Tech Disruptors

Faster AI code generation is increasing the need for governance, security and control across the software-development life cycle, says Bill Staples, GitLab’s CEO. Staples joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Mandeep Singh on this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast to discuss GitLab’s position as a cloud- and model-neutral orchestration layer for coding agents, as well as the shift from seat-based subscriptions toward a hybrid model that includes consumption pricing for agentic workloads.

“Ninety percent of all of our proofs of concept convert to long-term contracts because the ROI case is so clear,” Clay Bavor, co-founder of Sierra, tells Bloomberg Intelligence senior technology analyst Anurag Rana. The pair discuss the evolution from single-interaction service bots to long-horizon agents that can reason across weeks or months, coordinate conversations across multiple channels and pursue high-value outcomes such as mortgage origination, customer retention and sales. Bavor explains why the context layer could become a critical source of competitive advantage, enabling agents to build memory from each customer interaction and use those insights to deliver increasingly personalized and productive experiences.

AI is reshaping enterprise technology spending, expanding infrastructure demand beyond graphics processing units into servers, storage and networking while raising new questions about cloud economics and on-premises deployments. TD SYNNEX CEO Patrick Zammit joins Bloomberg Intelligence senior technology analyst Woo Jin Ho on this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast to discuss enterprise demand, supply-chain dynamics, AI adoption and why the next phase of AI could broaden the opportunity across the technology stack.

“60% of the bank's code is AI generated,” Leigh-Ann Russell, Chief Information Officer and Global Head of Engineering at BNY, tells Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analysts Paul Gulberg and Anurag Rana. In this episode, the group discusses how BNY built Eliza as a model-agnostic AI platform and governance layer to expand access to AI while maintaining control over data, spending and risk. Russell explains how AI is increasing engineering capacity, supporting digital employees and cybersecurity, and helping BNY modernize systems and prepare for always-on financial markets.

Okta President and COO Eric Kelleher discusses the growing importance of agent identity security as open-source models narrow the gap with frontier LLMs. Kelleher joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Mandeep Singh on this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast to discuss how Okta is adapting to the rise of agentic identities and the industry’s shift from a seat-based to a token-consumption business model.