In this episode, we speak with Ray Villeneuve, CEO and board director of BriteCore, a cloud-native core insurance platform built for property and casualty insurers and MGAs. BriteCore supports policy administration, billing, and claims in a unified system, with configuration tools to launch new products and built-in reporting and analytics…
The American Red Cross has received support from the AWS Nonprofit Imagine Grant to develop Clara AI, a new platform designed to help people seeking assistance across disaster relief, blood services, military family support, and lifesaving training. The organization was selected in the grant program’s “Pathfinder – Generative AI” category, which recognizes highly innovative, mission-critical projects using generative AI…
EY has launched a Sustainable Operating Blueprint designed to help organizations move sustainability out of standalone reporting functions and into core strategy and execution. The framework is structured to guide companies from setting ambition to implementing change across the enterprise, with a focus on embedding environmental and social considerations into governance, capital allocation, risk management, and operational decision-making…
Circle Foundation, the philanthropic initiative backed by fintech company Circle Internet Group’s 1% equity commitment and the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, has announced its first international grant to support the United Nations’ Digital Hub of Treasury Solutions (DHoTS). Created in 2021 by UNHCR, DHoTS is a shared financial platform intended to streamline monetary transfers across the UN system and reduce dependence on legacy payment rails that can be slow and costly…
NextEra Energy Resources and Meta have signed clean energy agreements totalling about 2.5 gigawatts across 13 project sites in the U.S. These contracts include 11 power purchase agreements and two energy storage agreements that will support Meta’s aim to operate on 100% clean energy. Most of the capacity, up to 2.1 gigawatts, will come from nine solar projects across Texas, the Southwest Power Pool region, and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator market…
Amazon is expanding its water stewardship work through Get Blue™, a new initiative launched with Water.org alongside Gap Inc., Starbucks, and Ecolab. “Through Get Blue, we’re using Amazon’s scale and innovation to show what’s possible when companies work together toward a common good,” said Kara Hurst, Amazon’s Chief Sustainability Officer. The program is designed to fund access to safe water and sanitation through Water.org’s market-driven solutions, with partner activations—products, content, and customer experiences—planned to roll out more broadly later in 2026…
In this episode, we speak with Anthony Deighton, CEO of Tamr, an AI-native master data management (MDM) solution that unifies, cleans, and enriches fragmented enterprise data to produce “golden records” for generative AI initiatives, automation, and decision-making. Tamr’s patented approach combines machine learning and AI agents with human refinement and oversight, delivering value in days or weeks and giving organizations 360-degree views that link data across silos in real time…
The Gates Foundation and OpenAI have launched a $50 million partnership to support African countries in strengthening their health systems through artificial intelligence. The initiative, named Horizon1000, seeks to help governments manage growing pressure on healthcare services following major reductions in international aid. Bill Gates announced the partnership, saying it will work closely with African leaders to identify practical uses of AI, beginning with Rwanda…
Microsoft is rolling out a “Community-First AI Infrastructure” framework that sets out how the company plans to build and run U.S. datacenters while addressing common local concerns—especially electricity prices, water use, and strain on public infrastructure. The plan centers on a commitment to “pay its own way” on power by working with utilities and regulators on rate structures intended to keep datacenter-related electricity costs from being shifted onto residential customers, alongside earlier coordination with utilities to plan added supply and grid upgrades…
Amazon is backing a new effort to make the AI boom easier on water systems. Through AWS, Amazon joined the Water Environment Federation, the Water Center at the University of Pennsylvania, and Leading Utilities of the World to launch the Water-AI Nexus Center of Excellence. The initiative centers on two tracks: cutting water use tied to AI infrastructure (“Water for AI”) and applying AI tools to water scarcity and utility operations (“AI for Water”)…
