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Article AllianceBernstein’s CAIO is Shaping the Future of Investment Management with AI
May 6, 2025 | By Nicole Lewis, Contributing Writer
We talked to AllianceBernstein’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer Andrew Chin about how the firm is applying AI — from traditional machine learning to generative tools — to improve investment decisions and employee efficiency.
Article From Seed to Scale: Advice on Building Successful Startup Partnerships
April 30, 2025 | By Paulina Karpis, B Capital
The former Head of Business Technology at ServiceTitan, Pranav Shahi, shares his framework for evaluating new technologies, structuring startup pilots, and scaling innovation with measurable business impact. He also explores how enterprises can engage with emerging tech while maintaining commercial discipline.
Article Workiva CIO: GenAI Creates a ‘New Kind of Change Management Challenge’
April 23, 2025 | By Paulina Karpis, B Capital
As CIO of Workiva, Kim Huffman leads enterprise technology strategy with a focus on innovation, scalability, and responsible AI. In this conversation, Huffman outlines her three-pillar framework for evaluating startup partnerships, her four-part approach to AI governance, and the evolving role of the CIO as a business strategist.
Article Amazon Web Services Exec: GenAI isn’t a ‘Magic Elixir,’ Needs to Target Business Outcomes
April 14, 2025 | By Rachel Curry, Contributing Writer
Since launching for call center customers in 2017, cloud-based contact center optimization service Amazon Connect has been on an upward trajectory, becoming one of the fastest-growing AWS services by revenue. We talk with Pasquale DeMaio, Vice President of Amazon Connect at Amazon Web Services about integrating AI.
Article Inside the New General Motors-NVIDIA Partnership
April 10, 2025 | By Curtis Michelson
"We're integrating AI into vehicles thoughtfully, prioritizing safety and customer value over technological novelty," says GM SVP Dave Richardson. Here's of our exclusive interview...
Article Why Hewlett Packard Enterprise Shifted to Skills-Based Hiring and Training
April 1, 2025 | By Dawn Kawamoto, Contributing Writer
We talk with HPE VP Sadie Bell about shifting to skills-based recruiting and training.
Article ADP Ventures Chief on Successful Corporate-Startup Partnerships
February 28, 2025 | By Paulina Karpis, B Capital
As the leader of ADP Ventures, Usman “Oz” Khan oversees strategic investment and innovation initiatives at one of the largest HR technology companies. Khan discusses the importance of startup partnerships, the role of AI in HR tech, and how ADP Ventures supports innovation across a large and complex enterprise. This...
Article Albertsons Exec on Startup Partnerships and Where GenAI is Having an Impact
February 11, 2025 | By Paulina Karpis, B Capital
As Albertsons’ GVP of Technology and Engineering, Maria Latushkin is reshaping how one of America’s largest retailers merges in-store and online shopping. We talk with Latushkin about cultivating startup partnerships that thrive at enterprise scale, the pragmatic realities of deploying GenAI across vast workforces, and her vision for smarter, frictionless...
Article Use InnoLeadGPT to Get Answers to Your Questions
January 14, 2025
We've created a chatbot interface to a portion of InnoLead’s content. You can ask it anything related to corporate innovation — and like ChatGPT, you can follow up with instructions on how you'd like it to expand upon or refine its answers.
Article How Uber is Leveraging GenAI for ‘Zero Touch’ and ‘One Touch’ Customer Support
January 9, 2025 | By Paulina Karpis, B Capital
As Uber’s Director of Global Content for Community Operations, Hadley Ferguson has spent 12 years shaping the company’s support experience. We talk with Ferguson about leveraging GenAI to transform customer support, fostering team adoption of new technologies, and building successful partnerships with startups to meet the needs of a global...
Article Okta’s Chief People & Places Officer on Better Startup Collaborations
December 17, 2024 | By Paulina Karpis, B Capital
As Chief People & Places Officer at Okta, Vijay Rao has guided the company through a period of explosive growth. We talk with Rao about evaluating emerging technologies, building productive relationships between startups and large organizations, and avoiding common pitfalls that can derail implementation.
Article How SAP Created a ‘Safe Zone’ for Experiments
November 19, 2024 | By Claus von Riegen
The software giant SAP employs more than 100,000 people globally, and employees are able to test-drive new product ideas with customers, almost like startup founders. Head of Strategy Claus von Riegen explains how it works.
Article Mastercard R&D Chief on AI, Spatial Computing, and Quantum
November 13, 2024 | By Scott Kirsner
For our latest research report, we spoke with Mastercard's EVP and Global Head of Research and Development, Rahul Deshpande. Deshpande discussed topics like addressing cybersecurity issues, leveraging AI for fraud prevention, and exploring trends shaping the future of commerce.
Article Shaping Product Experience with AI at Extreme Networks
October 29, 2024 | By Scott Cohen
Carla Guzzetti, SVP of Product Experience and Innovation at Extreme Networks, discusses how AI-driven innovation and customer-centric design are shaping the future of networking. She describes AI as a key enable of product experience and explains how her team is leveraging AI for improving workflow efficiency, addressing IT staffing shortages,...
On Demand Webcast AI-Driven Applications: Delivering Real-Time Processing and Performance at Scale
October 10, 2024
This webcast features three startups, Fly.io, Lightbend, and SiMa, providing an overview of their of their solutions to help enterprises create resilient, real-time, AI-centric applications.
Thought Leadership Building an AI-Augmented Workforce: What Can You Learn from KPMG aIQ?
October 7, 2024 | By Edwige Sacco, KPMG
How can leaders determine the best division of “labor” between people and technology? How can you prepare your workforce for this new breed of AI “colleague”? What are some no-regrets workforce investments you can start making today? Edwige Sacco of KPMG tackles those questions in this piece...
Article How Mining and Metals Giant BHP is Learning to ‘Think & Act Differently’
August 28, 2024 | By Scott Cohen
We sit down with Paul Perry, VP of Innovation at BHP, as he discusses the "Think & Act Differently" (TAD) initiative. His team fosters innovation in the mining industry by partnering with external technology providers.
Article Inside Nissan’s Advanced Technology Center in Silicon Valley: Goals, Metrics, Challenges, AI, and More
August 23, 2024 | By Scott Cohen
Maarten Sierhuis, VP and Alliance Global Director of the Nissan Advanced Technology Center - Silicon Valley gives a comprehensive overview of the center, including its history, collaborations, dual focus on pioneering research and advanced technology, and role in AI-driven automotive innovations.
On Demand Webcast Leveraging AI to Optimize Business Processes
August 19, 2024
This webcast features three startups, Augtera, Sightfull, and Zingly, providing an overview of their AI-centric business process optimization solutions.
Article GS1 US on the Future of AI in Supply Chain Management
August 14, 2024 | By Curtis Michelson
We talk to Bob Czechowicz, Senior Director of Innovation at GS1 US, about the future of AI and how his team uses cutting-edge technologies to enhance global supply chain processes, all while maintaining the high standards and reliability that their stakeholders depend on.