Jay Singh

CEO @ Casper Studios | Ex-Linkedin: We help companies adopt AI and build AI-powered products.

I am a co-founder of Casper Studios, a product studio that develops and integrates AI solutions for companies. I previously was a business development and strategic partnership manager at LinkedIn. With over eight years of experience in these fields, I have a track record of creating value for customers, partners, and stakeholders.

At LinkedIn, I have helped lead the global expansion of identity verification capabilities to key markets, such as India, Europe, and LATAM, enabling over 80 million members to access trusted and secure services. I have also driven 20+ partnerships with leading companies and governments, such as Clear, DigiLocker, and Hyperverge, to enhance the user experience and the network effect of the verification project . 

At Casper, I have leveraged my expertise in AI and product development to create a popular chrome extension that assists users in content creation and summarization, attracting over 20,000 users in less than six months. I have also generated $x00,000s of revenue by offering tailored strategy consulting, product development, and design services to other businesses that want to integrate and leverage AI.

I am passionate about making products accessible, efficient, and user-friendly, and empowering people and businesses to unlock their full potential through technology. I have a strong background in trust, verification, and HR tech, and a keen interest in entrepreneurship and innovation. Outside of my work, I invest time in supporting the AAPI community, love meditating, and dancing with my friends.

Co-Founder & CEO

With a team of experts from LinkedIn and Microsoft, we help companies integrate AI into their workflows, from strategy and prototyping to complete product development.

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Just hit 20,000 followers on LinkedIn. The journey started with an essay I read back in college, Kevin Kelly's "1,000 True Fans."

The idea is simple: you don't need millions of followers. You just need 1,000 people who will follow you, support you, and buy what you create.

The math: 1,000 true fans × $100/year = $100,000/year.

I remember reading that and thinking, "I still want to go work at a company and learn skills", which I did at LinkedIn, "but it'd be great to start building a foundation toward this."

Do I have 1,000 true fans right now? I'm not sure! But what I do have is all of you, following, supporting, cheering us on, and connecting us with opportunities to help grow Casper Studios and help people implement AI. LinkedIn has driven 90% of our business to date. 

I'm really grateful for that. It's changed my life. 

People ask how to grow on LinkedIn. Here are three unintuitive things that have helped me:

1.) Time. I've been doing this for almost 10 years. Will Lawrence back at UBC said, "Hey, you should start posting on LinkedIn," and I just started and kept going. You're not going to hit a quick win. You'll probably want to give up. Having a longer time horizon helps. It eases the anxiety of posts that get 3 likes. Who cares? Just show up the next day and try again. You're building relationships with people. That takes time, don't rush it. 

2.) Think of it as a daily coffee chat vs needing to go viral. My frame for posting is to just let you know what I'm up to, the same way you would over coffee. And just like a real coffee chat, opportunities come from the conversation. People think of others to connect you with. They want to help. That leads to more opportunities of depth. I may not have a million people in the audience but there's some incredible people who do, I focus on that.

3. Be the same person online as you are in person. If we've chatted, hopefully you see the same vibe in this post as the person you ended up speaking with. I love that congruency. It means when you reach out, you know what you're getting. That builds trust. And trust leads to deals, relationships, and opportunities, faster. Really proud of Derek, Martijn, Max, Sebastian, Paolo, Leonard, Giorgio and others on the team who are all finding and sharing their own authentic voice on the platform now.

Thanks for the first 20,000. Honestly, I don't really care about growing this number much more haha. If it happens, great. If not, great. 

I'm grateful for everyone who's here and following the journey. Excited to keep building with you all :)

Jay Singh 

CEO @ Casper Studios 👻 | Ex-Linkedin: We help companies implement AI

The Casper SF squad is getting strong! Martijn’s been here a week. Elizabeth and Erika joined in November. Derek’s been here from New York since Sunday.

Several of us have been working out of my Nopa apartment. Definitely not a startup garage, it’s a cute place (!), but it’s giving startup garage vibes at the moment.

There’s something about being in the same room. Context just flows. You overhear a call, you jump into a conversation, you learn something without even trying. 

Realizing at 20 people it’s so hard to have the team be up to speed on everything going on, even when I think we’re sharing relevant updates. Need more of this in person time; especially for new hires. 

Reminds me of Jeff Weiner talking about how leaders need to repeat themselves to their teams so many times that they’re sick of their own voice. That’s only when you’re just getting started with making sure that message is understood. 

We’ve already gotten noise complaints from neighbors. Apparently we’re a bit too fired up talking to prospects and customers about AI…

Might have to get an actual office soon. Hopefully not yet though :)

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Proud of the journey Martijn is on. He joined a few weeks ago. He’s already speaking with enterprise companies. Learning Claude Code, then teaching it. Kicking off partner calls with all the major AI platforms. Building agents to automate his work. Sharing his learnings in public.

Maybe most importantly, coaching me and the team on how to be better leaders.

Big year ahead.

Our GTM strategy for the next few years is simple: be best friends with everyone! AI platforms, services firms, large consultancies, PE firms. The good companies are all growing fast in this space. So much room to help each other out.

You can be at a romantic dinner in SF and the table next to you is literally debating Opus 4.6 vs Codex 5.3. This city is a meme. Full of nerds. I love it.

Last week, ~700k AI agents built their own Reddit, founded a religion, established a government with a draft constitution, and started developing private languages. They did this in 3 days. That's started from Openclaw (fka ClawdBot) and the AI world has been losing their minds over it.

I'm still processing what this means myself tbh. It might just be a weird internet thing that fizzles out. But I think it hints at where enterprise AI is heading.

The first wave was "build a chatbot." That was 2023. A conversational interface. Most never made it past pilot - and honestly, often shouldn't have. Chatbots weren't the right way to drive ROI.

The second wave - where most companies are now - is "build agents to automate workflows." That's 2024/2025, probably extending a few more years. Agents integrated into how work actually gets done. This is where real value shows up, and where our team at Casper Studios spends every day.

I think there's a third wave coming: "help us design a network of agents."
Not agents that automates workflows. A network where agents take on different roles and work together - debating, challenging assumptions, surfacing insights no single agent or human would find alone. 

This is probably a 2027 thing for most. Maybe longer for most F100s. Though I'd bet you'll see younger companies experimenting this year. We're seeing experiments of our clients and our team doing this as we speak.

Here's what this could look like. We're working with a hedge fund to build them agents. Imagine for them:
-A deep value agent focused on fundamentals
-A momentum agent tracking price action and sentiment
-A management quality agent analyzing leadership
-A contrarian agent that argues against emerging consensus in tech, one in manufacturing
-A synthesis agent that flags when something interesting is happening with earnings calls

They run for a few days, argue, and bubble up insights to humans. The output is an emerging thesis the team hadn't had the time to articulate, with the reasoning trail attached. You can do elements of this already with Claude Code.
That's one version of it, anyway. 

The safety concerns are severe. This isn't close to ready for production for most use cases. But the design questions - population architecture, agent interactions, culture, human interfaces - that feels like the interesting work ahead. 

If you're a company thinking about where this goes, would love to hear what you're seeing.

There's been a lot of hype around ClawdBot lately. So what is it, and what actually makes it different from other AI agents?

Three things stand out. First, it meets you where you are, it lives in WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram, whatever you already text. Second, it remembers things better than most current AI products. Third, it takes actions: sending messages, managing files, and more.

People are calling it the "AI companion we've all been waiting for."

Here's an early take: If you've been using Claude Code or Cursor, you look at ClawdBot and think, "I could already do these automations myself." And that's true, I could rebuild most of these workflows right now if I wanted to. The difference is that ClawdBot does it on its own, without me directing every step.

There was a story on X that captured this well. A user wanted AI to book a restaurant reservation. ClawdBot checked OpenTable but couldn't find an opening. So instead of stopping there, it created a skill using an ElevenLabs voice agent, called the restaurant directly, and booked the table.

The user just described the problem in a chat interface, and the system figured out the solution. That's the nuance worth paying attention to.

Right now, Cursor and Claude Code use the terminal as their interface. You're building agents, configuring workflows, writing prompts. It works but it doesn't feel natural for mainstream consumer adoption. I think enterprises still have a lot of opportunity to implement these platforms FWIW.

As a consumer, this reminds me of when I used Playground before ChatGPT launched. Playground was doing almost the same thing under the hood. But ChatGPT's UI is what allowed everyday people to actually start using it.

The way I see it: ClawdBot (or something like it) is to ChatGPT as Claude Code and Cursor are to Playground. Same engineering, same model, different interface.

Security is a real concern here. You're giving an agent access to your entire computer. That can cause some damage. Some people are even buying Mac Mini devices to test this out. I do think that'll get solved over time.

Will ClawdBot be the product that takes over? Too early to tell. I sense that larger tech companies are working on similar offerings. But it's clearly hitting on a real problem: you want the functionality that exists within Claude Code, packaged into a more accessible chat interface. This is likely the first example of that.

If I had to bet, I'd put my money on this type of interface being the future: something text-based, something easier to use, something that looks more like a document over time. Not sure if I'd say it's going to be ClawdBot. Could just be coming from Anthropic, OpenAI , or another big tech co. 

We're still learning this ourselves. Maybe it's something we can help clients with over time. We'll keep a close eye on this as the Casper Studios team to see how it plays out.

MCPs are way more functional on Claude than ChatGPT or Gemini. This is why I use Claude exclusively now. They've got all my info, Fireflies, Gmail, Google Drive, and the responses are incredible. It looks through everything and generates the right answer.

Here's an example of a workflow: I get an email asking if we had experience building a specific AI automation for a specific niche / industry from a prospect. At 20+ clients it's hard for me to have context on the minutiae of every project across our team but Claude + MCPs into our data does. 

I just drop the question into Claude. It runs through all our documents, all our Fireflies notes, and gives me the right answer. Super crisp. That's what model capabilities look like when they're connected to your data.

The faster Antropic go on these integrations, the more personalized the responses, the stickier the product gets. I don't think people are thinking about this enough. It started with a small MCP protocol they created, but I think we'll look back at that as the most important invention they made for user adoption.

There’s this vibe that you need to raise to be competitive in SF. I think raising often increases your competition. Once you take venture money, a “successful” outcome narrows fast; basically a $1B+ exit (if not more).

When you bootstrap and survive the early years, the surface area of successful outcomes increases a lot. You can generate cash flow. You can sell earlier or smaller. You can spin things out. If you want a venture-scale outcome later, you can still go for it, on your terms.

What’s been exciting for us is we’re starting to beat venture-backed AI services firms in deals. At that point, it’s like… who’s the competition? Yourself!

Reflection: ~80% of our clients’ decision-makers - CEOs, Heads of AI, CTOs, MDs, Partners - are using some form of vibe-coding tool every day. It doesn’t matter how big the company is. Billions in AUM, funding, or revenue they’re in the tools themselves. 

That’s one key thing you need to cultivate as a leader to drive AI adoption. 

You see what’s possible. Then you go to your team and honestly, pretty sternly you push them to try it too. And later, when you notice a process that should be AI-first but isn’t, you call it out and push again. 

That’s the hardest part. It’s pushing against the identity of your team. It’s what they’ve likely spent years building their skills to do. You’re pretty much saying “thanks but try it a completely new way”. Over time those that have high agency and excitement will love this process too but it takes a lot more effort than you think. 

This has become a core part of a leaders job now. Why? Because it’s basically an extension of what they already do, hiring, culture management, setting the pace. Enabling your team to adopt this stuff is a leadership priority now. 

Call it the “AI-Native Executive” or whatever, but this should be in every CEO’s job description going forward.

This is exactly what I’m trying to do with our own team. Especially the non-technical folks.

If you’re a leader and you’re not there yet DM me. Let me get you up to speed. Even just a 30-minute screen share of what’s currently possible has been blowing people away.

We're using computer vision models for a ~$100M+ healthcare services firm. One of our closest advisors in the space has been sharing feedback on the project. We turned his notes into an MD file that our eng team can query directly in the codebase.

Now, anyone on our team can tap into his perspective on any part of the build instantly.

We're doing the same thing internally. 

Oscar, our lead designer, is distilling how he sees the world into a set of MD files  / skills we can call on.

So now when I'm building something, I can pull up his MD file and get his design thinking applied to the product.

I guess our roles are becoming: automate yourself by turning your expertise into skills and MD files that others on the team can call on. That, I think, turns into the new operating system for organizations. 

We're living in a weird and wonderful time. WDYT about the approach?

Y Combinator's request for start ups has "AI-Native Agencies" on this year. Aaron Epstein, we're happy with our bootstrapped path but LMK if you want to jam on what we're doing with Casper Studios :) 

Was also cool to see "AI Native Hedge Funds" in there too given our experience with a $2b AUM hedge fund building their AI platform.

One of our clients raised ~$500m last quarter bringing them to $2B AUM. Performance was a big factor. Their LPs also told them the AI platform we've been building together is "the most integrated use of AI from a manager we've seen to date."

Now we're hearing the same thing across the board with other GPs.

A private credit fund with $500m AUM told us their LPs are pushing hard for AI adoption. Their reason was because every dollar spent on headcount is a dollar off net returns. 

A PE fund manager said this week that LPs want to see an AI efficiency roadmap before committing more capital. 

In 2025, AI was offensive, a way to differentiate and raise more capital. In 2026, it's becoming defensive. LPs aren't impressed by AI anymore. They're expecting it.

It makes sense. When LPs evaluate managers, they're buying trust in the sophistication of your process alongside your ability to generate returns. I think AI adoption has become a signal for that sophistication.

Helen Yu

CEO @Tigon Advisory Corp. | Host of CXO Spice | Board Director |Top 50 Women in Tech | AI, Cybersecurity, FinTech, Insurance, Industry40, Growth Acceleration

As the founder and CEO of Tigon Advisory, I help tech companies of all sizes multiply their growth opportunities by leveraging AI, cybersecurity, IoT, supply chain, and customer experience. With over a decade of technology industry experience, I offer CXO-as-a-service and guidance to organizations through digital transformation, strategic planning, enterprise risk management, go-to-market optimization, and influencer marketing.

I have worked with enterprise clients such as SAP, IBM, Salesforce and Microsoft, as well as B2B SaaS, Fintech, Insuretech, and Martech startups. I also serve as an independent board director and a venture capital advisor, where I bring a unique perspective on technology thought leadership, cybersecurity risk management, go-to-market strategy, and customer experience. I am a certified cybersecurity expert from MIT Sloan School of Management, an MBA from Loyola University of Chicago, and a respected industry thought leader, a Wall Street Journal best selling author, a keynote speaker, and a host of CXO Spice podcast. I am passionate about empowering and mentoring the next generation of technology leaders, especially women and minorities.

Director Board of Directors

CEC is a security service integrator with focus markets in manufacturing, healthcare, SLED and Corporate Campus.  Customers with complicated organizations and physical plants rely on CEC as extensions of their teams in making strategic investment and management decisions related to their technology and infrastructure. I serve as Culture and Compensation Committee Chair. 

What does it take to build a career in tech while staying true to who you are?

Standing on stage at the Acumatica Summit Women In Tech Lunch, in front of 700 incredible women and men, was a moment I’ll always treasure. The energy in that room was electric; a powerful reminder that none of us are navigating this journey alone.

I had the privilege of joining two meaningful conversations:
✅ Women in Tech Lunch Panel
Moderated by JJ DiGeronimo, with Lori Seal, CEO of Blytheco, and Loni Unser, Driver at Kellymoss Inc, we explored authenticity, non-traditional paths, and building confidence in spaces where women are still underrepresented. One thing was clear: there’s no single path to success—only the one that’s true to you.
✅ Fireside Chat: Confessions of Success
Alongside JJ DiGeronimo, Shary Dye, CPA of Acumatica and Stephanie Valenti of BILL, we talked candidly about the reality behind success - the failures, self-doubt, resilience, and the power of mentorship.

What stayed with me most were the conversations after the stage lights dimmed stories shared, connections made, and a collective desire for more spaces like this. Moments like these remind me why this work matters and why it’s so important to pay forward the support we’ve received.

Our stories matter. Our voices matter. And together, we’re shaping a more inclusive future in tech.

I created a short video capturing some of these incredible women; on and off stage; because moments like this deserve to be seen and shared.

I also want to extend my heartfelt appreciation to Irina Barber, Ph.D. and Martha Lucia Groulx for making this possible. Your leadership, intention, and commitment to creating spaces like this are what turn conversations into real impact.

Now let’s keep this going.

If this conversation resonated with you, don’t let it end here; share your story, mentor someone who’s just starting out, and help create spaces where more voices are heard.

Because when we show up for each other, we don’t just change careers; we change the future of tech. 💙

#WomenInTech #AcumaticaSummit #Leadership #Tech #Career #Growth

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Are you tuning in to the Cisco AI Summit next Tuesday?

On February 3rd, Cisco Chair & CEO Chuck Robbins and President & Chief Product Officer Jeetu Patel are hosting a full day of live, candid conversations with the people building the AI economy. 

It's candid discussions with:
• Sam Altman at OpenAI on frontier models
• Jensen Huang at NVIDIA on AI infrastructure
• Fei-Fei Li at World Labs on spatial intelligence
• Mike Krieger at Anthropic, Dylan Field at Figma, Aaron Levie at Box, Matt Garman at Amazon Web Services (AWS) 

I'll be dialing in for "The AI Factory: Infrastructure for Intelligence" (7:30–8 p.m. PT); a conversation between Jensen Huang and Chuck Robbins on open models, next-gen accelerated computing, and building AI factories designed to manufacture intelligence at planetary scale.

February 3, 2026 | 9 AM – 8 PM PST. Free. No registration needed. Link to join: https://lnkd.in/gCP_5TYq

Check out the full agenda and drop in for whatever sessions interest you most. Follow along with #CiscoAISummit and I would love to hear your takeaways.

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What does it look like to see the same city with fresh eyes in the age of AI?

It starts with the familiar. The rush of footsteps, the glow of corner bodegas, the skyline you think you already know. But somewhere between the morning coffee steam and the late-night city lights, the ordinary shifts.

A saxophone echoing in a subway tunnel.
A sunset turning glass towers into gold.
Strangers becoming part of your story for a moment.

I spent so much of my career here covering financial services and tech, watching the city through the lens of innovation, disruption, and data. Coming back now with time to simply experience it, I am reminded that not everything meaningful can be optimized or automated.

That is the magic of New York. Even in the digital era, in the age of AI, it does not just impress you, it transforms you. From wonderful sights to moments that make you stop, look up, and feel the wonder.

This video captures a few of the human moments that still define the city behind the algorithms.

When was the last time you experienced a familiar place in a completely new way?

#NewYork #Innovation #AgeOfAI #FinancialServices #Tech

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What if your #ERP not only reports the past but also predicts what's next?

That question anchored John Case's keynote at Acumatica Summit, backed by real scale:
✅ $500B in transactions processed
✅ 60M product shipments
✅ 280,000 daily users
✅ 1M AI-powered business objects processed monthly

But here's what struck me most: Acumatica has built something rare in the ERP world. It’s a thriving partner ecosystem with zero channel conflict, powered by their VAR model and consumption-based pricing.

And the heart of the keynote was customer impact and community.
✅ A window manufacturer used Acumatica's "digital replica" to uncover exactly where margins were slipping (broken materials, slower machines, expedited shipping) with end-to-end visibility and no guesswork.
✅ Smart Storm (2026 Customer of the Year) doubled revenue to $200M, scaled from 2 to 7 branches, launched new product lines, and maintained 90% user adoption by treating ERP as a marathon and empowering internal champions.

The summit's message resonated: When you build for performance, the possibilities are endless. This is about turning potential into impact today.

Join us for the Women in Tech Lunch Panel & Fireside Chat today. I met an incredible group of leaders during rehearsal yesterday and look forward to continuing the conversation with JJ DiGeronimo, Loni Unser, Lori Seal and Stephanie Valenti.

🎥 30-second highlight from Monday's Acumatica Summit keynote plus moment from my interview with John Case, CEO of Acumatica.

#AcumaticaSummit #CloudERP #WomenInTech #AI 

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What happens when your first Acumatica Summit turns into a masterclass in community?

It started with the little things: flowers, a fruit stand, Starbucks coffee. Then came the conversations, generosity, and people who truly showed up.

When my laptop charger broke, Monika Skibeness saved the day (twice!), and Shary Dye, CPA came through with a charger to power the final evening. That’s  community.

I was honored to speak at the WiT luncheon, connecting with an incredible group of women and men who are driving meaningful change across the ecosystem. Thank you Irina Barber, Ph.D. JJ DiGeronimo Loni Unser and Lori Seal.

A personal highlight was finally meeting Sanket Akerkar, now COO and President of Acumatica. I hosted Sanket on CXO Spice last year when he was CRO, so celebrating his well-deserved promotion in person felt full circle.

And because the best conferences don’t end with the last session, time on the dance floor with Marcia Kennedy and Kimberly Roma, and celebrating with Irina Barber, Ph.D. and Aliya Rakimgulova, was a reminder that real connections often happen after hours.

Meeting Acumatica founder Mikhail Shchelkonogov was truly special. Hearing firsthand how he started the company and navigated its growth added depth and meaning to everything Acumatica represents today.

🎥 I captured some of these moments in a 50 second video below.

My interviews with Paul Tedford, CEO of WM Synergy, and John Case, CEO of Acumatica will be released next week. Stay tuned.

Grateful for an unforgettable first Summit.

#AcumaticaSummit #Leadership #WomenInTech #ERP #Community

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Is your mobile infrastructure empowering your team or quietly holding them back?

I’ve worked with hundreds of businesses and seen that mobile-first teams have unparalleled efficiency. When I led large, distributed teams, I saw firsthand how the right mobile setup removes friction. No more workarounds. No more “let me get back to my desk.” Just real-time collaboration, wherever the work happens.

That’s why I was excited to learn about SuperMobile from T-Mobile For Business and how it’s enhancing productivity with:
✅ Intelligent performance that adapts in real-time - keeps teams, content and negotiations moving while on the go
✅ Seamless coverage – even in areas where traditional cell towers don’t reach
✅ Built-in security – enterprise-grade protection, wherever work happens

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4b45CVj

#TMobileForBusinessPartner #5G #SuperMobile

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What separates AI leaders from followers in financial services?

I'm pleased to share my perspective as quoted in sixth annual NVIDIA State of AI in Financial Services report: 89% of financial institutions report AI is increasing revenue while decreasing costs, and 65% are now actively deploying AI.

Here's my perspective on what matters:
"Open-source models are fundamentally changing the competitive dynamics in financial AI. The real value capture happens when institutions fine-tune these models on their proprietary transaction data, customer interaction histories and market intelligence, creating AI capabilities that competitors cannot replicate."

The institutions winning in AI are treating proprietary data as a strategic advantage. With 84% prioritizing open-source models and 42% exploring agentic AI, we're witnessing the foundation of competitive differentiation being built right now.

Download NVIDIA’s "State of AI in Financial Services: 2026 Trends" report to see where the industry is heading and how leaders are capturing value: https://nvda.ws/3ZqjDoW

#FinancialServices #AI #Innovation #CFO #CIO

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Are you losing talent because your systems look like they're from 2005?

At last week's Acumatica Summit, Paul Tedford, CEO of WM Synergy, shared a sobering reality: One of his manufacturing prospects is bleeding young talent because workers refuse to learn outdated technology.

Sound familiar?

After guiding 2,000+ companies through ERP modernization, Paul's seen the same pattern:
🔴 30% of the manufacturing workforce is 55+ (the "gray tsunami")
🔴 Manufacturing is now the #1 target for ransomware
🔴 Companies start with technology and work backward (big mistake)

The companies that succeed do three things differently.
I break down Paul's framework in my latest newsletter including the hidden critical success factor most companies overlook.

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#CloudERP #DigitalTransformation #AcumaticaSummit #AI #Manufacturing 

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"I was talking to one of our prospects in Connecticut who runs a manufacturing company. He said one of the biggest reasons they're looking at new soft

Open article: Is Your Mid-Sized Company Ready for Modern ERP? Key Insights from the Acumatica Summit by Helen Yu • 6 min read

Is Your Mid-Sized Company Ready for Modern ERP? Key Insights from the Acumatica Summit

Are you keeping up with AI infrastructure as it rapidly evolves?

Mark your calendar for NVIDIA AI Infrastructure Certification and get a comprehensive look at NVIDIA’s AI infrastructure certification portfolio across associate and professional levels. It is designed for network engineers, DevOps and MLOps professionals, data center specialists, technical leaders, and early career technologists looking to validate their skills, stay competitive, and prepare for what’s next in the AI ecosystem.

What you will learn:
✅ What’s new with NVIDIA Certification and how it aligns with AI infrastructure, networking, and operations
✅ Which exam is right for you or your team and why
✅ Practical exam prep strategies, sample questions, and study guidance
✅ A preview of the hands-on professional exams launching in 2026
✅ Live Q and A with certification experts

Bonus for attendees: Receive an exclusive 50% off exam discount code

January 29 | Two live sessions, one hour each:
EMEA and APAC: 9 a.m. CET | 1:30 p.m. IST | 4 p.m. SGT
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Featuring experts from NVIDIA and Computacenter, including Marco Alves, Gary F., and Brad Christian.

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When 75% of your customer data is out of reach—how do you fix that?

I recently hosted John Picinich, Director of Product Management at Progress Software on CXO Spice, and the first step for fixing fractured data foundations he shared resonated with me: "Once governance is standardized, you can layer automation, managed file transfer, APIs, and AI data feeds much more easily because everything becomes more scalable and secure by default."

Here's what keeps me up at night:
Financial institutions are pouring millions into AI, fraud prevention, and customer experience initiatives. Yet most are building on quicksand and fragmented systems limiting them to only accessing 25% of their own customer data.

The institutions winning today understand three things:
✅ Data fragmentation is a competitive liability
✅ You can't retrofit security; it must be built into the foundation
✅ Governance comes before AI, automation, or any other shiny object

John shared something that resonates with what I see across industries: "The human element is the weakest link."
Consistent policies. Centralized governance. Standardized frameworks.
That’s the difference between scaling confidently and collapsing under your own complexity.  Check out the Highmark Federal Credit Union transformation story.

Watch CXO Spice where John and I explore practical strategies for secure data movement, responsible AI implementation, and building the infrastructure that determines whether you'll lead or lag in the next decade: https://lnkd.in/gPq8B8Tg

#DataStrategy #FinancialServices #CyberSecurity #DigitalTransformation #AI

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”Once governance is standardized, you can layer automation, managed file transfer, APIs, and AI data feeds much more easily because everything becomes

Open article: The Data Strategy Imperative for Financial Institutions by Helen Yu • 6 min read

The Data Strategy Imperative for Financial Institutions

What if #robots could learn to manipulate objects the same way AI learns to predict the future?

NVIDIA just made this a reality with #CosmosPolicy and the results are remarkable.

Watch it in action:
✅ Long-horizon contact-rich tasks: folding shirts through complex multi-step sequences
✅ Natural language following: "put purple eggplant on plate" with flawless execution
✅ High-precision manipulation: putting candy in a Ziploc bag with delicate control

Instead of adding separate action modules like traditional approaches, Cosmos Policy directly encodes robot actions and future states into the Cosmos Predict2 world foundation model itself. No architectural add-ons. Just one unified model that understands how actions shape reality.

That’s state-of-the-art performance on LIBERO and RoboCasa benchmarks.
This is the shift from rigid programming to robots that genuinely understand physical manipulation.

NVIDIA is launching the Cosmos Cookoff hackathon (Jan 29 – Feb 26) where teams can compete to push the boundaries of physical AI.
The prizes:
$5,000 cash prize
NVIDIA DGX Spark™
GeForce RTX™ 5090 GPUs
$11K total value

Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gjW7X-wF

The future of robotics goes beyond better hardware and extends to models that understand how the physical world responds to action.

#CosmosPolicy #Robotics #Hackathon #CosmosCookoff #Developers #Engineering

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What if you no longer have to choose between cost management and traveler experience?

That's the bold vision I explored with Charlie Sultan, President of Concur Travel SAP Concur and Evan Konwiser, Chief Product and Strategy Officer American Express Global Business Travel on CXO Spice recently.

In an industry where competition is vigorous, these two companies are building something revolutionary together: Complete; a truly co-developed solution with AI embedded from day one.

Here are two most striking moments for me:
✅ Charlie's warning: "It's actually gonna be irresponsible for CXOs to cobble together solutions from different players. The cleanest data makes for the cleanest AI."
✅ Evan's moonshot: "My goal is for people to ask before taking a job: 'Who do you use to manage travel?'"

My Three Key Takeaways
✅ AI is the new operating system for business travel. It's no longer an add-on feature but the fundamental architecture connecting booking, servicing, payments, and expense into one intelligent flow.
✅ True innovation requires deeper collaboration. Integration isn't enough. Shared investment, shared data, and shared accountability across partners is the new competitive advantage.
✅ The opportunity is both strategic and human. Organizations can now achieve both cost management and exceptional employee experience, with compliance and security embedded throughout.

Watch the full conversation on CXO Spice: https://lnkd.in/gjz8XtJV

What's your biggest travel pain point? 👇

#BusinessTravel #AI #Leadership #CFOs 

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"I think it is actually gonna be irresponsible for CXOs to choose solutions from a variety of different players to try to cobble them together. The cl

Open article: The Future of Business Travel: SAP Concur and Amex GBT Reimagine AI-Powered Innovation in Business Travel by Helen Yu • 6 min read

The Future of Business Travel: SAP Concur and Amex GBT Reimagine AI-Powered Innovation in Business Travel

What does 3,500 people, a snowstorm, and cloud ERP innovation have in common? ❄️

I’m in Seattle for my first Acumatica Summit, where the focus is clear: business results today driven by people and powered by Community.

This 18-second video was captured at SEA Airport and tonight’s welcome reception, offering a quick glimpse of the journey here and the momentum building as partners get ready to showcase their solutions despite travel disruptions from the snowstorm.

Looking forward to the opening keynote and conversations with John Case, CEO of Acumatica, Nick Novy, CEO of Korpack, an Acumatica customer and Paul Tedford, CEO of WM Synergy, an Acumatica partner.

Let’s get started—building the future of business together.

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#AcumaticaSummit #CloudERP #AI #Seattle

What if your voice agent sounded human and could help any customer, anywhere, instantly?

At the ElevenLabs Summit in London, Co-Founder Mati Staniszewski delivered a live demo; showcasing how ElevenAgents can power voice and chat agents for customer operations with near-instant responses, seamless multilingual support, and the ability to serve users anytime, anywhere.

What made it compelling was seeing how the platform’s modular components can be applied to virtually any organization. The example of a national government agent painted a clear picture of what the future of citizen support could look like: accessible, responsive, and global by default.

Moments like this show where customer operations is going next: AI-first, always-on, and built for global scale.

👉 If you’re curious about what this means in practice, Lauren Rothwell (Head of Agent Growth at ElevenLabs) and I will be talking about Voice and Chat Agents for Customer Operations on the upcoming CXO Spice.

#ElevenLabsPartner #VoiceAgents 

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What does it mean to build true belonging in our communities?

Last night I had the privilege of attending the Black Excellence Cocktail at the Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago, celebrating four incredible difference makers - Kemena Brooks, Jasmine Gilstrap Hunter, Yvette Mensah, and Mohammad Bashir- whose work is shaping stronger, more inclusive communities.

I’m honored to serve on Dean Michael Behnam’s Board of Advisors for such an inspiring business school. The evening followed our board meeting, and it’s always energizing to be surrounded by a group of talented leaders who are deeply committed to impact and purpose.

Grateful to be part of a community that not only talks about what matters, but actively works to move it forward.

Vikrant Viniak Amy Waldron Keith Cienkus Tracey Patterson 
Kristen Napleton Norah Larke, MBA Gregg Lunceford, PhD, CFP®
Toyce Mizelle, CISA Dave Pepping Shane Quinlan James McHugh
Patrick Gainer Jack Hartman Larry Hund Jeff Jarczyk Kenneth Meyers 
Shannon Kennedy Wayne Kimball, Jr. Patrick Lynch
Kevin McGirr Dao Jensen Rocco Martino Melissa Ballate Kim Byas, Sr., PhD, MPH, FACHE, FACHDM Timothy L. Jones M.B.A. Colleen Calvey Tim Classen
Andrew Coombs Anne Divita Kopacz Jenna Drenten, Ph.D. Parker Lanigan Kelly McLaughlin Kennedy Lauren Vogelsmeier Lauren DeMaat

#BlackExcellence #Leadership #Community #LoyolaChicago #Gratitude

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Are security teams truly prepared for weaponized AI?

Ivanti’s 2026 State of Cybersecurity Report reveals a growing preparedness gap; and it’s widening at the exact moment threats are accelerating.

Here’s what the data shows: 
✅ Only 30% of organizations feel highly confident in their security readiness
✅ Preparedness declined across every major attack type compared to last year
✅ Weaponized AI is now the biggest force reshaping how attacks are launched; faster smarter and harder to predict

Security teams aren’t unaware.

They’re constrained by fragmented tools slow decision cycles and AI-enabled adversaries who don’t have those limits.

The key question for 2026 is whether defenders can operationalize AI faster than attackers.

👉 Check out the full 2026 State of Cybersecurity Report
https://lnkd.in/g6s6SG_P 

👉 On February 24, I’ll be hosting Mike Riemer, Field CISO at Ivanti, for a LinkedIn webinar on How Weaponized AI Is Reshaping the Cybersecurity Landscape. Register here to attend: https://lnkd.in/g3dPdBn2

#Cybersecurity #CISO #AEM #AI #BoardDirectors #GRC #CEOs

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Do you have a forward-thinking security strategy to combat weaponized AI?

On February 24 I’m hosting Mike Riemer Field CISO at Ivanti for a live LinkedIn webinar on how weaponized AI is reshaping the cybersecurity landscape and what leaders should do now to stay ahead.

Watch the trailer below to get a quick preview.

We’ll cover:
✅ Real-world AI-driven attack patterns
✅ Why kernel-level security matters more than ever
✅ Practical steps to build a secure-by-design approach

👉 Register here to join us: https://lnkd.in/g3dPdBn2

Mike and I will both be at RSAC Conference; DM us if you’d like to set up time to meet.

#Cybersecurity #AI #RSAC #CISO #Ivanti #GRC

Is the future of customer operations conversational and human?

Less than one percent of companies use AI voice agents at scale today. That is changing fast.

In my latest CXO Spice episode, I spoke with Lauren Rothwell from ElevenLabs about why conversational AI is finally ready for enterprise adoption. After seeing early chatbot efforts nearly nine years ago, it is clear how much the technology has matured.

We explored where conversational AI delivers real value, how enterprises should think about trust and quality, and why customer experience is becoming a strategic differentiator again.

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#ElevenLabsPartner #VoiceAgents #CX #CustomerOperations

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“Within two years, one in three brands will have this experience. You'll be able to get instant support whenever you want it, and it's going to be a l

Open article: AI Voice and Chat Agents Transform Customer Operations by Helen Yu • 4 min read

AI Voice and Chat Agents Transform Customer Operations

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