Murray is an entrepreneur and venture capital investor in Silicon Valley. He is a Partner at IA Seed Ventures, where he invests in early-stage Silicon Valley companies, a Partner at Tilden Capital, and the founder of Open Future Forum, a Silicon Valley executive community he started in 2019 that runs private invitation-only dinners for C-suite leaders and open events for the AI and tech community, including a dedicated CFO Executive Forum. The Huffington Post named him one of its Top 10 People to Know. His earlier work includes a key strategic role at Turing.com, where he helped with a fundraising round ahead of the company’s $4 billion valuation. He also advised the Draper Nexus Network of Things Fund, and was previously a partner at OnePiece Labs, the web3 division of Uphonest Capital. As a contributing writer, Murray has shared his expertise in publications such as Forbes, The Guardian, Inc Magazine, Time, Business Insider, Entrepreneur Magazine, and Mashable. He graduated from London Metropolitan University with a BA in Laws. He gained his Green Card after the US government recognized him as an “alien of extraordinary ability.” Newlands is the author of “Online Marketing: A User’s Manual” published by John Wiley & Sons. He has also published “How to Get PR for your Startup: Traction” and “Content Marketing Strategies for Professionals”.
By Murray Newlands AI has created a new leadership problem. It is not just a technology problem. It is a strategy problem, a cost problem, a governance problem, a talent problem, a vendor-selection problem, and increasingly a board-level problem. That is why I was pleased to see John Boitnott write about this shift in his …
John Boitnott recently published a thoughtful piece on the growth of executive AI communities and why senior leaders are moving away from large, public conference rooms toward smaller, trusted, off-the-record conversations. You can read his article here: 5 Lessons From the Growth of Executive AI Communities. I agree with the core point. In the AI …
AI is no longer just a technology conversation. It is now a leadership conversation. The decisions companies are making about AI touch strategy, capital allocation, productivity, governance, security, customer trust, hiring, risk, and the board. That means the people making those decisions cannot rely only on more content, more reports, or more conference panels. They …
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