foundational
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“The bottom line is that the market is clearly favoring foundational security and infrastructure layers over legacy applications as artificial intelligence reshapes software business models.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
This week, Gov. Gavin Newsom called on mortgage companies to better support fire victims, calling “survivors’ ability to access the insurance coverage they’ve paid for ... foundational to recovery.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
"These findings are particularly concerning because persistence is foundational to skill acquisition and is one of the strongest predictors of long-term learning," the authors wrote.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
In his new book, Turing's Mistake: Escaping the Yoke of Unintelligent Machines, Denning argues that two foundational assumptions made by Turing in 1950 continue to shape AI research today.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
We cannot understand science without studying the history of these foundational concepts.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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