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Goldman Sachs opens new engineering office in Washington
Goldman Sachs has opened a new office in Bellevue,
Washington. The new location is the firm’ s first dedicated space for engineers in the region and will accommodate more than 125 employees focused on Artificial Intelligence and cloud transformation.
“ We are in a period of rapid technological change, but we know our people are still this firm’ s greatest asset. Hiring exceptional talent is central to how we adapt and grow,” said David Solomon, Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs.“ The Pacific Northwest is home to many of the world’ s top engineering schools and a deep pool of talent. Opening in Bellevue reflects our long-term commitment to attracting and developing technologists who want to work with the best and lead our industry through this next phase of change.”
The new dedicated space gives Goldman Sachs a permanent footprint in one of the world’ s leading technology hubs and serves as a strategic presence to accelerate its firmwide AI and cloud transformation. The Bellevue location provides access to a deep pool of engineering talent and a strong pipeline of graduates from leading universities, with expertise across cloud, AI and other emerging technologies.
Goldman Sachs employs over 12,000 engineers, representing roughly one-quarter of the firm’ s global workforce, who play a critical role in developing the technologies that power its businesses. As technology and AI continue to transform the financial industry, the firm is at the forefront of equipping its engineers with advanced tools and platforms that help drive innovation, enhance productivity and support clients.
Guidewire introduces Qusar release to help insurers build and control AI agents
Guidewire has launched the Agentic Framework in its new Qusar release, enabling insurers to build, deploy and manage AI agents on Guidewire Cloud Platform. The framework delivers value grounded in Guidewire’ s deep insurance context across the functions that matter most to the business throughout the insurance lifecycle. Paired with new capabilities across Guidewire’ s application portfolio, the Agentic Framework empowers carriers to protect indemnity margins and elevate underwriting decisions, giving them the operational speed and precision to compete with confidence.
Qusar also introduces Guidewire-developed agents designed for specific insurance workflows.
“ Guidewire AI innovations are helping us transform how we support our teams and serve our members,” said Garrett Anderson, Chief Information Officer, Automobile Club of Southern California.“ By using AI to summarise claims and streamline key insurance workflows, we’ re improving efficiency, helping our adjusters focus on higher-value work and creating a stronger foundation for future innovation.”
The Agentic Framework enables insurance carriers to choose the right AI model for each task and provides AI agents with secure, real-time access to policy, claims and billing data and workflows. This allows complex, multi-step processes to run automatically, so decisions that once took days can happen in minutes.
“ Insurers are increasingly recognising that AI value comes from deep integration with core business processes, not from isolated experimentation,” said Karlyn Carnahan, Executive Partner, Celent.“ Agentic Framework addresses this directly by letting insurers deploy AI within their existing systems and workflows while maintaining operational control and compliance.”
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