JPMorgan Hacks Its Own Brain, Promotes Guy to AI Overlord

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•JPMorgan reorganized its Commercial and Investment Bank in February 2026 to speed up AI adoption across its divisions.
•Guy Halamish was appointed COO of the CIB to oversee data and AI strategy, reporting to co-CEOs Doug Petno and Troy Rohrbaugh.
•Zachery Anderson joined as Chief Data and Analytics Officer for payments after working six years at NatWest in the UK.

In a stunning 2026 plot twist, JPMorgan's $25 billion profit-generating Commercial and Investment Bank division appointed Guy Halamish as COO, charging him with wielding AI like a financial Gandalf. Halamish now commands new data and analytics officers—yes, plural—each a business chief of their own data kingdoms like banking, markets, payments, and securities. Fresh recruit Zachery Anderson sashayed over from UK’s NatWest to shove AI to the 'edge of possible.' Bosses Doug Petno and Troy Rohrbaugh say this restructure is about smashing silos and unleashing AI-powered client onboarding magic, all backed by an $18 billion tech war chest. CEO Jamie Dimon closed it out with a divine plea, 'so help us God,' on staying AI-frontline.

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When your bank spends $18 billion on AI and promotes a guy to data czar, you know Wall Street’s about to get robot overlords—but with worse customer service.

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JPMorgan named a guy to boss AI because nothing says progress like handing more power to 'the chosen one' of spreadsheets.

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Guy Halamish is now basically AI's CEO inside JPMorgan, which probably means my bank app will either become super helpful or just start sending me cryptic poem alerts.

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