April 21, 2026
Your AI Now Has Your Bank Data: The Perplexity x Plaid Move
"Can I afford this?" It’s the question we ask ourselves every day. Now, Perplexity is using Plaid to answer it for you in real-time.
This week, Annie and special guest Michael Lock break down the "Genius or Terrifying" move to link your bank account directly to an LLM. While OpenAI and Anthropic are fighting over your desktop with "Computer Use" updates, Perplexity is making a play for your wallet.
What’s in this episode for you:
- The Financial AI: How Perplexity x Plaid turns your search engine into a personal CFO.
- Privacy vs. Utility: Would you trade your bank data for a "Budgeting Autopilot"?.
- The Jagged Frontier: Stanford’s 2026 AI Index reveals why your AI can solve high-level math but can't read an analog clock.
- The Allbirds Pivot: Why a sneaker company just raised $50M to become an AI broker.
- Junior Dev Warning: The real data behind AI automating entry-level software jobs.
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