Iain Martin

1 week ago | forbes.com | Iain Martin

The Midas List returns for its 24th year with another definitive ranking of the 100 best tech investors in the world. Over the last two decades, a big stock market listing or sale were key for VCs to land a spot on the Midas List. Now the soaring valuations of a new crop of super-sized private startups like OpenAI, SpaceX and Databricks are shaking up the rankings of the world’s best tech investors.

1 week ago | forbes.com | Iain Martin

Investors are always encouraging startups to push the innovation envelope. General Catalyst’s Hemant Taneja is applying that advice to his own firm. Sitting in the offices of General Catalyst, overlooking Oracle Park—where the San Francisco Giants play—and the sweeping bay stretching beyond it, CEO Hemant Taneja explains how his venture capital firm is going to transform how Americans access health care: by buying and running a hospital.

3 weeks ago | heraldscotland.com | Iain Martin

Of course, I understand first-hand the immense pressures facing the NHS. Resources over-stretched, staff under strain, and demand only continues to climb. We cannot continue, however, to let our mothers, daughters, sisters and friends fall through the cracks simply because the system wasn’t built with them in mind. Alongside my NHS work, I oversee gynaecology services at McKeown Medical where we recently surveyed over 1,200 women across Scotland.

3 weeks ago | forbesjapan.com | Iain Martin

サウジアラビアの政府系ファンドPIFは5月12日、石油に富む王国を人工知能（AI）のハブに変貌させる取り組みの一環として、Humain（ヒュメイン）と呼ばれるムハンマド・ビン・サルマン皇太子が会長を務める国家主導のAI企業を立ち上げたと発表した。 Humainは、AIのバリューチェーン全体にわたる事業を展開し、投資を行う計画で、CEOにはアラムコ・デジタル元CEOのタレック・アミンが就任する。アミンは、かつて日本の楽天グループの副社長を務め、楽天モバイルの共同CEOを務めていた。 「この取り組みはサウジアラビアの国家AI戦略への道を切り開くものであり、この使命を担えることを光栄に思う」とアミンは、昨年12月にアラムコ・デジタルCEOを退任した際LinkedInの投稿で述べていた。...

3 weeks ago | forbes.es | Iain Martin

Arabia Saudita ha presentado Humain, una empresa estatal de inteligencia artificial, como parte de sus inversiones para transformar el reino petrolero en una potencia de la inteligencia artificial. El proyecto estará presidido por el príncipe heredero saudí, Mohammed bin Salman, y respaldado por su fondo soberano, el Fondo de Inversión Pública (PIF).