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Where CIOs should place their 2025 AI bets

CIO Business Intelligence

Examples include scanning invoices, extracting basic contract information, or capturing information from PDF forms. Michael Beckley, CTO and founder of Appian, says document processing is a boring gen AI use case with significant business potential. One opportunity is for CIOs to help their marketing departments improve brand loyalty.

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Taking stock of human capital in the age of AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Case in point was the high turnover rate at road and highway maintenance company AVR Group, and the solutions enacted by its CTO Pierangelo Perdomi to remedy it. So smart working was introduced at AVR last year in the technology business unit with a different supplementary contract for different groups. Talents must be paid.

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Cost, security, and flexibility: the business case for open source gen AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Travel and expense management company Emburse saw multiple opportunities where it could benefit from gen AI. Both types of gen AI have their benefits, says Ken Ringdahl, the companys CTO. Legal indemnification is a common feature of gen AI contracts from OpenAI, Microsoft, Adobe, and other major vendors.

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Seattle startup Sanctum is developing private pods where solo travelers can work, rest, or relax

GeekWire

A fledgling Seattle-based startup wants to give solo travelers a sanctuary instead. Jason Koo, Sanctum co-founder and CTO. She has been joined by Jason Koo , who is CTO and co-founder. “And I feel very strongly about individual costs for solo travelers.” The founders met at a GeekWire event last year.

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Tunstall’s CTO wants to build the Porsche 911 of telehealth

CIO Business Intelligence

Gary Steen joined assistive technology provider Tunstall Healthcare as its group chief technology officer (CTO) in August 2021, having previously been managing director for technology at telecommunications provider TalkTalk. So Steen has a critical role to play.

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Tech Moves: Expedia taps execs to run new divisions; Bumble hires Microsoft vet as CTO

GeekWire

Expedia Photos) — Expedia Group hired two longtime leaders to run new operating divisions within the Seattle-based travel giant. Greg Schulze , an 18-year Expedia vet, was named president of Travel Partners and Media. Schulze previously was a senior vice president for Strategic Travel Partners. Antoine Leblond.

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Interview: Expedia’s new leaders from Apple and Verizon hope to help travel giant bounce back

GeekWire

Over the course of nearly two decades, the Seattle travel platform snatched up more than 40 companies with a combined worth of nearly $13 billion. Last week Expedia announced the hiring of Jon Gieselman , Apple’s former head of marketing for services, to help customers make sense of the online travel giant’s tangled product lineup.

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