Mercury on "The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis

AI in the AM — Week 2 Highlights (June 2026)

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Nathan Labenz, Erik Torenberg
Erik Torenberg, Nathan Labenz
June 13, 2026
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The cognitive revolution is brought to you by Mercury, the fintech that more than 300,000 ambitious companies and individuals trust to run their finances. Over the last few months, I have made tremendous strides with my personal AI infrastructure. Today, I've got high context instances of both Cloud Code and OpenClaw running on a Mac mini, and it's amazing what they can do. However, until getting started with Mercury, I didn't have a great way for them to pay for things. I didn't want to give them unrestricted access to my money, but my old bank didn't give me any other options. With Mercury, I can create as many virtual cards as I want, each with its own daily, weekly, or monthly spending limit, and I can lock any card to a single category of purchase or even a single merchant. Now, I have a card that my agent can use to buy our family's groceries and only our groceries, And I can create another anytime I want to give an agent a random one off project that might require making a purchase. This is honestly just the start of Mercury's AI friendly offerings. Does your bank offer API keys, an MCP, or a CLI tool? If not, check out Mercury at mercury.com. Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC insured bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group and column NA, members FDIC. Thank you to Mercury for supporting the cognitive revolution.

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"The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis
AI in the AM — Week 2 Highlights (June 2026)
Hosts: Nathan Labenz, Erik Torenberg
Publisher: Erik Torenberg, Nathan Labenz