Author: Daniel snow

Max Harris: We’re looking to bring together the big industrial players in the local context of our ports, together with the really innovative, talented start-ups that are looking to scale and apply their great technology to real-world industrial challenges. Shana Ting Lipton: That’s Max Harris. And today, we hear the story of how his company, the UK’s largest ports operator, Associated British Ports, is using its infrastructure and convening powerful industrial players to bring climate tech start-ups to its shores—helping its customers solve some of the biggest energy transition challenges. I’m your host, Shana Ting Lipton, with PwC, and this…

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The past few years have seen “Abbott Elementary” star and creator Quinta Brunton take home multiple Emmys, a Golden Globe and even a Peabody award.But the 35-year-old comedy star isn’t surprised by her success. On a recent appearance on “Good Hang with Amy Poehler,” Brunson said that if you asked her 10 years ago what she would say if she knew how many accomplishments she had ahead of her, she would probably think everything was going exactly according to plan.”I think 2014 me would be like, ‘Exactly. Period,'” she said with a laugh.”I was a very determined, knew-where-I-was-going girl,” she…

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Toru Nishikawa (right), co-founder and chief executive officer of Preferred Networks, and Daisuke Okanohara, co-founder and chief executive researcher, with a Fanuc Corp. robotic arm at their company’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, March 16, 2018.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPreferred Networks is a little-known name outside of Japan, but the Toyota-backed artificial intelligence unicorn has big plans to use deep learning to fix “real-world” issues — with the end goal of going global. “For the past 10 years, we have been working on using AI to solve real-world problems,” chief executive researcher, Daisuke Okanohara, told CNBC’s “Managing Asia.” The company has ventured…

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