Amazon-owned robotaxi developer Zoox has reached a licensing agreement with The Routing Company, a transit technology startup founded by former Uber Executive James Cox. The deal gives Zoox a nonexclusive license for the startup’s routing software and brings five of its engineers on board to “advance the efficiency and scalability” of Zoox’s robotaxi service…
Stripe has appointed Matt Huang, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Paradigm, to serve as Chief Executive Officer of its blockchain project, Tempo. Huang already sits on Stripe’s Board and will continue in his role at Paradigm while leading the project. Tempo is described as a “high-performance, payments-focused blockchain,” according to a now-deleted job posting from the Blockchain Association…
Telefónica Tech UK&I has appointed Martyn Bullerwell as its new Chief Executive Officer. Bullerwell, who joined the company through the acquisition of the business he founded, most recently served as Vice President of the Data & AI Practice. With a background in data, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation, he has been instrumental in strengthening Telefónica Tech’s expertise in these areas…
SnapLogic, an AI-driven integration platform for enterprises, announced that Founder and CEO Gaurav Dhillon will retire, marking a significant transition in the company’s growth journey. Dhillon, who led SnapLogic for more than a decade, will now serve as Chairman and continue advising the business…
Plaid CEO Zach Perret said the company’s future will be defined less by connectivity and more by analytics as it looks ahead to the next five years. Founded 12 years ago as a data connectivity layer linking bank accounts to FinTech applications, Plaid has grown into a platform that now serves a wide customer base, including developers, chief risk officers, CFOs and technology executives…
NatWest Group announced that its Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Zachery Anderson, will leave the bank next month after more than five and a half years in the role. Anderson, who also leads open banking, personalisation, and AI, played a central role in shaping NatWest’s data and AI strategy. A bank spokesperson said, “Zachery is leaving NatWest Group to pursue an opportunity outside the bank…
As Founder and Chief Executive Officer of H2O.ai, Sri Ambati has built one of the most widely adopted AI platforms in the world, empowering more than 20,000 organizations, including over half of the Fortune 500. His vision to democratize AI is rooted in moments that revealed technology’s life-saving potential: his mother’s breast cancer diagnosis sparked a commitment to use mathematics against disease, and during the Delta wave of the COVID-19 pandemic…
As Chief Executive Officer at Dropbox, Drew Houston thrives on tackling problems others overlook, turning everyday frustrations into solutions used by hundreds of millions worldwide. The idea for Dropbox emerged from his irritation with clunky file-sharing tools and his belief that a seamless alternative could serve anyone with an internet connection…
For Andréa Mallard, making a brand unforgettable starts with taking bold creative swings. As Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at Pinterest, she oversees global brand, growth, performance, experiential, content, communications, product marketing, design, and UX teams—pushing the company to move decisively and avoid the slow erosion that comes from playing it too safe…
“I figured it’d be fun, we’d learn some stuff, and build something new. But odds were, it wouldn’t work out.” That’s how Ryan King describes the leap that led him to co-found Chime, now one of the largest and fastest-growing players in the U.S. challenger banking space. Today, as Chime’s Chief Technology Officer, King oversees an engineering organization of more than 250 people, focused on creating the technology and platforms that help millions of Americans improve their financial health…
