Tech Disruptors

Rising land costs, climate change concerns and the search for more sustainable food products have food producers looking beyond lab grown meat and into animal free dairy products. Perfect Day co-founder and CEO Ryan Pandya sat down recently with Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Food Analyst Jennifer Bartashus to discuss how his company uses precision fermentation to produce animal-free dairy proteins. The conversation includes the story behind the company’s founding, the technology Perfect Day uses to create protein and its unique business-to-business model.

Brex is a rising corporate payment company, aiming to overhaul the corporate credit card. In this Tech Disruptors podcast episode, founder and Co-CEO Henrique Dubugras sits down with Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Diksha Gera for an in-depth interview to discuss the competitive landscape within corporate cards, payments and travel spending. Dubugras highlights what sets Brex apart from rivals and how the startup plans to push the boundaries on credit cards and spending management.

Today’s market dictates that you should be API first, and the best of breed companies are building with this in mind, Postman Cofounder and CEO Abhinav Asthana explains to Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Technology Analyst Anurag Rana. Asthana joins Rana in this Tech Disruptors podcast episode for an in-depth interview to discuss the various places where API can be applied — hyperscale-cloud providers, building an app, AI, gaming, virtual reality and the metaverse.

Canva’s Visual Economy report of over 1,600 business leaders shows that 61% need workers with extensive design skills in the workplace, further propagating the company’s position at the forefront of end-to-end visual communication software, Cofounder and Chief Product Officer Cameron Adams explains to Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Technology Analyst Anurag Rana. In this Tech Disruptors podcast episode, Adams and Rana discuss the need to service the vast majority of employees without a formal design background and how to properly scale individuals and businesses up the value chain, as well as break into new markets.

The common theme seen through all downturns and recessions has been that companies emerge on the other side much more technologically intensive, Recognize Cofounder and Managing Partner Frank D’Souza explains to Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Technology Analyst Anurag Rana. In this Tech Disruptors podcast episode, D’Souza joins Rana for an in-depth discussion about technology trends, including generative AI, cloud migration, how 5G or virtual reality apply to specific industry verticals, and overcoming the developer shortage.

In this episode, BI senior analyst Mandeep Singh sits down with Palo Alto Networks' Chief Product Officer, Lee Klarich to go over the company's expansion beyond firewalls into other growth segments of cybersecurity. We discuss the role of generative AI in cybersecurity and how enterprises are thinking of deploying security in a multicloud environment.

Investors can tap into opportunities offered by the evolving food-supply chain. In this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, VegTech Invest’s founder and CEO Elysabeth Alfano joins Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Food Analyst Jennifer Bartashus to discuss the long-term potential of plant-based proteins, companies further upstream in the production process and growing concerns about feeding the global population in a sustainable way.

Upside Foods’ cultivated meat products can help the pivot to a more sustainable food supply chain. In this Tech Disruptors podcast episode, co-founder and CEO Uma Valeti, MD, sits down with Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jennifer Bartashus to discuss the inspiration behind Upside Foods, the technology used to create real meat without an environmental impact on the feeding and raising of animals, and how it’s assisting consumers to embrace change.

The food-supply chain is evolving and cultivated meat and plant-based eggs can help drive positive environmental change. In this Tech Disruptors podcast episode, Josh Tetrick, Eat Just cofounder and CEO, joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jennifer Bartashus to discuss the technology the company uses to create meat without animals, the regulatory approval process in the US and the challenges facing this emerging industry. Persistently high egg prices have also generated opportunities for plant-based egg products.

Artificial intelligence is only as good as the data it’s trained on, and creators are looking for their content to be commercially viable, stressing the importance that Adobe’s new AI generator Firefly is trained using images from Stock, Dana Rao, the company’s General Council and Chief Trust Officer explains to Bloomberg Intelligence’s Senior Technology Analyst Anurag Rana. In this Tech Disruptors podcast episode, Rao also discusses the challenges and ethics behind image generation, content rights and what gives Adobe an edge in the next arena of generative AI.