Tech Disruptors

AI’s expansion into enterprise use is exposing a gap between rapid prototyping and reliable deployment across the organization. Domino Data Lab CEO Nick Elprin joins Bloomberg Intelligence senior software analyst Sunil Rajgopal to discuss how model-driven organizations are putting AI to work in core-business settings, where governance and standardization are essential. As coding assistants enable domain experts to build full-stack analytics applications, “basic SaaS applications are pretty seriously threatened right now,” Elprin says. The conversation also explores why human-in-the-loop systems are still essential and how companies manage fragmentation risks as agentic AI evolves.

“We charged for outcomes with Fin…we’re charging when we did the work properly, and we weren’t charging when we didn’t,” Des Traynor, Intercom’s co-founder and chief strategy officer, tells Anurag Rana, senior technology analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence. In this Tech Disruptors episode, Traynor explains why Intercom chose to cannibalize its seat-based support software as a service to launch an AI agent that targets 60–70% resolution, and why outcome pricing changes everything from product design to unit economics. They also dig into what separates resolution from “deflection,” why most companies shouldn’t self-build support agents, how Intercom mixes models — including its own CX models — to optimize quality/cost and why 2026 is about expanding Fin from support into broader customer-facing roles.

Ericsson’s recent headway in securing contracts for 5G enterprise applications signals a rise in commercial deployments as business customers gain confidence in the technology’s potential to improve returns. In this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Tech Disruptors podcast, Ericsson SVP and Head of Business Area Enterprise Wireless Solutions Asa Tamsons joins BI senior telecom analyst John Butler to discuss the outlook for enterprise 5G applications and how customers are using the technology to boost efficiency and generate higher returns. The discussion also touches on 6G and its potential to embed intelligence across business operations, partly through AI, while building on 5G’s ability to interconnect devices.

Mastercard’s push into stablecoin infrastructure, including its proposed acquisition of BVNK, alongside advances in enabling agentic payments, reflects an evolution rather than a disruption of its core business. In this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Tech Disruptors podcast, Jorn Lambert, Mastercard’s chief product officer, joins BI fintech and payments analyst Diksha Gera to discuss how Mastercard is extending its value proposition around trust into new environments — from owning the “plumbing” of stablecoins through interoperability and multi-rail enablement to acting as the “intent verifier” in emerging agentic payments. Listen to hear more about how Mastercard is shifting from a card network to an intelligent “switch” of multi-rail platforms, as AI agents begin to navigate merchant catalogs and execute autonomous transactions.

Concentrix CEO Chris Caldwell joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Tamlin Bason to examine how AI is reshaping customer experience. As companies move from pilots to scaled deployment, Caldwell discusses how AI is enabling more personalized, real-time interactions, while introducing risks around consistency, trust and brand control. The conversation also explores the role of incumbents like Concentrix in bringing the scale needed to implement AI effectively, bridging the gap between emerging technology and enterprise execution. Caldwell shares where he sees value forming across the customer-experience ecosystem, and why protecting brand identity remains critical as automation deepens.