We've been involved with the business for five years now. It's an incredible brand with lots of legacy and great values, and there's a long-term plan here. That was supported by two things last year: Carlos joining us, who obviously saw the opportunity when it came to wanting to win; and finishing fifth. And that just supported our story of going back to the top.
With 160,000 employees and 1 million partners worldwide, Schneider Electric already has a robust ecosystem around its products. But Blum wants to evolve from being an energy technology company to an "energy technology partner" that leverages data and connects the grid to the data center in new ways to create more intelligent, efficient and adaptive energy systems for customers. Said Blum: "Our job is to make sure that we connect an ecosystem of people and provide the technology that will make it happen."
Newton Research, co-founded in 2023, secured $9 million in Series A funding to enhance advertising analytics using specialized AI agents for media planning and measurement.
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We're more open for business and partnerships than we've ever been before," Fanelli told TechCrunch in a recent Zoom interview. "We're humble and listening more than before, and we recognize that if an organization shows us how we can do business differently, we want that to be a partnership."
