“The first iteration of a solution is going to be real rough” ITX Delivery Director Christina Halladay told me over coffee one morning. “It takes iteration, and solid communication, to get it just right.” In technology, we often find a disconnect between what we know it takes to craft an excellent digital product — knowing … Continued

This article, penned by ITX’s CEO Ralph Dandrea, was originally published to his LinkedIn page on October 16, 2026. Much of the conversation around artificial intelligence focuses on its dazzling capabilities: passing bar exams, writing software from sentence-long prompts, or hypothesizing novel molecules with the potential to revolutionize medicine. Far less attention is paid to … Continued

Recently, experimental AI models from frontier labs have been escaping containment (often through creative and unexpected means) and wreaking havoc. Misalignment between the intentions of humans, and the means that AI models use to accomplish their goals, means that the importance of human-in-the-loop decision making will only become more important as these newer, more capable models hit the … Continued

Recently, in the WealthTech industry, the big players have preferred buying to building. The biggest deals capture attention: Bain Capital taking Envestnet private for $4.5 billion, or Vanguard agreeing to buy Altruist for roughly $4 billion — more than double what the company was worth sixteen months earlier. However, looking at the largest acquisitions risks … Continued