credit union tech, data and strategy leaders. We also meet virtually each month to extend R&D budgets by collaborating on tangible solutions to real world challenges. Sound like your kind of thing? See if you’re a fit and if so, request a guest pass to an upcoming session: https://www.big-fintech.com/innovation-club/
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