Here are five things in tech that happened this week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them? 1 – Zoom taps AI to empower customers in safe hybrid work environment. Zoom – the communications platform used by nearly 13 million people each month – is working to further elevate its collaboration services with AI technology. Announcements include…
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hopes the UK will play a leading role as the worldwide artificial intelligence boom continues. Mr Sunak this week unveiled plans for a global summit on AI safety to be held later this year at Bletchley Park, the site in Milton Keynes where mathematician Alan Turing…
While any aspiring entrepreneur hopes to achieve success right away, one difficult truth many now-successful entrepreneurs cite is that the road to successful entrepreneurship is often paved with failure. From poor ideas to failed launches to repeated rejections, failure can crop up in numerous ways throughout a business leader’s career,…
Ilja Gorelik is a cofounder and COO of Mitto. Within less than a year, generative AI (GenAI) has seen rapid adoption across practically every industry. According to Goldman Sachs, as many as two-thirds of workers in the U.S. and Europe could see a significant share—potentially as much as half—of their…
Gregory Pellitteri, CEO @ Cached. The idea of a "universal basic income" has shifted from the fringes of economic thought into mainstream conversation, largely driven by increasing concerns about economic inequality and job security in a rapidly digitizing world. A unique twist to this discourse is the idea of a…
Valentina Drofa, Co-Founder and CEO at the PR firm for eminent finance and fintech brands Drofa Comms. Today many company leaders find themselves confronting the issue of professional burnout as it grows increasingly prevalent among the workforce. One survey indicates that over 60% of workers have recently quit or are…
Could a tiny start-up in the online talent sourcing market really take on the industry giant LinkedIn? The founders of Weekday believe they can survive and prosper in this David versus Goliath story – and so do investors in their $2.2 million seed round, which the company is announcing today.…
Stephan Schambach is the Founder and CEO of NewStore, a modular, mobile-first omnichannel cloud platform for retail brands worldwide. An omnichannel strategy isn't just a nice-to-have idea for modern retail brands anymore; it's becoming a survive-or-die proposition. As an industry veteran and the founder of several successful technology companies, I…
When Meta released Llama 2, a powerful artificial intelligence model similar to the one behind ChatGPT, last month, it made it possible for developers, startups, and researchers to play with the kind of AI that has enthralled the world for nearly a year.Today, Meta is following up with the release…
It's been a long time coming, but after a protracted bidding and sales process lasting over 6 months, today sandwich franchise giant Subway confirmed in a statement that it has now entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Atlanta-based private equity form Roark Capital. The deal, reported earlier…
Jackie Shoback is cofounder and managing director of 1414 Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund focused on digital identity. Since the launch of ChatGPT last year, there has been no shortage of articles, white papers and podcasts about the proliferation of AI tools and their capabilities. As it grows in…
In a declining economy, startups face an uphill battle when it comes to securing funding.…
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A while back, I took a couple of my grandchildren on a tour of the…
Startups face numerous challenges on their journey to success, and failing to overcome any one…
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