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Summary
As the race for AI dominance accelerates, more than half of all venture capital funding is funneled into AI startups. Companies are investing hundreds of billions to strategically enter this rapidly expanding market, both organically and through acquisitions. However, the anticipated returns remain elusive for many investors, acquirers, and users. Join S&P Global for an in-depth exploration of not just how to engage with AI, but how to optimize your approach for success.
Our analysts will delve into critical finance and technology trends, including:
- The rise of AI as the leading catalyst for tech M&A activity.
- Insights into which companies are attracting funding and their respective valuations.
- Successful applications of AI within enterprises and the lessons learned.
Moderator
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Carmen Lilly
Director of Business Development, Data & Research Solutions
Carmen is the Market Development team lead for Corporate Solutions across the S&P Global business units. She has been with S&P Global since 2009 and carries vast expertise in product management and development for several disciplines and segments.
Speakers
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Brenon Daly
Research Director, Financials
Brenon Daly directs the financial analysis of the 451 Research Market Insight and M&A KnowledgeBase products within S&P Global Market Intelligence. He is responsible for all financial coverage within those product lines, as well as supporting investment- and acquisition-related activity by investment banking and private capital clients.
Brennon arrived at S&P Global Market Intelligence through its 2019 acquisition of 451 Research. Before joining 451 Research in mid-2006, Brenon worked at research boutique for technology-focused hedge funds, as well as trading equity and options on his own book.
Brenon began his career in 1991 as a founding reporter at the first English-language newspaper in the former Eastern Bloc. Brenon moved to Vienna in 1995 to run the local bureau for United Press International before taking on an analyst position with the Economist Group, where he researched and wrote reports for The Economist Intelligence Unit and the regional publication of The Economist.
In addition to earning a degree from the University of Kansas, Brenon studied at the University of Ulster (Northern Ireland) and the Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria).
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Scott Denne
Senior Research Analyst
Scott Denne is a Senior Research Analyst with 451 Research, part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, where he covers technology M&A and private equity. His research explores changes in deal-making and shifts in valuation. His reports cover broad movements in the tech M&A markets, private-equity investments, analysis of specific deals and forecasts of deal activity in multiple sectors of the software industry.He has spent more than 15 years covering technology companies and capital markets as a journalist and analyst. Prior to joining 451 Research, Scott covered startups and venture capital for several Dow Jones publications, including VentureWire, Private Equity Analyst and The Wall Street Journal. He has been quoted by financial and technology publications, including TheStreet.com, Wired, CNBC.com, AdExchanger and CMSwire.
S&P Global Energy
Alexander Johnston
Senior Research Analyst, Data, AI & Analytics
Alex Johnston is a research analyst on the 451 Research Data, AI & Analytics team at S&P Global Market Intelligence. He focuses on emerging technologies and how they can be applied in business contexts. Alex's primary coverage areas are artificial intelligence, distributed ledger technology, event stream processing and data marketplaces.
Before joining S&P Global Market Intelligence, Alex was a principal analyst at Procurement Leaders, leading much of the research on procurement and supply chain. His specialty focus was procurement and supply chain technology markets, advising chief procurement officers on digital roadmaps and building out a suite of diagnostic tools. He has a background in qualitative and quantitative research and has significant data science experience. Alex holds a history degree from the University of Warwick.
Alex’s recent areas of concentration include monitoring the emerging generative AI market, tracking the evolution in blockchain use cases and investigating real-time architectures.
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