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Tech industry
fromFortune
21 hours ago

Microsoft's IPO turns 40 today. If you invested $1,000 in Microsoft in 1986, you'd have $5.5 million today | Fortune

Microsoft transformed from a two-person software company spotting opportunity in a 1975 magazine cover into a global technology giant reshaping how the world works, communicates, and builds over five decades.
Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

No, AI is not about to kill the software industry

AI-powered software development tools threaten to disrupt the subscription-based software industry by enabling low-cost app creation, causing major software companies' stock prices to decline significantly.
Business intelligence
fromTheregister
2 weeks ago

Workday CEO's AI talk can't shake off weaker sales forecast

Workday CEO Bhusri emphasizes strong HR platform fundamentals while building agentic AI capabilities, though the company forecasts slower subscription revenue growth of 12-13% for fiscal 2027.
fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago

Workday's stock has been in a slump. Its CEO is leaning into agentic AI.

We're working really hard to figure out how do we improve business process execution for our customers at a lower cost. I think that's where the agentic model fits in. What can agents do to replace human labor? And then obviously longer term, we've got to figure out what we're going to do with those humans that are displaced.
Artificial intelligence
Startup companies
fromFortune
3 months ago

Billionaire tech founder Joe Liemandt says getting an MBA isn't worth it and you don't learn a 'fraction' of what you would as an entrepreneur | Fortune

Jumping straight into entrepreneurship yields far more practical business knowledge and experience than a two-year MBA.
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
6 months ago

Elon Musk says he wants to 'simulate' Microsoft 'purely' with AI. He's calling it 'Macrohard.'

xAI is building a purely AI software company called Macrohard to simulate software companies like Microsoft by replicating non-hardware operations entirely with AI.
fromHackernoon
3 years ago

The HackerNoon Newsletter: The Video Game Industry Is Having Its Peter Pan Moment Now With AI (7/4/2025) | HackerNoon

The adoption of AI in the video game industry is being critically reflected upon, contrasting it with the adoption seen in the software industry.
Tech industry
Business intelligence
fromwww.mercurynews.com
9 months ago

Salesforce agrees to buy Redwood City-based Informatica in deal worth $8 Billion

Salesforce to acquire Informatica for $8 billion, enhancing its AI-driven growth strategy.
Informatica shareholders receive $25 per share in cash, marking a significant premium.
fromInfoQ
10 months ago

Cultivating a Culture of Resilience in Software Organizations

"Something that is resilient can bend without breaking. You find out how resilient something is once you've stretched, pushed, and tested it."
Mental health
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