Verne, Pony.ai, and Uber have formed a partnership to deploy a commercial robotaxi service in Zagreb, with public-road testing already underway and paid operations pending regulatory approval. The partnership separates core responsibilities across the three companies. Pony.ai will provide its Gen-7 autonomous driving system, Verne will own and operate the fleet while managing regulatory approvals
Tensor, a Silicon Valley–based agentic and physical AI company, has received federal approval from the UAE Government’s Regulations Lab (RegLab) to test fully autonomous Level-4 personal vehicles in the United Arab Emirates. The permit, issued in collaboration with Dubai Roads and Transport Authority and Abu Dhabi Integrated Transport Centre, authorises Tensor to conduct regulated testing across the Emirates. The
Artificial intelligence has moved quickly from experimentation to expectation in boardrooms, but PwC’s latest Global CEO Survey suggests that most organisations are still missing key ingredients needed to turn AI into consistent business results. The first gap is strategic clarity. While many CEOs report that their organisational culture and technology environment support AI, just over
In a world drowning in dashboards and noise, Shirish Nimgaonkar stands apart — a rare hybrid of artist, technologist, and entrepreneur. A graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Bombay), Stanford University, and Harvard Business School, he brings together technical mastery, strategic insight, and creative vision in a way few leaders can. As the
Microsoft announced on Monday that it will be shipping Nvidia’s most advanced artificial intelligence chips to the United Arab Emirates as part of a deal approved by the U.S. Commerce Department. The Redmond, Washington software giant said licenses approved in September under “stringent” safeguards enable it to ship more than 60,000 Nvidia chips, including the
Jake Fumitaro Ohama, Founder and Creative Director of RABBITWARREN Animation Studios, represents a new generation of creative entrepreneurs blending business strategy with philosophical depth and cultural ambition. With a professional background that spans digital innovation, brand development, and creative direction, Ohama has led ventures across industries—from fashion and organic cosmetics to large-scale marketing and technology
There’s no doubt that Agentic AI will transform contact centres. What is less clear – and rarely acknowledged head-on – is how much of that transformation will impact the size, shape, and role of the human workforce. According to The Inner Circle Guide to Agentic AI by ContactBabel, fewer than half of contact centres see
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas has a message for young people: ditch the endless social media scrolling and start mastering artificial intelligence tools instead. Speaking in an interview with tech enthusiast Matthew Berman, Srinivas urged people to “spend less time doomscrolling on Instagram; spend more time using the AIs.” The CEO warned that those who fail
As agentic AI adoption is set to soar by 327% within two years, human resource leaders worldwide are preparing for a major reshuffle of their workforce, according to a new Salesforce survey of 200 global HR executives. Nearly 25% of employees are expected to be redeployed to new roles as AI agents become central to
Newcastle-based AI startup Literal Labs has raised €5.4 million in a pre-seed funding round to expand its engineering team and launch its first commercial product by the end of 2025. The company specialises in logic-based AI algorithms that promise to outperform conventional neural networks in speed, energy efficiency, and transparency. The funding round was led
