This week’s Top of Stack breaks down the power plays reshaping AI, finance, and healthcare. From the quiet rise of embedded capital to the public push for AI regulation, and from private-sector health overhauls to bold new IPO bets. This is where capital converges with culture and policy. If you’re leading in tech, finance, or health, this briefing is your strategic compass.

This week, I take on my new role as Vice President and Managing Director of Avenue Z Miami where I’ll oversee one of the agency’s fastest-growing communications hubs. Read the full announcement here and more in PR Week’s Breakfast Briefing.

News Trends to Watch

AI & Tech

• Axios: Behind the Curtain: An AI Marshall Plan
• NPR: An AI video ad is making a splash. Is it the future of advertising?

• The New York Times: Everyone Is Using A.I. for Everything. Is That Bad?
• The New York Times: A.I. Computing Power Is Splitting the World Into Haves and Have-Nots
• The New York Times: Can You Choose an A.I. Model That Harms the Planet Less?

Politics and Regulation

• Bloomberg: Trump Tax Bill: AI Titans Struggle to Use Rising Clout to Block State Regulation
• Forbes: GENIUS Act May Take Over SEC’s Power On Digital Assets: What It Means For Finance
• PYMNTS: Tech Giants Seek 10-Year Freeze on State AI Rules
• Reuters: Fed kicks off effort to ease bank leverage rules
• TechCrunch: Moratorium on state AI regulation clears Senate hurdle

Finance & Investment

• Axios: FICO to incorporate buy-now-pay-later loans into credit scores
• Financial Times: The US’s clean tech finance advantage is looking vulnerable
• Fortune: The IPO market is booming—and more big listings like Klarna and StubHub could come this fall
• Forbes: Meta Invests $14 Billion In Scale AI To Strengthen Model Training
• Reuters: US foreign investment slump – anomaly or warning?
• World Economic Forum: How AI is making financial advice more accessible

Healthcare

• Forbes: The Amazing Ways AI Agents Will Transform Healthcare
• KFF: Medicaid Changes in House and Senate Reconciliation Bills Would Increase Costs for 1.3 Million Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries
• Reuters: Amazon’s healthcare business to be divided into six units after losing top health executives
• World Economic Forum: 6 ways that robotics are transforming healthcare

Clients in the News

• Axios: Fundbox acqui-hires Vaya founders for embedded lending (Fundbox)
• Axios: Quinn raises $11M for embedded financial planning (Quinn)
• Cybernews: Advertising moves past AI hype at Cannes Lions 2025 (Avenue Z)
• Fintech Newscast: Ep 259- Extend CEO Andrew Jamison (Extend)

• Financial Planning: New tools for donor-advised funds tap the social aspect of giving (Daffy)
• MarketWatch: Should you use your home equity to pay off credit-card debt? Read this before taking out a HELOC. (Better.com)

Hot Upcoming Events

• The Litquidity Classic by Litquidity with hosts Brightwave and Avenue Z on 6/28 in NYC brings together Wall Street’s most influential to face off in a padel tournament. Attendees are talent from top financial firms, including CGR LP, Blackstone, McCourt Global, Cresset, and The Carlyle Group.

Break News, Not Just Ground

Every signal in this week’s stack points to one truth: relevance is a moving target. The companies leading tomorrow aren’t just tracking trends, they’re shaping them. In a world of accelerating change, the loudest voice is the one that offers clarity, speed, and a distinct point of view. If you’re not speaking up, you’re falling behind. Let’s get you ahead.