Tag: Semafor
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The Fragile Equilibrium: George Walker CEO at Neuberger Berman, Perspective on the Economy
The digital ticker at the bottom of my workspace doesn’t just track price action anymore; it tracks the wild whacky trends of geopolitics. Listening to George Walker and Shelly Banjo discuss the state of play, I am struck by the paradox of our current era. We are living through a period of “Economic Antifragility,” where…
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Navigating the Energy Shock: Ken Griffin of Citadel on Geopolitics and the American Brand
At the Semafor World Economy summit, held during the high-stakes World Bank & IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C., the atmosphere was charged with a mix of fiscal caution and geopolitical anxiety. Ken Griffin, Founder and CEO of Citadel, took the stage for a candid discussion on “The Future of Global Finance.” For a technologist…
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The “And” Economy: Dubai’s Resilience in the Eye of the Geopolitical Storm
At the Semafor World Economy summit, held during the high-stakes World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings, a distinct narrative of resilience emerged from the Middle East. While the headlines of 2026 have been dominated by the kinetic escalation between the U.S. and Iran, H.E. Hadi Badri, CEO of the Dubai Economic Development Corporation, offered a…
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The Backbone of the Agentic Economy: Building Intelligent Enterprises
At the Semafor World Economy summit, the “Building Intelligent Enterprises” session cut through the usual AI hype with a dose of pragmatic operational reality. While the morning sessions at the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings focused on macro-fiscal policy, this panel, featuring Kunal Kapoor (CEO of Morningstar) and Woodsen Martin (CEO of OutSystems), zeroed…
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The Cognitive Industrial Revolution: Reid Hoffman on Building Intelligent Enterprises
At the Semafor World Economy summit, held amidst the pivotal World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings, the conversation shifted from global fiscal policy to the silicon-fueled engine driving the next era of productivity. Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn co-founder, Greylock partner, and a central architect of the current AI boom, sat down to demystify the “AI strategy”…
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Anthropic’s Jack Clark, on The Architecture of Intelligence – When Models Break the Sandbox
At the recent Semafor World Economy summit, held against the backdrop of the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings, the air was thick with a new kind of systemic risk. This wasn’t about subprime mortgages or sovereign debt; it was about Agentic AI, models that don’t just answer questions, but act on the world. Jack…
