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When I launched this newsletter at the beginning of December, it was never my intention to make every commentary about AI. It just seems to have worked out that way. There is just so much to talk about, and as I noted in this space last week, we are dealing
Tech companies that were hoping that a change in administration would ease regulatory oversight of large acquisitions might have been surprised to learn last week that the Trump Justice Department is suing to block the $14 billion deal between HPE and Juniper Networks. The deal was announced almost exactly a
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As chief operating officer for core engineering, head of product management and head of engineering partnerships at Goldman Sachs, Belinda Neal helps define the core engineering strategy at the firm. She’s also responsible for technology business development, bringing innovative tech solutions directly to the lines of business and part
It's been just over two years since OpenAI shocked the world with the release of ChatGPT. It has had a profound impact on just about every organization, as executives try to figure out how to best put generative AI to work inside their companies. Yet multiple studies suggest
Last week, just one day into the new administration, the president announced an ambitious plan dubbed Project Stargate that involves to some degree the government, OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank and MGX investing $500 billion over the next four years to build AI data centers in the U.S. Meanwhile, Chinese company
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Intuit CTO Alex Balazs has been at the company for over 25 years, and during that time, he’s seen the organization shift from a set of mostly consumer-focused financial tools to one that serves both consumer and business users. He’s also seen his own role change from individual
New research released this week from multiple sources suggests that artificial intelligence could reshape the job market in the coming years, sparking fear of widespread jobs loss as AI plays a greater role across business. Yet that’s not the entire story as the technology could lead to a greater
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When you think about a startup, you probably imagine a small company with a handful of daring employees, but Databricks, a company that has been around since 2013 doesn’t really fit that vision, at least not anymore. In its most recent funding round at the end of last year,
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When Elevance Health head of security Sekhar Nagasundaram went to visit his son’s classroom in 2011, he struggled to describe what he did to a group of young school children. His kid kindly bailed him out when he said, “Dad, you help catch sketchy guys.” When it comes to
We are just a little over a week into the new year, yet we have already seen a flurry of data center announcements. The biggest by far was Microsoft’s plan to invest $80 billion in data centers this year alone. Not to be left out, AWS announced plans to
Executives at large organizations often look to startups to inject fresh energy and innovative ideas into their companies. While there’s an inherent risk associated with working with young, unproven companies, the reward can be significant when it works. Over the past several months as this publication has come to
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At FastForward, we like to interview CISOs, CIOs and other technology strategists inside large organizations, but with Rinki Sethi, CISO at BILL, a financial operations platform aimed at SMBs, we found someone who is in charge of both IT and security. It’s a lot of responsibility, but in some