May Mobility has launched a robotaxi fleet in Atlanta through a partnership with Lyft, with standby operators included to help ease riders into the technology, Founder and CEO Edwin Olson said. Passengers booking through Lyft can opt in or out of an autonomous ride. Olson discussed May Mobility’s strategy with Bloomberg Intelligence Global Head of Technology Research Mandeep Singh on this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, highlighting its decision to build its own hardware and algorithms rather than rely on third parties like Google’s Waymo or Tesla. He also addressed how the company chooses new cities and the variable costs involved in scaling operations.
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Cyera’s Role in Cybersecurity, Data Protection
Data and identity security continues to grow in importance as enterprises face more sophisticated cyberattacks from expanding AI agents that are expanding their reach and tools. Bloomberg Intelligence’s Global Head of Technology Research Mandeep Singh speaks with Cyera cofounder and CEO Yotam Segev about his company’s position in the evolving cybersecurity space, especially with more consolidation on the horizon following Palo Alto Network’s announced deal for CyberArk and Google’s acquisition of Wiz.
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NetApp’s CEO on Unifying Data for the AI Era
NetApp has evolved into a leader in intelligent-data infrastructure from a storage pioneer, helping enterprises unify, secure and optimize their data across on-premise and the cloud environments. Bloomberg Intelligence hardware analyst Woo Jin Ho hosts NetApp CEO George Kurian to discuss how he is positioning the company’s flagship data-management platform, ONTAP, along with its deep cloud partnerships, to meet the emerging demands of AI workloads and the next wave of enterprise storage growth.
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Visa’s Bet on AI, Agentic Commerce, Stablecoins
Visa processes more than 65,000 transactions per second across 200-plus countries, but behind those numbers lies a tech story that’s often overlooked. In this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, Rajat Taneja, Visa’s president of technology, joins Bloomberg Intelligence global fintech and payments analyst Diksha Gera to discuss how AI has been embedded in Visa’s DNA for decades, and how the company is now pushing into new frontiers — from Visa Intelligent Commerce to secure agentic payments, identity innovation and stablecoins. With $12 billion invested in technology over the past five years, Visa is building not just a payment network, but the orchestration layer for the future of global commerce.
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Salesforce’s Service Chief on Orchestrating Humans and AI
“You need to manage your labor force now of humans and AI agents very differently”, says Kishan Chetan, EVP & General Manager of Service Cloud at Salesforce, who argues service now means managing a blended workforce. In conversation with Anurag Rana, senior technology analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence in this episode of Tech Disruptors, he notes productivity gains of about 30% for some customers adopting agents in customer-service workflows, increasing reliance on the platform to orchestrate them. He also outlines the importance of command-center visibility for coordinating human-and-AI work, side-by-side agents that lift rep productivity, autonomous resolution across channels, and why a single platform matters as companies replace stitched-together stacks.
Tech Disruptors by Bloomberg Intelligence features conversations with thought leaders and management teams on disruptive trends. Topics covered in this series include cloud, e-commerce, cybersecurity, AI, 5G, streaming, advertising, EVs, automation, crypto, fintech, AR/VR, metaverse and Web 3.0.
This podcast is intended for professional investors only. It is being prepared solely for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer or investment advice.
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