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New research reveals that B‑to‑B event attendees across four generations share a strong appetite for micro‑communities, authenticity, and local culture, while still demanding distinct experiences. AI‑powered networking is favored by 66% of respondents, and 84% say they want to bring their authentic selves to conferences. Preferences diverge on event length, personalization, and downtime: Gen Z and Millennials favor shorter, wellness‑focused agendas, whereas Baby Boomers prioritize privacy and are less likely to share data. Organizers must balance these nuances to deliver inclusive, data‑driven experiences.
How has the day-to-day workflow of Mitchell Hashimoto (@mitchellh) changed, thanks to AI tools? Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 07:19 HashiCorp origins 18:22 The 2010s startup scene in SF 23:11 Funding HashiCorp 25:23 The "Hashi stack" 38:28 The open-core pivot 48:08 Taking HashiCorp public 51:58 The almost-VMware acquisition 59:10 Mitchell’s take...
SPS Commerce has launched MAX, an AI‑driven set of capabilities embedded in its supply‑chain network that currently operates in an advisory mode, surfacing anomalies and recommending actions within existing EDI workflows. The system is designed to improve supplier compliance, order...
British Business and Trade Secretary Peter Kyle is leading a diplomatic push to embed the United Kingdom in the EU’s new “Made in Europe” procurement framework. The effort follows a stalled attempt to join the €150 billion Security Action for Europe...
Georgia Tech researchers have uncovered critical weaknesses in the global threat‑intelligence supply chain, highlighting how inconsistent data quality and limited sharing impede rapid response. Their study, presented at the NDSS Symposium, found that while 67% of vendors sandbox suspicious binaries,...
Klaviyo, a B2C CRM provider, announced a partnership with Google to deliver AI‑driven, autonomous customer experiences across the entire commerce lifecycle. The collaboration merges Google’s search, advertising, AI and messaging capabilities with Klaviyo’s real‑time data platform, which processes 3.4 billion daily...
One way to visualize the global earnings convergence is by showing earnings estimates for the different regions on a log scale. All estimates are rising but EM estimates are rising the fastest. Shown another way, EM estimates are now rising at...
Google Flow has rolled out a major upgrade that folds its image‑generation experiments Whisk and ImageFX directly into the platform, while embedding the Nano Banana model for instant high‑fidelity image‑to‑video conversion. The redesign adds a flexible asset grid with Collections, drag‑and‑drop...
In 2026 business technology shifts from experimentation to measurable outcomes, with AI at the core. Agentic AI evolves from chatbots to autonomous workflow agents, while robotics‑as‑a‑service makes physical automation accessible to midsize firms. Small, task‑specific language models replace large models...
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Richard Pops will step down as Alkermes CEO on July 31 after a 32‑year tenure, remaining as board chair. COO Blair Jackson will succeed him and join the board during the transition. Under Pops, Alkermes shifted from drug‑delivery to commercial...
Bloomberg Intelligence surveyed 100 senior CIOs and CTOs at leading asset managers and found a stark gap between AI hype and actual spend. While AI dominates boardroom discussions, roughly 70% of firms allocate less than 10% of operating expenses to...
NationGraph, an AI-native intelligence platform helping businesses win government contracts, announced an $18 million Series A round. The financing was led by Menlo Ventures and included Perplexity’s Fund, XYZ Venture Capital, Reach Capital, and several angels. The capital brings the company’s total...
For minority investors to include protective provisions within their purchase agreements is common practice, but one provision that founders should be particularly aware of is the right of first refusal (ROFR). A ROFR clause places an obligation on the company...
Baltimore Beat, a nonprofit news outlet, is introducing pay‑what‑you‑can advertising options. The tiered pricing lets mom‑and‑pop shops pay $50, brick‑and‑mortar stores $150, and larger investors $300 per ad. The paper, which distributes 20,000 free print copies twice a month and...
Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall unveiled a property‑tax reform that would cut roughly $4.9‑$5 billion in revenue by eliminating the State Education Tax, personal‑property tax, real‑estate transfer tax and the so‑called pop‑up tax. Hall said schools and local governments would be...
Patientdesk AI, a Y Combinator W26 startup, secured a $1 million pre‑seed round led by Y Combinator and E2VC to build an AI‑powered front‑desk system for dental practices. The platform automates the entire patient intake flow—answering calls, qualifying prospects, scheduling appointments,...
Paramount has renewed its pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery with a $31‑per‑share bid, reigniting a high‑stakes acquisition battle. Netflix, led by co‑CEO Ted Sarandos, is simultaneously courting investors and studios, arguing its own offer—already accepted in December—outperforms Paramount’s. The two...
Timor‑Leste is leveraging its recent ASEAN membership to accelerate a sustainable tourism strategy that showcases its pristine marine and mountainous assets. By joining ASEAN, the nation gains access to regional marketing channels and co‑branding opportunities, allowing it to present itself...
The 2026 AI Survey targets the rapid rise of Agentic AI within IT service management, launching just four months after the 2025 edition to capture fast‑moving adoption trends. Agentic AI is defined across low, mid, and high autonomy levels, emphasizing...
BSNL Director Vivek Bansal’s proposed two‑day Prayagraj trip sparked outrage after an internal order listed elaborate personal hospitality items, including hair oil and undergarments, and assigned around 50 staff to manage the visit. The backlash prompted Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia...
Germany's Bundestag will vote on a hydrogen acceleration law that expands eligible infrastructure to include carbon‑capture‑and‑storage (CCS) based hydrogen production. The amendment also adds import facilities for power‑to‑liquid fuels such as synthetic aviation fuel. Projects designated as "overriding public interest"...
Lineage reported flat Q4 revenue of $1.34 billion and a modest $6 million net profit as the cold‑storage market works through a 10% oversupply. New refrigerated space expanded 14.5% from 2021‑2025, while demand rose only 5%, creating a capacity gap that is...
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced sanctions on 12 tankers and their owners that have shipped hundreds of millions of dollars in Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products. The designations also include nine individuals and entities in Iran,...
BNY Mellon’s senior strategist Eric Hundahl outlined the investment landscape for 2026, emphasizing opportunities across emerging markets, technology, and sustainable assets. He highlighted that easing inflation and stabilizing fixed‑income yields are creating a more favorable risk‑adjusted environment. Hundahl also warned...
Partner portals marketed as "seamlessly integrated" with Salesforce often rely on shallow field‑mapping, leading to data drift, sync failures, and constant admin overhead. A mirroring integration replicates the Salesforce schema and IDs, keeping Salesforce as the single source of truth...
The article aggregates over 50 up‑to‑date lead‑generation statistics for 2026, highlighting that 91% of marketers list lead generation as their top priority and 93% credit personalization with improved leads and purchases. It details benchmark metrics such as an average of...
Are you paying a 50% tax you didn't vote for? You're just gifting it to your customers instead of the government. Here's how: Say you're a store doing $3M at 10% margins makes $300K in profit. You finally raise prices 15%, something that's LONG...
In this episode, Dan Lee, co‑founder and CEO of Nooks, unveils the new Agent Workspace and AI Sequences, explaining how AI‑native tools are reshaping the top‑of‑funnel sales process. He contrasts Nooks with legacy sequencing platforms, highlighting its ability to automate...
Deputy CIO of Oaktree Capital, Hobbs, told the NEXUS 2026 conference that private‑credit spreads have stopped falling and now sit on a floor, turning a challenging market into a source of value. He explained that tighter bank lending and higher...
Fintechs that embed strict data‑law compliance early turn regulatory costs into a durable competitive moat. By localizing data, building audit‑ready architectures, and showcasing trust signals, they raise switching costs for rivals and attract high‑value enterprise contracts. The resulting proprietary, regulator‑approved...
JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America are urging clients to buy Venezuelan global bonds that carry large amounts of unpaid interest, known as accrued coupons. The banks argue that these distressed securities could deliver outsized returns if Venezuela...
New threat intel shows a financially motivated threat actor using commercial generative AI tools to compromise more than 600 FortiGate devices across 55+ countries by exploiting exposed management ports and weak credentials, not zero-day vulnerabilities. AI is amplifying basic security...
Women entrepreneurs often struggle to secure warm introductions to angel investors, relying on inefficient cold outreach. Curated investor communities, such as Angels Partners, match women‑led startups with angels who actively seek early‑stage opportunities. These platforms emphasize relevance, transparency, and sector...
She started as the only female math major in her class. Now she runs a $5T global platform at JPMorgan. Next stop: $10T AUM.
The last time they increased the compulsory VAT registration was circa 2009. Fun Fact: R1 million Rand in 2009 ( the last time they adjusted VAT registration ) is roughly equivalent to R2.2-R2.3 million. Inflation adjusted it’s now about the...
Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther unveiled a $500 million affordable‑housing bond framework dividing funds into four buckets: $150 million for new construction and preservation, $125 million for transitional shelters, homeowner upgrades and supportive housing, $175 million for land acquisition linked to transit‑oriented and mixed‑use development,...
CFOs can slash phone‑system expenses by retiring desk phones, renegotiating VoIP contracts, adopting Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS), and deploying AI‑driven voice agents. A typical 250‑employee firm spends over $1,200 per employee annually on mobile enablement and $15,000‑$120,000 on...
Sealed Air shareholders voted to approve a $6.2 billion takeover by private‑equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R). The European Commission recently cleared the deal, finding no competition concerns, allowing the transaction to move toward closing pending final regulatory sign‑offs. The...
If your value lives in media buying mechanics, Meta is already building your replacement. Mark Zuckerberg has confirmed that Meta is testing a system where a brand will enter a product URL and a budget, and the platform will build an...
If a company had a network effect but that network effect is induced by people whose roles will get automated via AI, that company will surely have a decelerating network effect. There are many seat-based tools like this that are...
Praetorian unveiled its AI‑driven CVE Researcher pipeline, automating the end‑to‑end analysis of new vulnerabilities from CISA’s KEV catalog. The system ingests a CVE ID and outputs research reports, technology reconnaissance, asset correlation, and validated Nuclei detection templates within minutes. Reported...
Perplexity just dropped something that makes every AI assistant look like a calculator. Perplexity Computer doesn't chat with you. It logs into your tools, runs your workflows, and keeps working while you sleep. This changes everything: 👇
got my hands on Thrive's performance. secretive firm so this provides a rare snapshot of how they're doing https://t.co/5dbvPfrUF1
Chamber Cardio announced a $60 million Series A round in February 2026, led by Frist Cressey Ventures and backed by General Catalyst, Optum Ventures, Healthworx and other investors. The startup offers a two‑sided platform that connects payers with cardiology practices, embedding workflow‑native AI...
Mortgage demand to buy houses just plummeted to its lowest level in 10 months. The MBA mortgage purchase index is now at 150. 57% crash from pandemic peak. 40% drop from 2018-2019 levels. It's the biggest homebuyer strike ever. https://t.co/FVB0HYY4bc
People seem to have forgotten that workers are consumers. Rising real wages is pro worker too, even if some tasks get replaced.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer is championing a “NATO First” agenda and a defence budget of 3 percent of GDP, aiming to raise spending by about $23 billion a year. The Conservatives, now in opposition, echo the 3 percent target for 2030 and suggest shifting...
MyGate reduced its FY25 net loss by 61% to ₹15.4 cr, down from ₹39.7 cr a year earlier. The turnaround was driven by an 80% surge in operating revenue, which reached ₹173.5 cr. Advertising now accounts for roughly two‑thirds of total income, while...
The rolling 40-day (2 month) correlation between $USDJPY and the US-Japan 2-year yield spread has rebound to a stronger positive (+0.6) after 10 months of inversion. Will it just start syncing up or will this gap in carry standing close?...
