THE DAY ASIA’S BRIGHTEST MINDS WERE CONFRONTED BY A HARD TRUTH

Everyone expected triumph. But what happened instead left the audience reeling. In the sunlit academic halls of UP Diliman, Asia’s brightest students—engineers, economists, AI researchers—converged to explore the future of investing through algorithms.They expected Plazo to preach automation, unveil breakthroughs, and fan their enthusiasm. I

The scene was set for celebration. But what happened instead left the audience reeling. At the University of the Philippines' famed lecture theater, students from across Asia’s elite universities gathered to witness the gospel of AI in finance.They expected Plazo to reaffirm their belief that AI would rule the markets. Instead, they got silence,