Some of the world’s biggest tech companies are turning data centers into testing grounds for cleaner infrastructure. Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Meta are partnering with nonprofit investment firm Elemental Impact to help climate startups pilot technologies such as advanced cooling, energy storage, low-carbon building materials, and other tools that could reduce the environmental strain of AI growth…
Dropbox Founder Drew Houston is stepping down as CEO after 19 years leading the cloud storage company. Houston will move into the role of executive chairman after an initial transition period in which he will share the co-CEO title with Ashraf Alkarmi, who is being promoted from product chief. Alkarmi joined Dropbox from Vimeo in late 2024 and will eventually become the company’s sole CEO…
Levi joins CData from Sift, where he also served as chief product and technology officer. He previously held senior leadership roles at Cisco, including vice president of Security Strategy and Innovation for Cisco’s Security Business Group. His background spans product, cloud security, platform development, and enterprise-scale infrastructure…
Mayo Clinic has initiated a formal leadership succession process following the decision of President and CEO Gianrico Farrugia to complete his tenure at the end of this year. According to the organization’s bylaws, the Board of Trustees will hold an election for the next chief executive in November, allowing for a coordinated transition on January 1, 2027…
Paymentology has appointed Fiona Tee as Chief Financial Officer as the issuer-processor moves into its next phase of global expansion following a $175 million strategic investment from Apis Partners and Aspirity Partners. Tee joins from Currencycloud, where she spent nine years helping scale the fintech through a growth period that ended in its acquisition by Visa. At Paymentology, she will oversee financial strategy as the company expands its cloud-native payments infrastructure across nearly 70 countries…
N26 is restructuring its executive leadership team and shifting its local market reporting lines to elevate its core European growth engines. The digital bank will elevate Daniel Lappas to the newly created position of Chief Product and Business Officer, while appointing Aytac Aydin as Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director. To streamline operations across its 24 markets, the company is changing its organizational setup so that Country General Managers for France, Italy, and Spain report directly to Chief Executive Officer Mike Dargan…
Sage expanded its executive leadership team by recruiting Krish Vitaldevara as Chief Product Officer and Anand Swaminathan as Chief Strategy Officer. Operating from the company’s San Jose, California office, Vitaldevara assumed his position on May 18, while Swaminathan is scheduled to join the executive team on June 15. The dual appointments coincide with the technology provider’s targeted focus on developing artificial intelligence solutions and driving long-term corporate growth for small and medium-sized businesses…
OpenAI recently announced an organizational restructuring to unify its product offerings, placing Greg Brockman in permanent control of product strategy. Brockman, who also manages AI infrastructure, previously held product oversight on an interim basis while Fidji Simo, the CEO of AGI deployment, was on medical leave. Simo remains on medical leave but worked directly with Brockman on the restructuring. As first reported by WIRED, the consolidation merges ChatGPT, the AI coding agent Codex, and the developer-facing API into a single core product team…
Anthropic and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are putting $200 million toward AI tools designed for some of the world’s hardest-to-reach needs, from neglected disease research to classroom support and economic mobility. The four-year partnership combines grant funding, Claude usage credits, and technical support for programs in the U.S. and abroad, with a focus on areas that often attract less commercial investment despite their public impact…
Lone Wolf Technologies has appointed three senior executives to its core leadership team. Alan Matuszak has joined the company as Chief Technology Officer, and J.R. Stricker has filled the role of Chief Customer Officer. Concurrently, Aaron Kardell has been promoted to Chief Innovation Officer after joining the firm in 2021 through its acquisition of HomeSpotter…
