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Access has scaled. Agency hasn’t. Investing in intelligent systems can address this gap while generating both financial and impact returns. Our Causes Since 2011, the share of adults with a financial account has jumped by 28 percentage points. Yet one core measure—whether a person can raise emergency funds within 30 days—has barely moved. In low- and…

On January 21, 2026, the global AI conversation gathered in Davos under the banner of the Inflection of Intelligence. At the Imagination in Action AI Summit convened by MIT CSAIL and partners, the discussions on general, societal, and planetary intelligence, the emphasis was on the scale of capability, infrastructure, and potential impact. The premise was…