2026 FTF Awards Interview with DeepSee.ai

July 29, 2026 – Agentic A.I. is proving to be a great fit for firms modernizing securities operations, particularly systems that were once manual. But as firms begin to embrace a new era of “operational alpha” that consists of compelling ROIs, greater efficiencies, risk mitigation, better SLAs, and other benefits, they have to remember one key fact: a small percentage of the agents might get it wrong.
“In operations, if you’re 1% wrong, you’re 100% wrong,” says Steve Shillingford, CEO of DeepSee.ai, who won the 2026 FTF Award for Best Cutting-Edge Solution. In this FTF News video, Shillingford explains why operational alpha means keeping human beings and guardrails in the loop so that A.I. agents can learn and evolve.
Watch the full video interview here.