Tech Disruptors

One area of research and startups right now is how to run better and better models without upgrading hardware, since consumers don’t have the same infrastructure, says Leigh Marie Braswell, partner at Kleiner Perkins, in her discussion with Anurag Rana, senior software analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence. Their insightful talk contrasts the experience and priorities of the startup landscape with the objectives of the largest public companies in generative AI and large language models. The pair’s combined visibility into the arena touches on all aspects of software, including unstructured data, code generation, automating technical debt and infrastructure.

Businesses need artificial intelligence more than ever, but it’s a long road to get from ChatGPT to answering all of the data security, ethical guardrails and organizational readiness required to operationalize AI, Salesforce’s CEO of AI Clara Shih explains to Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Anurag Rana. In this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, Shih joins Rana for an in-depth conversation about generative AI’s potential and what key areas enterprises need to focus on today to position them well for the future.

The Dynatrace platform uses its embedded AI engine, Davis, to harness observability, security, and business event data to provide organizations with real-time insights and intelligent automation spanning the entire spectrum of the digital-value chain of business applications and infrastructure. In this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, Dynatrace CEO Rick M. McConnell joins Bloomberg Intelligence senior technology analysts Anurag Rana and Sunil Rajgopal to discuss finer details of the Observability space, the impacts of generative AI, future technology evolution and cloud-optimization trends. They also talk about the changing competition landscape, productivity gains from deeper AI integration and the roadmap for future products, as well as governance and data-privacy issues.

Informatica’s products, like the Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) and Cloud scale AI-powered Real-Time Engine (CLAIRE), harness artificial intelligence for effective data management and analysis, according to CEO Amit Walia, who returns to the Tech Disruptors podcast with Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Anurag Ranga to delve into the transformative power of AI, its implications for enterprises and the changing industry landscape. In this episode, Walia and Rana explore the challenges of fragmented data in businesses, the significance of good quality data for AI and the shift toward consumption models in the software industry and the effect on sellers and customers. 

Multicloud is emerging as a leading IT priority for many companies, as CIOs struggle to navigate a fragmented environment, which includes multiple public and private clouds, colocation and traditional data centers. In this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, Nutanix CEO Rajiv Ramaswami sits down with Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Woo Jin Ho to discuss how the company’s hybrid multicloud platform is positioned to bridge the silos of IT infrastructure while managing a multiyear business-model transition toward sales and EPS growth.

Intuit’s artificial intelligence journey has been several years in the making, but today it’s supercharging the technology’s use. In this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, Intuit’s Chief Data Officer Ashok Srivastava sits down with Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Niraj Patel to explain how the company’s Generative AI operating system, GenOS, leverages OpenAI’s large-language models. He also discusses technical points of Intuit’s data-platform architecture and enhanced features for TurboTax Live and QuickBooks Live, such as developer-staff impact and consumer-data privacy regulation.

Networking has traditionally been one of the bottlenecks within hyperscale cloud infrastructure and is under greater scrutiny in artificial intelligence workloads. Broadcom’s senior vice president of Core Switching Ram Velaga sits down with Bloomberg Intelligence’s semiconductor analyst Kunjan Sobhani and hardware analyst Woo Jin Ho in this Tech Disruptors podcast episode to discuss Broadcom’s growing role in hyperscale cloud AI networks, led by its Jericho3-AI chip, and how Ethernet could emerge as the preferred protocol to transport AI traffic.

Qualcomm has transformed to connect and power devices beyond traditional handsets and smartphones, and is utilizing advances in technology to further drive this digital shift, including into the electrification of automobiles, CFO Akash Palkhiwala explains to Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, Palkhiwala joins BI analyst Kunjan Sobhani for an in-depth discussion about the wide array of trends and opportunities for Qualcomm in generative AI, artificial and virtual reality, the Metaverse and Internet of Things.

Technology is at the heart of eBay and the disruption it has brought is one to embrace, Chief Technology Officer Mazen Rawashdeh explains. In this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, he sits down with Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Poonam Goyal to discuss how the use of private cloud vs. public has given eBay full control and flexibility and helped the company to reach the second-largest marketplace position in the US behind Amazon.com. Rawashdeh also highlights how artificial intelligence, notably generative AI, is being implemented to improve buyer and seller experiences, while also driving efficiencies across the company, but remarks that it won’t be easy for all industry players to embrace generative AI without making tradeoffs, given its higher costs.

In a conversation with Bloomberg Intelligence senior technology analyst Anurag Rana, Gong co-founder and CEO Amit Bendov discusses the broader reaches of AI for enterprises and how Gong is leveraging this technology to make its customer-relationship management (CRM) product mission-critical for even the largest companies in the sector. The effectiveness of a CRM system is dependent upon its data input. Yet CRM systems generally contain only about 1% of total client interactions. Bendov says this is a key reason why Gong’s use of AI not only enhances CRM, but also reduces the clerical work for sales teams, which allows them to return to helping customers.