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Demis Hassabis is stepping back from running DeepMind to chase scientific discovery
The Nobel laureate who co-founded DeepMind is now its chair and Alphabet’s chief scientist.
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Ali Ghodsi turned a research project into a $190 billion company
Databricks’ CEO is growing fast, and is in no hurry to go public.
Cloud
Arvind Krishna rebuilt IBM around hybrid cloud and AI
A 30-year IBM veteran, he made the company smaller and more focused, and bet on software for regulated industries.
AI
Arthur Mensch is building Europe’s answer in AI
Mistral AI’s co-founder bet on efficient, open-weight models, and on European independence in AI.
AI
Sundar Pichai is steering Google through its biggest shift since search
Alphabet’s CEO is putting Gemini at the center of everything Google makes.
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Software
Marc Benioff sold the world on the cloud. Now he is selling AI agents
Salesforce’s co-founder spent 25 years moving business software online. His new bet is software that works on its own.
Software
Tobi Lütke built Shopify because selling snowboards online was too hard
Shopify’s CEO turned the software behind his own store into a platform for millions of merchants.
Cloud
Andy Jassy is making Amazon’s biggest bet since AWS
The executive who built Amazon Web Services is now spending about $200 billion a year on AI infrastructure.
Semiconductors
Lip-Bu Tan took on the hardest job in chips
The veteran investor and former Cadence CEO has led Intel since March 2025.
Cybersecurity
George Kurtz bet that security belonged in the cloud
CrowdStrike’s founder built a cybersecurity leader, then led it through one of the largest IT outages on record.
Cybersecurity
Nikesh Arora is turning cybersecurity into a platform business
The former Google and SoftBank executive has spent eight years consolidating security tools under one roof.
Fintech
Sebastian Siemiatkowski took Klarna from Stockholm to Wall Street
Klarna’s co-founder built “pay later” into a global business, and has been one of the loudest voices on AI at work.
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Demis Hassabis is stepping back from running DeepMind to chase scientific discovery
The Nobel laureate who co-founded DeepMind is now its chair and Alphabet’s chief scientist.
AI
Ali Ghodsi turned a research project into a $190 billion company
Databricks’ CEO is growing fast, and is in no hurry to go public.
AI
Arthur Mensch is building Europe’s answer in AI
Mistral AI’s co-founder bet on efficient, open-weight models, and on European independence in AI.
Software
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Software
Marc Benioff sold the world on the cloud. Now he is selling AI agents
Salesforce’s co-founder spent 25 years moving business software online. His new bet is software that works on its own.
Software
Tobi Lütke built Shopify because selling snowboards online was too hard
Shopify’s CEO turned the software behind his own store into a platform for millions of merchants.
Software
Satya Nadella changed Microsoft’s culture before he changed its strategy
How Microsoft’s third CEO moved the company from Windows to the cloud, and then to AI.
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Cloud
Arvind Krishna rebuilt IBM around hybrid cloud and AI
A 30-year IBM veteran, he made the company smaller and more focused, and bet on software for regulated industries.
Cloud
Andy Jassy is making Amazon’s biggest bet since AWS
The executive who built Amazon Web Services is now spending about $200 billion a year on AI infrastructure.
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