Tech Disruptors

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.

Spotify is leveraging open source to enhance software supply chains and improve data analytics, head of technology and platforms Tyson Singer explains to Bloomberg Intelligence analysts Geetha Ranganathan and Niraj Patel on this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast. Tyson talks in depth about the user’s experience, developer community engagement and product enhancements from Backstage, Pedalboard, Klio and other projects in Spotify’s expanding open source library.

There’s been a moderation in the trend of moving all workloads to the cloud and shifting all applications into a certain direction in the last several years, and more of an appreciation by IT leaders that they should be focusing first and foremost on agility and flexibility because they have to support multiple environments, types of applications and demands from the business, which plays into Pure Storage’s strength, chief technology officer Rob Lee tells Bloomberg Intelligence analysts Mandeep Singh and Woo Jin Ho on this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast. Lee discusses in depth the company’s positioning at enterprise customers and the role of flash technology amid the secular trends of cloud and generative AI.

GoodRx is a marketplace, sort of like the Switzerland of health care, working with all constituents on behalf of the customer, co-founder and co-CEO Doug Hirsch explains to Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, Hirsch sits down with BI analyst Jonathan Palmer to talk about GoodRx’s evolving business model, the power of its brand and why he’s not worried about structural changes to the market for prescription drugs.

Today’s technology leaders can still keep the innovation engine running while navigating macroeconomic uncertainty, John Chambers explains to Bloomberg Intelligence hardware analyst Woo Jin Ho in this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast. Chambers, the former CEO of Cisco, continues to be on the forefront of technological change as the head of JC2 Ventures, which helps global startups to grow and develop digital solutions. Chambers also discusses his work in India, laying the foundation for a potential shift in the geo-technology landscape.

There’s a growing “need for speed” in the cloud and telecom, and Ciena is satisfying its customers’ appetites with optical innovations, led by the WaveLogic chip, Chief Technology Officer Stephen Alexander explains to Bloomberg Intelligence analyst and host Woo Jin Ho on this Tech Disruptors podcast episode. Alexander discusses how the rapidly evolving optical market requires higher capacity to support AI and machine learning, as well as next-generation metro-edge cloud deployment. Ciena’s latest product, WaveLogic 6, will likely help it to stay ahead of the curve vs. competitors.

There’s a much broader wave of digital transformation happening in fundamental industries that make up about 40% of the world’s GDP, and are the infrastructure of the planet, Samsara CEO and co-founder Sanjit Biswas explains to Bloomberg Intelligence. In this Tech Disruptors podcast episode, Biswas sits down with BI engineering software analyst Eileen Segall to discuss how Samsara — which IPOed in December 2021 — through its Internet of Things devices and cloud-based software is helping to increase the safety, efficiency and sustainability of industries with substantial physical operations like transportation, retail, construction and utilities.

Cockroach Labs is disrupting the legacy model of databases by embracing distributing computing in the cloud, providing scale to modern applications, co-founder and CEO Spencer Kimball explains to Bloomberg Intelligence. In this Tech Disruptors podcast episode, Kimball sits down with BI analyst Anurag Rana for an in-depth conversation about the driving forces behind migration to the cloud and operational database workloads, as well as how CockroachDB’s technology differentiates it from other Database-as-a-Service companies and hyperscale providers.

Roblox has a large addressable market as it’s moving outside of gaming and increasingly doing more work in the entertainment category — music, video, sports, fashion, retail and commerce — with a new modality of the internet for social experiences, the company’s chief business officer Craig Donato explains to Bloomberg Intelligence. In this Tech Disruptors podcast episode, Donato sits down with BI analyst Mandeep Singh to talk about the evolution of the Metaverse and how 3D content may go beyond gaming and drive the next phase of growth at Roblox.

Digital advertising technology will increasingly harness artificial intelligence to improve audience targeting and campaign optimization, PubMatic CEO Rajeev Goel explains to Bloomberg Intelligence. In this Tech Disruptors podcast episode, Goel sits down with BI media analyst Geetha Ranganthan for an in-depth interview to discuss the digital ad landscape amid elevated concerns about privacy and identity, as tensions between the open internet and walled gardens like Alphabet’s Google and Meta Platforms are intensifying.