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Philippe MEDA

Since 2007, Philippe has collaborated with hundreds of startups and advised numerous multinational corporations on disruptive innovation strategies. He also teaches MBA courses in Europe and Shanghai.

How fast before Salesforce is out of business?

How fast before Salesforce is out of business?

As foreseen and predicted, Microsoft is already moving in to offer private instances of ChatGPT working on your Azure backend. What it means is that if you authorize it, you can now run Microsoft AI to digest specific clusters of your company's data, make sense of them and

The death of self-driving has been vastly exaggerated

The death of self-driving has been vastly exaggerated

I know what you think. Self-driving and autonomous cars have been promised with such enthusiasm that we'd thought they'd be all around already in 2020. Then... it got complicated. As a fair disclosure, I was also adamant about their fast propagation... in China (and maybe Japan)

Substack, just another Ponzi scheme on society

Substack, just another Ponzi scheme on society

It's 2023, and we still haven't learned much about social media or what is called in Silicon Valley lingo "tech" platforms. We got used to personal data leaks, bots posing as your friends, election meddling, hate speech, and far more. From Facebook to Twitter

Hola chatGPT ¿hablas español?

Hola chatGPT ¿hablas español?

Among the many things that are not much discussed when considering ChatGPT dangers and biases is that it was built from predominantly English-speaking content. Just like China deep learning systems are only working on content in Mandarin, these systems have inherent cultural biases that obviously impact the quality of the

The writing on the wall for micromobility

The writing on the wall for micromobility

Just last week, I was pointing at a few bubbles of risks that were about to burst. One of them was how citizens in Paris would react to the mayor asking them if they want to keep or reject micromobility solutions (as in fleet of e-scooters). 📈 A daily slice of