All articles by Lara Williams
Lara Williams
Lara Williams is editor of Verdict technology. An experienced writer, Lara previously worked as deputy editor of the Financial Times’s fDi Magazine. Lara has a background in technology journalism writing for the UK’s Computing magazine and has spent almost a decade living in Silicon Valley.
Jobs signal: Meta leads hiring frenzy in generative AI
A generative AI funding frenzy means job vacancies within the growing market have risen dramatically.
Deal focus: South Korea’s SKC acquires 45% stake in chip testing equipment company ISC
The deal demonstrates how speciality areas within the semiconductor global supply chain present significant commercial opportunities at scale.
Deal focus: Databricks acquires MosaicML to build proprietary AI models for enterprises
The deal demonstrates a growing generative AI market for enterprises keen on leveraging the technology without risking their data.
Can anyone really regulate AI?
Regulatory processes including business licences for AI models have been proposed but is regulating AI applying an outdated solution to a novel problem?
Tech-optimised bus commutes could save time, money and frontline jobs
Co-founder and CEO at global transport tech scale-up Zeelo, Sam Ryan, makes the case for modernising bus transport with routing algorithms, travel tech platforms and mobile apps for commuters.
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Deal focus: French start-up Mistral AI’s record $113m seed funding round
The deal demonstrates a funding frenzy in the generative AI market.
Time to bridge the real data gap: Googling the physical world
Christian Floerkemeier, co-founder and CTO of Swiss data capture company Scandit, shares his views on how companies should be optimising data capture processes.
Deal of the week: Canadian start-up Cohere raises $270m to bring generative AI to enterprises
The generative AI market is the fastest growing of all AI technologies with a rush of funding from established investors.
The changing world of work, according to Slack
Chris Mills, head of customer success, at enterprise messaging software company, Slack, shares his thoughts on how companies can adapt to the changing world of work.
More tech migrants needed to meet UK government’s ‘Silicon Valley’ ambition
Ben Bilsland, partner at accountancy firm RSM, makes the case for the UK tech industry’s need for more migrants.