JPMorgan Chase plans to deploy more powerful AI agents this year

Cnbc · Jun 09, 2026 · 567 words · By Hugh Son

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JPMorgan Chase plans to deploy artificial intelligence agents later this year that can work autonomously for far longer than existing versions, marking another milestone in the corporate adoption of AI, CNBC has learned exclusively.

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Why it matters

AI agents are evolving from tools that complete single tasks to digital workers that manage workflows across multiple steps and disparate software programs, Derek Waldron, JPMorgan chief analytics officer, told CNBC in an interview.

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"We've entered now the era of long-running autonomous agents," Waldron said.

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Claim 1: “In private banking, for example, AI systems screen market activity, client positions and research overnight”

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While the general use of AI in banking is mentioned, the specific detail about screening market activity and client positions 'overnight' in private banking is not explicitly corroborated across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 9, 2026 ... JPMorgan says AI is already boosting business results, including a 20% increase in private banking gross sales, and could eventually allow ...
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/09/jpmorgan-chase-ai-agents.htm…

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web search NEUTRAL — Deepak discusses the rapid development of Equities QIS strategies, from the technology enhancements to the use of LLMs in product development, and where this ...
https://www.jpmorgan.com/markets

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web search NEUTRAL — We've been using it in macroeconomics. Our economists use AI to understand what central bank speeches are all about and when they're sentiments that are ...
https://markets.jpmorgan.com/home

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Claim 2: “Derek Waldron, JPMorgan chief analytics officer, told CNBC in an interview”

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Multiple sources, including McKinsey and Digital Banking, explicitly identify Derek Waldron as the Chief Analytics Officer at JPMorgan Chase.

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web search NEUTRAL — JPMorgan Chase’s chief analytics officer, Derek Waldron, and McKinsey Senior Partner Kevin Buehler, who have known each other for nearly two decades, sat down with Matt Cooke, McKinsey’s communication…
https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/financial-services/our-i…

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web search NEUTRAL — Derek Waldron. Chief Analytics Officer.Derek Waldron is the Chief Analytics Officer at JPMorganChase. His role is to spearhead the Firm’s overall Artificial Intelligence program to drive transformativ…
https://digital-banking.americanbanker.com/profile/derek-wal…

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web search NEUTRAL — Derek Waldron, based in New York, NY, US, is currently a Chief Analytics Officer at JPMorgan Chase & Co.. Derek Waldron holds a 2004 - 2007 Ph.D. in Computational Physics @ McGill University. Derek Wa…
https://rocketreach.co/derek-waldron-email_79950376

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Claim 3: “JPMorgan Chase plans to deploy artificial intelligence agents later this year that can work autonomously for far longer than existing versions”

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Multiple independent web sources (Andrew Cohen, Briefs Finance, Tech in Asia) confirm JPMorgan Chase plans to deploy AI agents that can operate autonomously for hours later this year.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Claude Mythos is a series of large language models developed by Anthropic. It is the most powerful series of models in the Claude family. The first model in the series was Claude Mythos Preview. Anthr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Mythos

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — JPMorgan Chase & Co. (stylized as JPMorganChase) is an American multinational banking institution headquartered in New York City and incorporated in Delaware. It is the largest bank in the United Stat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPMorgan_Chase

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) research organization headquartered in San Francisco, consisting of OpenAI Group PBC, a for-profit public benefit corporation (PBC), partially contro…
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Claim 4: “The bank has seen a 20% increase in gross sales because of these tools”

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Multiple web search results (Andrew Cohen and Briefs Finance) explicitly credit AI tools with a 20% rise in private banking gross sales.

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Claim 5: “Long-running agents have already emerged over the past year as examples including Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenClaw went viral”

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Wikipedia and web search results confirm that OpenClaw is an autonomous AI agent and Claude Code is an AI-assisted software development tool from Anthropic.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Claude is a series of large language models developed by American software company Anthropic. Named after mathematician and scientist Claude Shannon, Claude was released as an AI-based chatbot in Marc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_(AI)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — OpenClaw is a free and open-source autonomous artificial intelligence agent that can execute tasks via large language models (LLMs), using messaging platforms as its main user interface.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenClaw

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Vibe coding is software development assisted by artificial intelligence (AI) where the software developer describes a project or task in a prompt to a large language model (LLM) which generates source…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibe_coding

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Claim 6: “JPMorgan... has a nearly $20 billion annual technology budget”

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Multiple sources report a technology budget of nearly $20 billion, with one source specifying a 2026 budget of $19.8 billion.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In April and May 2012, large trading losses occurred at JPMorgan's Chief Investment Office, based on transactions booked through its London branch. The unit was run by Chief Investment Officer Ina Dre…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 270 Park Avenue, also known as the JPMorganChase Tower, is a supertall skyscraper on the East Side of the Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Since October 21, 2025, it has served as t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/270_Park_Avenue_(2025–present)

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Claim 7: “JPMorgan... is the biggest U.S. bank by assets”

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Wikipedia and MX Technologies explicitly state that JPMorgan Chase is the largest bank in the United States by assets.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., doing business as Chase, is an American national bank headquartered in Columbus, Ohio that constitutes the consumer and commercial banking subsidiary of the American multina…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chase_Bank

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The JPMorgan Chase Tower, formerly Texas Commerce Tower, is a 1,002-foot (305.4-meter), 2,243,013-square-foot (208,382.7 m2), 75-story skyscraper at 600 Travis Street in Downtown Houston, Texas, Unite…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPMorgan_Chase_Tower_(Houston)

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Claim 8: “Dimon has been clear that some of his workers will be displaced by AI”

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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding Jamie Dimon's specific statements on worker displacement by AI.

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Claim 9: “We will have those in 2026”

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Three independent web sources quote Derek Waldron stating, 'We will have those in 2026' regarding long-running agents for corporate use.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 9, 2026 ... While long-running agents aren't yet ready for corporate use because of security concerns, their arrival isn't far off, Waldron said: "We will ...
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/09/jpmorgan-chase-ai-agents.htm…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 10, 2026 ... JPMorgan will deploy long-running AI agents in 2026 that work for hours on their own ... Waldron says they could one day last for days ...
https://www.briefs.co/news/jpmorgan-ai-agents-work-for-hours…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 10, 2026 ... ... companies and that long-running agents are not yet ready for corporate use. “We will have those in 2026,” he said. He added that AI tools in ...
https://www.techinasia.com/news/jpmorgan-chase-plans-autonom…

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Claim 10: “JPMorgan, run by CEO Jamie Dimon since 2006, is the biggest U.S. bank by assets”

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Wikipedia and LinkedIn confirm Jamie Dimon has been the CEO of JPMorgan Chase since 2005/2006.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — James Dimon ( DY-mən; born March 13, 1956) is an American businessman who has been the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of JPMorgan Chase since 2006. Dimon began his career as a management c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Dimon

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