B2B service providers must be innovative in how they develop solutions that enable online gaming companies to optimize customer experiences, Playtech US Chief Commercial Officer Marcus Yoder tells Bloomberg intelligence. He joins Brian Egger, BI’s senior gaming and lodging analyst, to discuss the company’s player account management (PAM) solutions and online gaming services. The two also discuss how Playtech’s SaaS business model has enabled it to bring game content to operators with their...

Driving intelligence and monetizing enterprise data depends on the underlying data architecture, query engines and storage resources. In this edition of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Tech Disruptors podcast, Dremio cofounder and Chief Product Officer Tomer Shiran joins BI senior software analyst Sunil Rajgopal, to discuss the evolving data-management architecture and technologies and how the company is working to curtail bottlenecks and enable business-intelligence analysts and data scientists to...

Accelerators and compute are becoming technology’s picks and shovels for processing artificial-intelligence workloads. Cerebras Systems CEO Andrew Feldman joins the Bloomberg Intelligence Tech Disruptors podcast to discuss the dynamic AI-server market and how its Wafer Scale Engine (WSE) chip and Super Computer could offer a more cost-effective and powerful alternative to today’s cluster-based infrastructure to run AI models. Woo Jin Ho, BI’s hardware and networking analyst, explores...

One of the critical components of the software value chain is resiliency, or how quickly a system can recover with the fewest people affected or noticing, says PagerDuty Chief Technology Officer Tim Armandpour. He joins Sunil Rajgopal, Bloomberg Intelligence’s senior software analyst, to discuss the IT operations landscape, key changes in incident-response software and the importance of integration with the broader software value chain, including observability and IT-service software...

Coupling AI with more complex workflows is where companies such as Canva can differentiate themselves, Cameron Adams, co-founder and chief product officer of the graphic-design platform, tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In his second appearance on BI Tech Disruptors, Adams joins senior technology analyst Anurag Rana for a conversation on innovations in AI and how the technology is shaping privacy and copyright concerns. Additionally, they discuss how Canva is trying to create value across its...

Vaccine-maker Moderna is also a data company, and that’s enabling it to use AI to drastically reduce drug-development times, Chief Information Officer Brad Miller tells Bloomberg Intelligence’s Sam Fazeli and Mandeep Singh. This episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast looks at a wide range of related topics, from the use of mRNA technology, to applying data for speeding up R&D for rare diseases. The discussion also touches on the deployment of generative AI across different parts of the...

Cato Networks is looking to challenge network security incumbents including Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet by deploying its Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform offering to enterprise customers. In this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, CEO Shlomo Kramer sits down with Bloomberg Intelligence senior analyst Mandeep Singh to talk about the convergence of point products such as secure web gateway, SD-WAN and endpoint detection with a SASE approach.

Vast Data is quickly reshaping the AI-infrastructure providers landscape by breaking down the silos of structured and unstructured data to reach smarter generative-AI results. In this Tech Disruptors podcast, Vast CEO Renen Hallak speaks with Woo Jin Ho, Bloomberg Intelligence hardware and networking analyst, about how its differentiated storage approach has allowed it to move up the AI stack to the data layer and possibly to compute, resulting in several high profile customer wins and a...

Enterprise data architecture is highly complex, databases deeply fragmented and demand for high-speed information flows continues to grow. In this edition of the Tech Disruptors podcast, SingleStore CEO Raj Verma joins Sunil Rajgopal, Bloomberg Intelligence senior software analyst, to discuss the convergence of transactional and analytical databases, enterprises’ need for real-time data and analytics and the changing competitive landscape. The two also talk about potential impacts of AI on...

Automating the collection of dispersed, divergent and disjointed pools of enterprise data on to a single repository to drive analytics and build applications remains complex. In this edition of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Tech Disruptors podcast, Fivetran cofounder and COO Taylor Brown joins Sunil Rajgopal, BI’s senior software analyst, to discuss the evolution of data integration and management platforms in light of the explosion in enterprise data and shift to the Cloud. They also talk about...

Technological advances and changing consumer behavior have driven a shift in online commerce, from one-click purchases on e-commerce sites to buying from within various forms of content and digital experiences such as social commerce, in-app transactions, QR codes and more. In this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, Bolt CEO Maju Kuruvilla talks about evolution in e-commerce payments with Diksha Gera, senior fintech and payments analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence. This conversation was...

E-commerce’s leap to capture a bigger share of the overall retail pie is just starting to take hold. In this Tech Disruptors podcast, eBay Chief AI Officer Nitzan Mekel-Bobrov joins Bloomberg Intelligence senior analyst Poonam Goyal for an in-depth discussion about the democratization of AI and the step-level change we’re seeing from AI to generative AI. Mekel-Bobrov also highlights successful AI investments at eBay, and why companies should embrace the disruption.

Deere & Co. showcased several agriculture-equipment features at this year’s CES that gave a glimpse of changes that are in the works for modern machinery. In this Tech Disruptors podcast episode, Chief Technology Officer Jahmy Hindman sits down with Bloomberg Intelligence analysts Mandeep Singh and Christopher Ciolino discuss the company’s strategy around AI, robotics and satellite technology, as well as the challenges they will have to overcome to drive widespread adoption.

Drawing intelligent insights from vast swaths of unstructured enterprise data and ongoing monitoring of digital assets remains crucial for businesses of all sizes. In this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, Elastic CEO Ashutosh Kulkarni talks about AI-led growth opportunities with Sunil Rajgopal, Bloomberg Intelligence senior software analyst. The two also discuss the shifting technology landscape, demand environment and Elastic’s long-term product road map. This conversation was...

SecurityScorecard’s product assesses cyberthreats by homing in on key risk factors including the health of network domain name systems, or DNS, and network and endpoint security. In this Tech Disruptors podcast episode, CEO Aleksandr Yampolskiy sits down with Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Mandeep Singh to discuss how his company is leveraging AI to improve its data-driven rankings. Yampolskiy also examines recent developments in cybersecurity and how organizations are adapting to stay ahead...

Corning’s fiber-optic technologies have emerged as the backbone of global communications networks over the past several decades. Chief Strategy Officer Jeffrey Evenson, along with Aleksandra Boskovic, VP of technology development in Corning’s Optics unit, sit down with Bloomberg Intelligence hardware analystWoo Jin Hoto discuss innovations and opportunities in telecom and cloud networks. They discuss how Corning tries to stay in front of rapid developments in areas such as AI and high-speed...

Application development appears to be at the dawn of another big wave of change with the emergence of generative AI. GitLab Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer Ashley Kramer joins Bloomberg Intelligence senior software analyst Sunil Rajgopal to discuss productivity gains from AI and competition dynamics. The two also talk about initiatives and opportunities around security, binary repository management and service-desk capabilities.

Interest in enterprise 5G services is growing as companies begin to trial private networks, mobile edge computing and massive Internet of Things networks. Though the market for these new services has evolved more slowly than originally anticipated, corporate work on how to best implement them is ramping up. Verizon is working with users in trials and early deployments to refine their use, including a win with NFL to provide secure coach-to-coach communications. In this episode, Kyle Malady,...

Creating a marketing automation tool that combines the data infrastructure and messaging layers established Klaviyo’s technology differentiation and paved its path for early success in email marketing automation. In this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, Klaviyo’s cofounder and CEO Andrew Bialecki sits down with Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Niraj Patel to explain how the company’s technology stack, leverage of Generative AI, and value-based customer approach disrupted the marketing...

“For many companies, they’re moving from experimentation to truly embedding AI in the ways of working, which requires building foundations which connect back to the broader transformation efforts they have,” Publicis Sapient CEO Nigel Vaz explains to Bloomberg Intelligence. Vaz joins BI senior TMT analyst Matthew Bloxham on this Tech Disruptors podcast episode for a detailed discussion surrounding the areas Publicis Sapient is most focused on in its work with customers, including positioning...

Confluent’s platform provides infrastructure for enterprises to connect, stream and process data across applications and systems in real time. In this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, Confluent’s cofounder and CEO Jay Kreps joins Bloomberg Intelligence senior software analyst Sunil Rajgopal to discuss the origins of Apache Kafka and Confluent, the flow of enterprise data and future of software architecture. The two also talk about the opportunity arising from the shift toward real-time...

Advertising spending is being pressured by the economic environment and there’s been a deeper focus and requirement for advertisers and marketers to think about the return on investment, and ensuring they have the right tools at their fingertips to measure and evaluate the impact of their spending, Kimberly Bloomston, LiveRamp’s senior vice president of product explains to Bloomberg Intelligence. Bloomston joins BI analysts Mandeep Singh and Geetha Ranganathan on this Tech Disruptors podcast...

The market for customer-experience (CX) software is expected to reach about $85 billion by 2025, with 80% of companies planning to increase customer service budgets over the coming years, according to Zendesk CEO Tom Eggemeier. In his discussion with Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Technology Analyst Anurag Rana, Eggemeier also points out the 100% turnover in customer service reps on average every year. In this episode of BI's Tech Disruptors podcast, the two discuss the typical journey as a...

“We’re in a period of very high learning, so if you’re a business leader, you have to be prepared to try some stuff that works and some stuff that doesn’t work,” Boston Consulting Group’s global chair and former CEO Rich Lesser explains to Bloomberg Intelligence. Lesser joins BI senior technology analyst Anurag Rana on this Tech Disruptors podcast episode for an in-depth discussion about key aspects that companies are thinking about related to generative artificial intelligence — the benefits...

Runway is an applied research company that’s building artificial intelligence systems for creative content like text-to-video conversion. In this Tech Disruptors podcast episode, Runway’s cofounder and CTO Anastasis Germanidis joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Mandeep Singh for an in-depth discussion about generative video and how the company’s foundational models are different from other large-language ones. Germanidis also talks about training, fine tuning, inferencing and distribution...