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AI meets M&A: How these former management consultants are upending due diligence

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Wokelo co-founders Saswat Nanda, left, and Siddhant Masson, both worked previously as management consultants. That’s the premise behind Wokelo , a Seattle-area startup co-founded by two former management consultants, Siddhant Masson and Saswat Nanda. ” Funding: The company, founded in 2022, has raised $1.5

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

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He has assisted the top management in planning IT strategies and leveraging technologies for rationalizing manpower, enhancing organizational productivity, and improving the efficiency of operations. Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Real estate buying platform Blox has appointed Amit Goel as its chief technology officer, based in Mumbai.

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Meet the Seattle-area startups that just graduated from Y Combinator

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Watto AI, an AI program that generates consulting reports. Gleam, a platform for insurance brokers to implement self-funded health plans for SMBs and startups. Watto AI From left: Watto AI founder and CEO Rishabh Panwar, co-founder Ishita Bhandari, and CTO and founder Suryansh Soni. What’s your secret sauce?

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Storytelling for CIOs: From niche to bestseller

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I take what I learned in the scriptwriting seminar about passion and the narrative arc into every meeting I attend,” one chief technology officer said. The consulting giant said it was buying the 29-person, London-based company to help clients articulate and activate their vision and change strategies.

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Oracle to boost cloud investments after a strong quarter

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Catz further said that the company was reviewing the entire product portfolio to identify areas where it can include Oracle technology rather than third-party products, as well as moving them to OCI. In addition, Ellison said that the company will focus on healthcare and the financial services sector to increase cloud revenue. .

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CIOs take aim at Silicon Valley talent

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That sense of purpose and yearning to do meaningful work is the ace in the hole for Optum Enterprise CTO Francois Charette, who has hired a number of Silicon Valley technologists in recent months.

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For IT leaders, operationalized gen AI is still a moving target

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Data and API infrastructure “Data still matters,” says Bradley Shimmin, chief analyst for AI platforms, analytics, and data management at London-based independent analyst and consultancy Omdia. I’m seeing it across all industries,” says Khan, “from high tech and banking all the way to agriculture and insurance.”