Spencer Pratt rides Big Tech’s rightward wave as latest Silicon Valley titan opens wallet
Google co-founder Sergey Brin just became the latest high-profile member of the tech world to throw his financial support behind a Republican.Brin gave Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt a maximum donation of $1,800 on May 27, according to municipal campaign finance records. Other big names in tech making contributions to the mayoral hopeful include Palantir’s chief technology officer, SpaceX’s director of solar production, a communications executive at TikTok, the co-chairman and co-fo...
How Edge Intelligence Can Be Used In Safety-Critical Environments
InnovationHow Edge Intelligence Can Be Used In Safety-Critical EnvironmentsByDavid Julian,Forbes Councils Member.for Forbes Technology CouncilCOUNCIL POSTExpertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. | Membership (fee-based)Jun 01, 2026, 12:15pm EDTDavid Julian is the CTO and cofounder of Netradyne. gettyPicture this: At a construction site, two excavators are digging into the ground. A bulldozer idles nearby, its operator waiting to...
Why Generic AI Agents Don’t Work In Regulated Industries
InnovationWhy Generic AI Agents Don’t Work In Regulated IndustriesByArun Ramakrishnan,Forbes Councils Member.for Forbes Technology CouncilCOUNCIL POSTExpertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. | Membership (fee-based)Jun 01, 2026, 12:00pm EDTArun Ramakrishnan is co-founder and CTO of LogicFlo AI. gettyNot long ago, when people interacted with AI systems, they were experiencing them as chatbots. You asked a question, got an answer,...
The New Enterprise Stack: Why Process And Context Must Converge For Agentic AI
InnovationThe New Enterprise Stack: Why Process And Context Must Converge For Agentic AIByManish Sood,Forbes Councils Member.for Forbes Technology CouncilCOUNCIL POSTExpertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. | Membership (fee-based)Jun 01, 2026, 11:30am EDTManish Sood is the founder and CEO of Reltio, a real-time context intelligence platform powering enterprise AI and innovation. gettyFor two years, the enterprise AI conversatio...
No One Owns AI Spend: Three Preconditions For Distributed Accountability
InnovationNo One Owns AI Spend: Three Preconditions For Distributed AccountabilityByUdam Dewaraja,Forbes Councils Member.for Forbes Technology CouncilCOUNCIL POSTExpertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. | Membership (fee-based)Jun 01, 2026, 11:15am EDTUdam Dewaraja - Founder & CEO of StitcherAI. Founded FOCUS, a finance standard adopted by thousands of enterprises. gettyThe CFO asks about a cost overrun.The IT finance team didn'...
The Uncanny Valley Of Enterprise AI Is Bigger Than You Think
InnovationThe Uncanny Valley Of Enterprise AI Is Bigger Than You ThinkByPraful Saklani,Forbes Councils Member.for Forbes Technology CouncilCOUNCIL POSTExpertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. | Membership (fee-based)Jun 01, 2026, 11:00am EDTPraful Saklani is CEO of Pramata, a leading contract intelligence platform. gettyDrop 10 contracts into your favorite AI tool. Ask it to summarize them, flag the risks and tell you how to neg...
Four Smart Ways To Implement An Agentic AI Framework
InnovationFour Smart Ways To Implement An Agentic AI FrameworkByJay Bhatty,Forbes Councils Member.for Forbes Technology CouncilCOUNCIL POSTExpertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. | Membership (fee-based)Jun 01, 2026, 10:45am EDTJay Bhatty is the CEO and founder of NatGasHub.com. gettyJust a few years ago, it would have seemed like sci-fi to imagine people using AI regularly at work. But here we are. LLM and GenAI are now commo...
The Hidden Cost Of Agentic AI? Misallocated Effort
InnovationThe Hidden Cost Of Agentic AI? Misallocated EffortByShekhar Iyer,Forbes Councils Member.for Forbes Technology CouncilCOUNCIL POSTExpertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. | Membership (fee-based)Jun 01, 2026, 10:15am EDTAs the CEO of Arango, Shekhar Iyer leads the company’s mission to make enterprise AI contextual, scalable and trusted. gettyAs organizations shift from AI pilots to production, I’ve observed that many lea...
The Next Big Challenge For Robotaxis Is Not Driving—It’s Civic Coordination
InnovationThe Next Big Challenge For Robotaxis Is Not Driving—It’s Civic CoordinationByDavid Roberts,Forbes Councils Member.for Forbes Technology CouncilCOUNCIL POSTExpertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. | Membership (fee-based)Jun 01, 2026, 09:45am EDTDavid Roberts is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Verra Mobility, a leading provider of smart mobility technology solutions. gettyOn Dec. 20, 2025, a PG&E outage knoc...
Security Has A Timing Problem, But Attackers Don’t
InnovationSecurity Has A Timing Problem, But Attackers Don’tByKen Ammon,Forbes Councils Member.for Forbes Technology CouncilCOUNCIL POSTExpertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. | Membership (fee-based)Jun 01, 2026, 09:30am EDTKen Ammon is CEO of CodeHunter, a serial entrepreneur who exited OPĀQ and NetSec, and former U.S. Air Force captain at the NSA. gettyEnterprise security is built on a flawed assumption that we can recognize...
AI’s Hidden Tax: Why Your Observability Stack Can’t See Your Biggest Cloud Cost
InnovationAI’s Hidden Tax: Why Your Observability Stack Can’t See Your Biggest Cloud CostBySatyabrat Chowdhury,Forbes Councils Member.for Forbes Technology CouncilCOUNCIL POSTExpertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. | Membership (fee-based)Jun 01, 2026, 09:15am EDTSatyabrat Chowdhury, Field CTO at CoreStack | Mentor, Mentorship EDGE Program—University of Washington Bothell School of Business. gettyA CTO at a mid-market financial...
Sadiq Khan: London tech boom can weather ‘dizzying’ AI risks
Sadiq Khan has insisted London is “busy writing” the future of AI despite the “dizzying” risks posed by the technology, as fresh figures show the capital has reclaimed its position as Europe’s leading tech hub. The Mayor of London said AI presents both “impacts and opportunities”, but argued the capital was well placed to benefit from the sector’s rapid growth, pointing to a surge in investment into London startups and AI firms. “We face some monumental challenges, from conflict to the clim...
The 60/30/5 Rule: What Music Producers Can Teach About Building AI Products
InnovationThe 60/30/5 Rule: What Music Producers Can Teach About Building AI ProductsBySourabh Pateriya,Forbes Councils Member.for Forbes Technology CouncilCOUNCIL POSTExpertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. | Membership (fee-based)Jun 01, 2026, 08:45am EDTSourabh Pateriya, CEO of Soundverse, Product Leader building ethical and controllable AI music creation platform. gettyIn April 2026, Deezer revealed that nearly 75,000 fully...
Labour voters lead AI adoption as public remains split on impact
Labour supporters are more likely to use AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude than voters of any other major political party, new polling has found. The latest City AM/Freshwater Strategy poll of UK voters found Labour backers are the heaviest users of AI assistants, while two-thirds (66 per cent) of voters overall have used tools such as ChatGPT or Claude. Usage rises to 82 per cent among under-35s, with younger voters also the most optimistic about the technology’s potential benefits. AI...
Agentic AI And IoT: Real-World Use Cases To Watch
InnovationAgentic AI And IoT: Real-World Use Cases To WatchByExpert Panel®,Forbes Councils Member.for Forbes Technology CouncilCOUNCIL POSTExpertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. | Membership (fee-based)Jun 01, 2026, 08:15am EDT gettyInternet of Things devices have long helped organizations collect and report real-time data from equipment, environments and products. As agentic AI systems become more capable of reasoning, plannin...
The Next Evolution Of Software Development
InnovationThe Next Evolution Of Software DevelopmentByTiago Azevedo,Forbes Councils Member.for Forbes Technology CouncilCOUNCIL POSTExpertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. | Membership (fee-based)Jun 01, 2026, 08:15am EDTTiago Azevedo is CIO at OutSystems, a leading AI-powered low-code development platform. gettyThe accessibility and affordability of AI development tools have brought us to an inflection point. Tired of the buil...
Managing Borderless And Machine Identities With Modernized Zero-Trust Principles
InnovationManaging Borderless And Machine Identities With Modernized Zero-Trust PrinciplesByMorey Haber,Forbes Councils Member.for Forbes Technology CouncilCOUNCIL POSTExpertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. | Membership (fee-based)Jun 01, 2026, 08:00am EDTMorey J. Haber, Chief Security Advisor at BeyondTrust, is an identity and technical evangelist with over 25 years of IT industry experience. gettyIn today’s cybersecurity lan...
Clarity Before Technology: The Turning Point Most Transformations Miss
InnovationClarity Before Technology: The Turning Point Most Transformations MissByHari Sonnenahalli,Forbes Councils Member.for Forbes Technology CouncilCOUNCIL POSTExpertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. | Membership (fee-based)Jun 01, 2026, 07:45am EDTHari Sonnenahalli is a thought leader and seasoned enterprise architect at NTT Data Business Solutions (NDBS). gettyA global manufacturing company had just completed a rigorous v...
Why Identity Security’s Next Frontier Is Governing Chains, Not Identities
InnovationWhy Identity Security’s Next Frontier Is Governing Chains, Not IdentitiesByJohn Pritchard,Forbes Councils Member.for Forbes Technology CouncilCOUNCIL POSTExpertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. | Membership (fee-based)Jun 01, 2026, 06:45am EDTDr. John Pritchard is the Chief Executive Officer at Radiant Logic, responsible for the company’s global product vision. gettySomewhere in your enterprise right now, a sales rep...
Why Building A Successful Enterprise AI Foundation Needs An Engineering Mindset
InnovationWhy Building A Successful Enterprise AI Foundation Needs An Engineering MindsetByAshwin Gaidhani,Forbes Councils Member.for Forbes Technology CouncilCOUNCIL POSTExpertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. | Membership (fee-based)Jun 01, 2026, 06:30am EDTAshwin Gaidhani, Founder & CEO, DIGITALFABRIC GROUP, advising enterprises & service providers on AI transformation and market positioning. gettyThe gap between a promising...