Wall Street AI Value: Pricing Bureaucracy, Not Just Automating Tasks
dfinke · x · 2026-08-20
dfinke argues that the real question for Wall Street AI adoption isn't "Can the model do the job?" but "How much expensive human process exists around the job?".
Key Points:
- Significant costs are buried in Risk, Legal, Compliance, Ops, Reporting, and Reconciliation.
- AI doesn't just automate tasks; it "prices the bureaucracy," exposing the high cost of coordination.
- The barrier to entry isn't the AI capability, but the heavy burden of compliance and process that incumbents manage.
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