As with investment management and distribution, liftouts are a preferred route to get an experienced AI/ML team that works well together to hit the road running – no matter whether it’s an investment product with a track record, a distribution/sales team or a group of data, machine learning or AI scientists. Ideally, these teams have …
Yi Huiman, former head of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), named as new chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), with the expectation to focus on innovation and technology in partnership with the tech board.
In many ways, Apple is on top of the business world because of the iPhone. Technology and foresight allowed Apple to become one of the top three global companies by market cap thanks to the iPhone. Fourth quarter 2018 numbers showed $62.9 billion in revenues and the shipment of Apple’s 2 billionth iOS device, “with …
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Blackstone and Goldman Sachs Asset Management this summer bought a minority stake in Dipanjan “DJ” Deb’s Francisco Equity Partners. Francisco Partners est. 2000 operates in London and San Francisco, and is a tech investor. This year they put $500m in LegalZoom jointly with GPI Capital, Franklin Templeton and Neuberger Berman. Francisco Partners also owns Bomgar, …
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A private company in Shanghai used 3D printers to print 10 full-sized houses in just one day.
Stephen Schwarzman doesn’t do things halfway… ten years ago, he donated $100 million to the NY Public Library, subsequently known as the the Stephen A. Schwarzman building. That was for books. In October 2018 he announced a $350 million grant to MIT to study artificial intelligence. His foundational gift – part of a $1 billion …
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AI can definitely steer a drone through unchartered and challenging territory – but for now it’s still far behind human drone pilots. Still, Switzerland has some great Robotics work, one of the reasons Disney Research operates and recruits there.
