Jon Fortt

Security software startup @TrustVanta just raised a round at a $4B valuation. About a year ago, I spoke with Vanta CEO @christinacaci after a round at a valuation just under $2.5B. She caught me up on the company's trajectory.

Governments adopting AI can drive efficiency, @ServiceNow CEO @BillRMcDermott told me earlier this year. This week’s $NOW earnings report provides an update.

bonus: That's me on the left (with hair!) and @jonfortt (in the back) during our first week as interns at the Lexington Herald-Leader in the summer of 1995.

Are tech billionaires sinking democracy? I got to interview my old friend @gilduran76 for @DecoderPod about his upcoming book, and a side of tech that hasn’t gotten much scrutiny. Agree with his conclusions or not, it’s an important debate: theverge.com/decoder-podcas…

AI systems are learning from experience. I ask @VAST_Data CEO Renen Hallak how his platform helps this to happen.

I speak with @letalixdoit CEO @AlexandraMysoor about the startup's latest funding milestone and the next phase of growth. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

How are new tariffs affecting the demand for enterprise software driven by AI? Ahead of $NOW earnings this week, revisit what @ServiceNow CEO @BillRMcDermott told me earlier this year:

How @IBM is adapting its mainframe technology for the hybrid cloud world: Ahead of the next earnings report, revisit what $IBM CEO @ArvindKrishna told me earlier this year:

It’s been just over five years since @ArvindKrishna took the reins at @IBM as CEO. As we anticipate the next earnings report, here’s a look at how he reflected with me, earlier this year, on how $IBM has changed since 2020.

Billionaire IWG founder Mark Dixon told me how he nearly lost the company in the dotcom bust 25 years ago. Markets can shift quickly.

Why make a superapp? @bolt CEO @ryanbreslow tells me the rationale behind building a bunch of financial capabilities into a single interface.

The trend is toward bringing workers back to the office, but Mark Dixon, billionaire founder of International Workplace Group, told me it’s more important to measure outputs.

The CEO of @Synopsys, Sassine Ghazi, explains why modeling the performance of an autonomous car or a drone using @ANSYS technology is more challenging than modeling a datacenter.

The CEO of @Synopsys, Sassine Ghazi, explains why the @ANSYS acquisition was so difficult to get across the finish line with global trade tensions running high.

The CEO of @Synopsys $SNPS, Sassine Ghazi, explains why the @ANSYS $ANSS acquisition brings important capabilities to the combined company.

I speak with @Synopsys $SNPS CEO Sassine Ghazi about the closing of the @Ansys $ANSS acquisition after delays in Chinese approvals during the global trade conflict. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Mark Dixon, billionaire founder of IWG, came from humble beginnings. His father wanted him to be an engineer, not an entrepreneur.

I speak with @Amplitude_HQ CEO @spenserskates about mergers and acquisitions in AI, and the latest in $AMPL analytics demand. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

My colleague @sharon_epperson breaks down the new law offering tax credits for funding private school scholarships, and what its budget impact could be.

I spoke with @Microsoft President Brad Smith in a recent Fortt Knox conversatino about why the company thought it was important to collaborate with educators on its #AI workforce training efforts.