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Twilio’s CEO on making AI profitable to set up ‘escape velocity’

Companies have plenty of data on their customers, says Khozema Shipchandler, but need to be better at contextualizing it.

Khozema Shipchandler, CEO of Twilio

Zig Serafin on using AI to make companies more human

The Qualtrics CEO says leaders should ‘live the example’ if they want their teams to adopt the technology.

Zig Serafin

How Circle’s Jeremy Allaire swayed stablecoin doubters

The crypto champion sees a collision coming between the internet and the global financial system.

Jeremy Allaire, co-founder, CEO, and chairman of Circle

Why Perplexity’s CEO couldn’t wait for perfection to launch an operating system for the AI era

The AI search engine startup is releasing products that anticipate where AI will be in the future.

Investors need more ‘moral imagination,’ says Jacqueline Novogratz

The ‘patient capital’ pioneer advocates an inclusive form of capitalism, but says there will be trade-offs.

Jacqueline Novogratz.

Syngenta’s Jeff Rowe on making Big Ag less ‘easy to hate’

The agrochemical CEO uses his family farm to navigate the politics of running a Chinese-owned crop giant with IPO ambitions.

Syngenta CEO Jeff Rowe.

‘Keep LinkedIn as LinkedIn’: CEO Ryan Roslansky on his AI task

The site’s product-focused chief is focusing on its core as he takes a wider role at Microsoft.

‘48 hours in a day’: Gensler’s co-chairs on the case for power-sharing at the top

Diane Hoskins and Andy Cohen credit an unusual joint leadership structure with making their architecture firm the world’s largest.

How Steve Hasker plotted an AI course for Thomson Reuters

Hasker estimates that his team will have $10 billion in “dry powder” to deploy for AI deals by 2027, in additions to the ones the company has already struck.

How a Robinhood co-founder launched a space-lasers startup

‘The thing I’m chasing is the uncertainty,’ says Baiju Bhatt, as he tries to turn sci-fi into reality.

‘We’re in a hurry, OK?’: How Athene’s new CEO leads a hard-charging insurer

The Apollo-backed group’s new CEO looks for people who can make decisions quickly — and not look back.

Autodesk’s Andrew Anagnost on surviving an activist attack

The design software CEO says resolving an investor standoff starts with admitting which critiques are fair.

‘Addicted to negativity’: Allstate’s Tom Wilson takes on America’s trust deficit

The insurance company CEO is doubling down after a backlash to his call to overcome the country’s divisions.

Lumen Technologies’ CEO on ‘playing to win’ after its $6B deal with AT&T

Culture change was key to turning the legacy telecoms company into a trusted network for AI, says CEO Kate Johnson.

‘I’m not an apologist for myself’: Grindr’s George Arison on its return-to-office revolt

The gay dating app’s stock has more than doubled as its CEO pushes teams to ‘go through all the pain’ of a startup.

How Christian Klein’s AI bet turned SAP into Europe’s most valuable company

The German software giant’s CEO pivoted away from its lucrative traditional business to evade an existential threat.

‘Our future is not in the headquarters’: Jan Jenisch on spinning Amrize out of Holcim

The CEO who turned around the world’s largest cement company is pitching the New York market on a fast-growing building ‘solutions’ market.

‘There is no sustenance mode’: Bipul Sinha on staying ahead of change

The Rubrik CEO and co-founder says executives must always be in “creation mode” to keep up with accelerating change.