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The Algorithmic War

AI systems compete in microseconds. Your business decisions take days. See the problem?

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Brennan McDonald
Jul 30, 2025
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At 2:32 PM on May 6, 2010, the Dow Jones plummeted nearly 1,000 points in about 10 minutes. No human pressed the sell button. Algorithms reacting to algorithms had torn a hole in the market …

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