TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Yann Leretaille is the co-founder and CTO of Wingback , a SaaS growth infrastructure company. It might seem counterintuitive, but the first person on board at Wingback was a Fractional Head of Remote — and it was the best decision we made. Contributor. Share on Twitter. The very first hire at our SaaS startup was (surprise!)

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

With this information, IT can craft an IT strategy that gives the company an edge over its competitors. Understanding the company’s competitive position allows IT leaders to mindfully act to implement technology for competitive advantage. the world’s leading tech media, data, and marketing services company.

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CIO

MARCH 13, 2025

Dun and Bradstreet has been using AI and ML for years, and that includes gen AI, says Michael Manos, the companys CTO. But not every company can say the same. Its a quickly-evolving field, he says, and the demand for professionals with experience in this space is exceedingly high. Other surveys found a similar gap.

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CIO

DECEMBER 3, 2024

A lack of AI expertise is a problem, however, when other company leaders often turn to CIOs and other IT leaders as the “go-to people” for solving AI problems, says Pavlo Tkhir, CTO at Euristiq, a digital transformation company. “A The technology is too novel and evolving,” he says. “As

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2023

” The company claims that it cut costs in travel, vendor spend, marketing spend and investments in new bets, but that it ultimately had to reduce headcount. For those who rely on Carta for a visa, a 30-minute consultation with immigration counsel. And right now the entire tech and venture ecosystem is suffering.”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Outsourcing engineering has become more common in recent years, so we’re starting a new initiative to profile the software consultants who startups love to work with the most. Consultant: Appetiser Apps. Consultant: Aloa. ” Consultant: Ajmera InfoTech. Consultant: Cultum.

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CIO

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Combined with an April IDC survey that found organizations launching an average of 37 AI POCs, the September survey suggests many CIOs have been throwing the proverbial spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks, says Daniel Saroff, global vice president for consulting and research services at IDC.

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CIO

APRIL 24, 2024

What is a CTO? The chief technology officer (CTO) is the senior executive who focuses on the technological requirements, opportunities, and challenges within an organization. What does a CTO do? What does a CTO do? Years ago, the CTO most often led the infrastructure function.

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CIO

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Some companies are already on the bandwagon. Caylent, an AWS cloud consulting partner, uses AI to write most of its code in specific cases, says Clayton Davis, director of cloud-native development there. The key to using AI to write code, he says, is to have a good validation process that finds errors.

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CIO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

But as a result, anybody could then expose a lot of company data inadvertently. As technologies evolve, CIOs still need to build mutual commitment and support for IT initiatives,” says tech consultant and author Gerald Leonard. You can’t ignore what’s going on in the world,” he says.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Now meet Fierce , a new company out to change that. There are no monthly fees or restrictions and the company also offers 24/7 support, educational resources, market insights, analysis and ability to link other existing financial accounts within the app. There is also stock trading where users can purchase fractional shares and ETFs.

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CIO

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Consulting firm McKinsey Digital notes that many organizations fall short of their digital and AI transformation goals due to process complexity rather than technical complexity. Data architecture components A modern data architecture consists of the following components, according to IT consulting firm BMC : Data pipelines.

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CIO

JANUARY 25, 2024

Jim Chilton is an award-winning CIO who serves as the chief technology officer of Cengage Group, an innovative disruptor in the edtech space. As a business and technology executive, Chilton leverages his unique experiences to drive innovation and optimize technology throughout the company.

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CIO

APRIL 1, 2025

Job titles like data engineer, machine learning engineer, and AI product manager have supplanted traditional software developers near the top of the heap as companies rush to adopt AI and cybersecurity professionals remain in high demand. Many companies are still hiring developers, but not at the same rate as five years ago.

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CIO

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Generative AI has seen faster and more widespread adoption than any other technology today, with many companies already seeing ROI and scaling up use cases into wide adoption. And were likely to see an increase of tech providers keeping large enterprises top of mind when developing the on-device technologies.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

With C-suite leaders under increasing pressure to align technology with strategic objectives, many experience that roles — whether CEO, CFO or even CTO — lack the deep technical insight needed to bridge the gap between business and technology. The CTO and CIO handle IT management and technological innovation.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

“By explaining the concepts behind AI in a clear manner, the business leader can be introduced to the building blocks for AI, and the IT leader can develop an acceptable strategy,” advises Nidal Haddad, principal at business advisory firm Deloitte Consulting. Yet these topics are often foreign to most business leaders. “It

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The Parallax

JANUARY 16, 2020

And it has a handlebar-mounted controller that the company hopes is as easy to use as flicking on a turn signal. Using a system similar in feel to those used by Formula 1 racers , it guides riders through road directions, inclement weather, and traffic jams, while alerting them about nearby police officers.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The company has already rolled out a gen AI assistant and is also looking to use AI and LLMs to optimize every process. And in August, OpenAI said its ChatGPT now has more than 200 million weekly users — double what it had last November, with 92% of Fortune 500 companies using its products. billion estimate in May.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

If 2023 was the year of experimentation with gen AI, 2024 was when companies zeroed in on use cases and started putting pilot projects into production. Only 14% say theyre losing money, and 66% of companies plan to increase their AI investments compared to 5% that plan to decrease it. And then there are guardrail considerations.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Software consultant Andrew Drach’s two companies Callentis and Solwey demonstrate his entrepreneurial skills, but his clients also value his educational background, as we learned through TechCrunch’s survey to identify the best software consultants for startups. Why did you choose the boutique consultancy model?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

Wicked fast VPNs, data organization tools, auto-generated videos to spice up your company’s Instagram stories … Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 open source founders have some interesting ideas up their sleeves. And since they’re open source, some of these companies will let you join in on the fun of collaboration too. Tuva Health.

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CIO

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Chief technology officers are key players in the enterprise C-suite, oftentimes working in collaboration with CIOs at the forefront of new and innovative technologies. They are among the most important hires organizations are making today due to the business value that successful technology deployments can bring.

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CIO

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The company is focused on use-based pricing, with only one customer seat required to administer it, he adds. Outcome- and cost-based pricing, with variations for specific use cases, are likely to catch on, says Rogers Jeffrey Leo John, co-founder and CTO of DataChat, a no-code, gen AI platform for instant analytics.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The company, which initially was hit as hard by regional responses to the COVID-19 pandemic as other businesses in the hospitality industry, has recovered to reach nearly 90% of total capacity on the 200 units it manages around Mexico City. “I wanted to define a product from a consumer angle,” said Barawid.

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CIO

JUNE 20, 2024

As SVP and CTO for the Boston Red Sox, Brian Shield is responsible for the strategic direction of technology, fan engagement, day-to-day IT operations, and cybersecurity in support of the team, their fans, and Fenway Sports Management. Before anyone’s a successful CIO or technology leader, they need to be an effective business leader.

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CIO

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Yet unlike his peers, Wiedenbeck’s dual roles — the top technology executive as well as the transformation lead at Ameritas — are often at odds. As chief technology officer, Wiedenbeck is driving automation and IT modernization to reduce complexity and technical debt.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2021

With the climate crisis looming, lots of companies want to do their part. Plus, smaller companies want to access high-quality carbon credits, but calculate their impact at a product, services and transactional level, and be able to purchase a fraction of a carbon credit rather than a very inaccurate “scheme.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2022

So it’s no surprise that in recent years, a flurry of startups have emerged that aim to give more people access to real estate ownership in the form of fractional shares. NFX, 83North and Viola co-led the Series A, which closed in the first quarter of this year, for the New York company. 83North and NFX co-led its seed round.

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CIO

JULY 15, 2022

DTN is more than just a weather forecaster: It also offers decision-support services to companies in agriculture, energy, commodities, and the finance industry. The forecasting systems DTN had acquired were developed by different companies, on different technology stacks, with different storage, alerting systems, and visualization layers.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Your laptop breaks down, you miss a flight, or you need to call an insurance company. Have a set of principles In recent years, CIOs and the companies they work for have found several ways to leverage AI in customer support. That wasn’t entirely the case with AirHelp, according to its chief technology officer, Tim Boisvert.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Encouraging business leaders to understand emerging technologies While aligning IT strategies with business goals is vital, it is equally essential for business leaders to develop a clear understanding of emerging technologies. Vipin Jain, founder and chief architect of Transformation Enablers Inc. federal agencies.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2022

The serial entrepreneur, who says he’s been programming since he was seven years old, previously co-founded and served as CTO to an edtech startup, PaperX. That company sold to the larger, venture-backed edtech Descomplica when Costa was 23 years old. Iporanga, Alexia Ventures and some angels have also put money in the company. .

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CIO

JANUARY 8, 2025

As VP of cloud capabilities at software company Endava, Radu Vunvulea consults with many CIOs in large enterprises. While up to 80% of the enterprise-scale systems Endava works on use the public cloud partially or fully, about 60% of those companies are migrating back at least one system. We see this more as a trend, he says.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Especially with companies like Microsoft, OpenAI, Meta, Salesforce and others in the news recently with announcements of agentic AI and agent creation tools and capabilities. A company that adopts agentic AI will gain competitive advantages in innovation, efficiency and responsiveness and may become more agile in operations.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Design and marketing consultancy R/GA is expanding its Venture Studios program with the launch of a new Coalition Venture Studio focused specifically on supporting Black-led and Black-owned startups. The initiative is led by R/GA Entrepreneur in Residence Davyeon Ross, a Black entrepreneur who founded sports analytics company ShotTracker.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

Founded by industry veterans Zack Ganot (CEO) and Shaked Barkan (CTO), who previously ran cybersecurity consulting firm Pandora Security — which also focused on high-profile individuals — Sunday Security argues that as enterprise cybersecurity tools improve, attackers are shifting their focus to individuals.

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