Tech Disruptors by Bloomberg Intelligence features conversations with thought leaders and management teams on disruptive trends. Topics covered in this series include cloud, e-commerce, cybersecurity, AI, 5G, streaming, advertising, EVs, automation, crypto, fintech, AR/VR, metaverse and Web 3.0. This podcast is intended for professional investors only. It is being prepared solely for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer or investment advice.
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Zero is about the tactics and technologies taking us to a world of zero emissions. Each week Bloomberg’s award-winning reporter Akshat Rathi talks to the people tackling climate change – a venture capitalist hunting for the best cleantech investment, scientists starting companies, politicians who have successfully created climate laws, and CEOs who have completely transformed their businesses. The road to zero emissions has many paths and everyone’s got an opinion about the best route. Liste ...
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How Motorola Solutions Is Building Smarter Safety With AI
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51:53Generative AI has changed how humans and systems interact, and the science of human-computer interaction is now really the science of human-AI interaction, says Motorola Solutions EVP & CTO Mahesh Saptharishi. He joins Bloomberg Intelligence tech analyst Woo Jin Ho on this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast to share how his company is building …
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JPMorgan CIO on How the Global Bank is Approaching Generative AI
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48:48“Agent-to-agent interactions are very different than traditional system-to-system interactions, and so there’s a huge uplift we’re thinking about today that we need to be there to get to that truly agentic autonomous world,” says Lori Beer, chief information officer of JPMorgan Chase. In this episode of Tech Disruptors, Beer sits down with Bloomber…
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The device throttling the world’s electrified future: Bottlenecks Series
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33:16To slash emissions fast, the formula is simple: electrify everything and clean up the grid. But in practice, progress is slowed by all sorts of bottlenecks — from arcane permitting processes to sky-high electricity costs. This week on Zero, Akshat Rathi sits down with producer Oscar Boyd to spotlight a surprising culprit slowing the transition: a g…
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How carbon removal pioneer Climeworks is tackling its first major layoff
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36:41Scientists are clear that meeting climate goals means ending carbon pollution and drawing down excess CO2 from the air. That’s why carbon-removal technologies have proliferated over the past decade. But with the US government slashing climate incentives and programs, some companies are being forced to cut costs. This week Akshat Rathi speaks with J…
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Qualys CEO on Cybersecurity Risk Environment
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47:36“How do you move the industry from what I call attack surface management to risk surface management?” Qualys CEO Sumedh Thakar asks Bloomberg Intelligence’s senior technology analyst, Mandeep Singh. “Just because something is attackable doesn’t mean that it actually has a risk of a loss to you.” In this episode of Tech Disruptors, Thakar and Singh …
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A trillion-dollar fund manager on climate investing in 2025
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32:42Low-carbon tech investments reached $2.1 trillion last year. But with the whole world trying to work out how to navigate US President Donald Trump’s unpredictable policy agenda, is 2025 still a good time to invest in climate tech? This week on Zero Akshat Rathi interviews Greg Wasserman, head of private company climate investment at Wellington Mana…
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Beyond Big Chips: Cerebras on Inference and AI
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39:43“We want every layer — chip, system, software — because when you own the stack you can outrun a GPU cluster by 40-70x,” Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman says. In this episode of Tech Disruptors, Cerebras returns to the Bloomberg Intelligence podcast studios as Feldman joins Bloomberg Intelligence’s Kunjan Sobhani and Mandeep Singh to explain the progres…
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Qualtrics CEO on How AI Agents Are Changing Experience Management
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40:26“What we’re finding is that greater customer experience is particularly critical when you have more uncertainty in any particular market,” explains Qualtrics CEO Zig Serafin to Bloomberg Intelligence senior technology analyst Anurag Rana, “What’s interesting is if you hone in on understating what drives your customer behavior, that usually brings m…
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How Australia’s natural resources will shape global emissions
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37:17Australia is in a unique place when it comes to the energy transition. It is the world’s largest exporter of coal and a leading exporter of gas, yet has set a target to reduce emissions by 43% and have 82% renewable electricity by 2030. It is also caught juggling relations between the US, its military ally, and China, its biggest trading partner — …
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Google Code Assistant and Developer Workflows
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50:54From Microsoft to GitHub and now Google, Ryan J. Salva, who leads product management for developer tools and operations at Google Cloud, has spent over 20 years working in software development. He sits down with Bloomberg Intelligence senior analyst Mandeep Singh to discuss the evolution of coding agents, Google’s coding assistant and how the new t…
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(Sponsored Content) Stewards of Compassion: The Origins of B.Grimm
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10:02What connects Hamburg, the Thai Royal court and the conservation of tigers? A pioneering young pharmacist who wanted to do good in his new home of Thailand. Find out how his vision yielded B.Grimm--one of Asia’s most impactful businesses. https://sponsored.bloomberg.com/media/bgrimm/the-stewards-of-compassion-podcast This episode is sponsored by B.…
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Can Carney transform Canada from climate laggard to leader?
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25:06This week, Canadians elected Mark Carney, leader of the Liberal party, to be their prime minister. Carney is a newcomer to politics, but is well known in international finance and climate circles, running both the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, and founding the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ). Canada is far from reaching it…
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Google Cloud CTO on LLM Demand Surge, Use Cases
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37:48Since last year, Google has had 40x growth in Gemini use on its Vertex AI platform, highlighting the pace of demand in AI, says Will Grannis, chief technology officer of Google Cloud. In this episode of Tech Disruptors, Grannis sits down with Bloomberg Intelligence senior analyst Mandeep Singh to talk about the variety of use cases with large-langu…
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Microsoft on the Future of the Human-AI Agent Work Environment
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42:43“The average knowledge worker is interrupted every two minutes during work hours,” according to Microsoft Chief Marketing Officer Jared Spataro. “You’re getting an email, a meeting kind of request, a chat coming in, and if you do the math, that’s 275 times a day.” On this episode of Tech Disruptors, Spataro joins Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Techn…
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Bloomberg Australia: Will it be a climate election yet again?
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24:43Three years ago, Australia was on the verge of an election dominated by a wave of independent MPs who promised a climate change reckoning. But climate talk seems to have taken a backseat in the current campaign ahead of the May 3 national poll. For the Bloomberg Australia Podcast, host Rebecca Jones and Bloomberg’s David Stringer break down the ene…
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Why investors avoid developing countries, and how to change that: Moving Money
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30:36Global investment in clean energy hit a record $2 trillion last year, according to BloombergNEF. But developing countries see only a sliver of that funding. Private investors are wary of unfamiliar markets, currency risks and perceived instability. So how do we change that? Avinash Persaud, special adviser on climate risks to the president of the I…
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Gusto Scales Up HR-Payroll Software for SMBs
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36:06Helping small businesses manage all things human resources — payroll, benefits, tax compliance and employee onboarding — is Gusto’s central focus, which presents unique challenges given the fragmented customer base. Chief Technology Officer Mike Tria outlines the company’s product-portfolio suite and the evolution of the human-capital management in…
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AWS VP on How AI is Revolutionizing the Contact Center Landscape
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44:53“I think people should stop thinking about contact centers as a thing that is sort of about being responsive and reactive, and instead, really how do we fundamentally change the way you think about the way you talk to customers,” says Pasquale DeMaio, Amazon Web Services’ vice president of Amazon Connect. “In that sense, I think the status quo is r…
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These 'beautiful' banks are expected to save climate finance: Moving Money
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34:05Developing countries require trillions of dollars a year to transition to clean energy and build climate-resilient infrastructure. So where will the money come from? Avinash Persaud, special advisor on climate risks to the president of the Inter-American Development Bank, joins Zero to make the case for giving more money to Multilateral Development…
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SambaNova on AI Amid Tariff Ups and Downs, LLMs
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39:02US tariffs won’t change the cyclical journey in tech, with artificial intelligence set to be the dominant force for years to come the same way the Internet was, according to Rodrigo Liang, CEO of SambaNova, which builds AI hardware and software platforms. Liang joins Bloomberg Intelligence’s analyst Mandeep Singh on the Tech Disruptors podcast to d…
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Altair Pushes Simulation Software Into AI Era
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38:23Artificial intelligence is opening up new possibilities for computer simulation, offering lower costs and expedited processes in manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, financial services, energy and other industries. In this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, Jim Scapa, founder and former CEO of Altair, speaks with Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Nira…
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How the financial system can work for climate, not against it: Moving Money
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38:03Even with all the turmoil of the past few months, the energy transition isn’t taking a break. Last year, global spending on clean-energy technologies was more than $2 trillion, according to BloombergNEF. Yet only a small fraction of that money makes its way to developing countries. This week on Zero, Avinash Persaud, climate advisor to the presiden…
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Lyft CEO on Ridesharing and Autonomous Vehicles
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36:31There has been a buildout of platforms for various marketplace sectors in the past 15 years, though ridesharing essentially remains a duopoly. Lyft’s CEO David Risher talks to Bloomberg Intelligence’s senior tech analyst Mandeep Singh about the ridesharing marketplace in this episode of Tech Disruptors. David also discusses the company’s positionin…
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Amazon CSO on Developing Cybersecurity Built for the Gen-AI Age
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46:19“Security is not a technology problem; security is a people and culture problem,”Amazon.com Chief Security Officer Steve Schmidt tells Bloomberg Intelligence senior technology analyst Anurag Rana. In this episode of Tech Disruptors, Schmidt discusses how enterprises should be thinking about all things cybersecurity, ranging from vendor assessment, …
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Is Tesla’s EV supremacy in the rearview mirror?
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31:46There is a lot happening in the world of EVs. In the US, Teslas are being hawked from the White House lawn, while in China, BYD has announced a battery that can be charged to go 400km in just 5 minutes. All the while a rearrangement of global trade and tariffs is sending shockwaves through the system. This week on Zero, Bloomberg’s global automotiv…
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AWS Director on the Path to Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing
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40:01“The metric that we need to keep an eye on is the number of qubits,” Simone Severini, Amazon Web Services’ director of Quantum Technologies, tells Bloomberg Intelligence senior technology analyst Anurag Rana. Also important “is the quality of the qubits and the way people try to scale,” he says. On this episode of Tech Disruptors, Severini and Rana…
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Best of: Searching for climate solutions amid the AI hype
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30:51Depending on who you ask, AI is either going to save the world or end it. The technology’s capacity for data-crunching and problem-saving can help predict weather events, making it easier to optimize power grids, prepare for natural disasters, and maximize crop output. But artificial intelligence is also energy intensive – and easy to apply to ethi…
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Workday CTO On the Company’s Nuanced Approach to AI Integration
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43:24“You manage your workforce in a system like Workday; you have to do that with your digital workforce as well,” Workday Chief Technology Officer Jim Stratton says as he breaks down the company’s thinking behind its recently released Agent System of Record. In this episode of Tech Disruptors, Stratton joins Bloomberg Intelligence senior technology an…
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DataRobot CEO on Building Domain-Specific AI
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48:25As enterprises across industries seek to leverage artificial intelligence in their workflows, demand is mounting for specialized models designed for specific tasks and verticals, creating new opportunities for companies that manage the entire AI life cycle, such as DataRobot. In this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, the company’s CEO, Debanj…
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Crusoe’s Energy-First Approach to AI Build-Out
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50:30The sharp rise of AI workloads and larger parameter-training models needs a new type of data center — one that can support the size, power and cooling needed for 100,000 GPU AI server clusters. Crusoe co-founder and CEO Chase Lochmiller sits down with Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Woo Jin Ho to discuss how Crusoe’s vertically integrated, energy-fi…
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How water scarcity is threatening the global economy
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22:11Water scarcity is no longer a distant threat: By 2030, fresh water demand is expected to outpace supply by 40%. The effects of water stress will be felt in industries from agriculture to e-commerce, putting up to $70 trillion of global GDP at risk, according to the World Resources Institute. Bloomberg Intelligence researcher Melanie Rua is the co-a…
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Adobe’s President on Mastering the Entire Content Supply Chain
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37:22“For every knowledge worker, every business professional, an important element of what they do is creativity,” Anil Chakravarthy, Adobe’s Digital Experience president, tells Bloomberg Intelligence senior technology analyst Anurag Rana. On his third appearance on the Tech Disruptors podcast, Chakravarthy goes in depth on how Adobe is integrating its…
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Salesforce On How Agentforce 2.0, Data Cloud Expand Productivity
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45:10“Most customer service reps have five to 20 different tabs open in their browser of all these different systems — it’s the modern equivalent of the swivel chair,” said Salesforce AI’s Adam Evans, executive vice president and general manager. In this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, Evans joined Bloomberg Intelligence’s senior technology anal…
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Grafana on Intersection of Observability, AI
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38:54The infusion of compute-heavy AI across enterprise applications and work flows, growing appetite for real-time business intelligence and more digitization calls for an expansion of compute, storage and networking resources. The growing dependency on digital services and tools likely necessitates ongoing monitoring of the IT value chain to prevent b…
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In Barbados, Mia Mottley offers pragmatism and hope from a sinking island
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26:03In the time since she became Prime Minister of Barbados in 2018, Mia Mottley has become known as a moral force for action on climate change. The Bridgetown Initiative, which she launched at COP26 in 2021, transformed the conversation around climate finance – pushing rich nations to do more to support developing countries struggling with the impact …
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Google Cloud Scale in AI Training, Inferencing
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37:33Google is an AI-first company, according to Mark Lohmeyer, vice president and general manager of compute and machine learning infrastructure at the company. It has deep expertise in all of the relevant domains customers might need - research, models and finally how they get built into applications and services. Lohmeyer sits down with Bloomberg Int…
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