Quantum’s Here – Insights from Wellesley Hills Financial By Adam T. Hark No fintech, payments or software deal made it to the top of my list for most noteworthy funding to start off the year. Instead, it’s the recent closing of a $300 million equity round to vertically integrated quantum computer company Quantinuum that takes the prize. The lovechild…
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National Retail Federation “Big Show” 2024 New York By Tom McCole It is that time of year when merchants have hopefully celebrated a prosperous holiday season and it’s off to New York for the NRF annual exhibition and conference. The event hosts 35-40 thousand attendees from around the world to see what new trends and…
MPC Interviews Natasha Royer Coons of Advantix Solutions Please state your name, title, company, and email address to provide to prospective partners and customers interested in receiving more information. Natasha Royer Coons, CEO of Advantix, nroyercoons@advantixsolutions.com How are you different than other brands in your space? As a telecom expense management (TEM) provider for over…
Generative AI Takes On Vertical Software – Fault Lines Appear By Adam T. Hark I began reading about it last year. In dribs and drabs, articles appeared noting how adept generative AI systems had become at producing workable scripts for software developers. The release (perhaps “unleashing” is more accurate) of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in November 2022 had already proven…
Giant Step Forward for Bartech “Necessity is the mother of invention” is an ancient proverb that traces its roots back to Aesop’s Fables in the 6th century BCE. Virtually every innovation we know today has resulted from the need to solve a problem. In the point-of-sale arena however, changes have come incrementally over the decades…