All articles by Lara Williams
Lara Williams
Lara Williams is managing editor of Verdict technology. An experienced writer, Lara previously worked as deputy editor of the Financial Times’s fDi Magazine. Lara has a background in technology journalism writing for the UK’s Computing magazine and has spent almost a decade living in Silicon Valley.
Interview: Databricks UK&I managing director on why your AI transformation is only as good as your data
Databricks UK&I country manager, Michael Green, shares his view on why successful AI transformation can only happen with a good data strategy in place.
Opinion: What is coopetition? The AI space race is not a zero-sum game
Jennifer Belissent, principal data strategist at cloud data platform Snowflake, shares her view that an open source approach to AI is key to data sovereignty.
Can the Candy Crush King’s Corpora.ai put British AI on the map?
Mel Morris CBE is CEO and co-founder of Corpora.ai, a mature British AI startup making an ambitious play to transform the market for quality and in-depth AI generated reports.
What’s next for Yahoo?
Yahoo UK country manager Steve Mchenry’s 12 year tenure at the company ends in August when he joins Sky Media. Mchenry reflects on his time at the company and what’s next for Yahoo.
Opinion: Don’t bet against climate tech despite tariff chaos and ESG backlash
Gregory Dewerpe, founder and managing partner of Europe’s largest built world venture capital fund, noa, believes that climate tech pragmatism will overcome Trump chaos and waning enthusiasm for ESG policies.
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Five things Pope Francis said about AI
As mourning begins for Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday, the world is reminded of the papacy’s impact on the cultural and political conversation, more recently its view on AI.
How can businesses solve the AI engineering talent gap?
The global AI arms race is leading to a parallel arms race for top AI engineering talent. Is the search for skills a zero sum game or can businesses deploy mitigating strategies?
Trump tariff chaos puts semiconductor exemptions at risk
Trump’s destabilising policy reversals mean that exemptions provide no guarantee of stability for semiconductor companies and the wider technology industry going forward.
Liberation Day: What would Trump tariffs on semiconductors mean for the tech industry?
Chip industry experts say tariffs are likely to cause harm to US businesses while others see them as an effective trade negotiating tool.
UK Spring Statement 2025: Can AI fix state inefficiency?
The UK’s Labour government’s growth agenda relies heavily on the rhetoric of digital transformation. But can AI really fix state apparatus inefficiency?