Moves
Schwab surprises analysts with extra rapid launch of own MCP servers, also leaping from read-only to agentic (get stuff done) AI; it leaves RIAs out for now, and makes Anthropic's days numbered as Schwab's exclusive LLM
The $13.3-trillion Texas broker-dealer is already rolling out its own Model Context Protocol (MCP) server -- in part because its CEO had expressed reservations publicly on Oct. 16.
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