Return on AI: Daily — July 9, 2026

Today's posts cover two distinct parts of the AI business picture. The first looks at AI-driven financial advisory firms, which are signing client…

Albertsons Back-end AI Outperforms Chatbots As 47% Of Grocers Lag

McKinsey Finds AI Leaders Boosted EBITDA 20% As Most Firms Stay In Pilot Mode

Return on AI: Daily — July 8, 2026

Today's coverage tracks where AI is creating measurable financial and organizational pressure: in hiring, where AI fluency is displacing technical…

AI Financial Advisers Outpace Legacy Firms On Client Acquisition Speed

Transformer Shortages Extend Data Center Builds By Years For AI Growth

Employers Now Rank AI Fluency Above Technical Credentials For New Hires

Palantir Hit $1bn In U.S. Government Revenue Using Embedded Software Platforms

The Atlantic's OpenAI Deal Shows How Publishers Shape AI Terms

AT&T Says Model Routing Cuts Enterprise AI Costs By 90 Percent

Return on AI: Weekly Digest — July 6, 2026

This week's coverage comes down to one uncomfortable truth: the results AI delivers are determined before the model ever runs, by the quality of y…

Clean Customer Data Turns Agentic AI Into Measurable Retail Revenue