Co.DesignIt’s official: Data visualization has gone mainstreamWhen the United States president is showing a Sharpie-doctored chart, you know data visualization isn’t hovering at the margins anymore.
TechSalesforce is putting an Alexa-like voice assistant in the boardroomThe customer management software giant will let users speak with—and get advice from—its Einstein artificial intelligence system.
Co.DesignGucci took action on climate change. Now it’s daring other companies to do the sameThe $8.8 billion fashion giant is offsetting the carbon footprint of its entire supply chain. CEO Marco Bizzarri is challenging other business leaders to join him.
TechSalesforce’s Marc Benioff: ‘I was in unexplored territory for a CEO’The cofounder of San Francisco’s largest company on giving back, taking stands, and trying to goad other tech executives into doing the same.
Co.DesignHere’s why we need more diversity in AIAt the Fast Company European Innovation Festival in Milan today, tech executives discussed how artificial intelligence is only as good as the data that trains it.
Co.DesignSalesforce is acquiring data viz company Tableau for $15.7 billionIs this the biggest acquisition of a data visualization company of all time?
TechSchools are using software to help pick who gets in. What could go wrong?Admissions officers are increasingly turning to automation and AI with the hope of streamlining the application process and leveling the playing field.
NewsMarc Benioff hopes to dent America’s homeless crisis with $30M research projectSalesforce’s co-CEO donates $30 million to create a homelessness research center at the University of California, San Francisco.
NewsThese are the companies where most U.S. employees want to workThe most sought-after companies today are some of the largest, best known tech organizations.
News50 women are suing Salesforce for allegedly profiting from sex traffickingThe lawsuit stems from Backpage.com’s use of Salesforce products
TechPolitics are tearing tech companies apart, says new surveyA survey commissioned by a conservative group shows most tech workers identify as moderate, but the findings leave plenty of room for the right or left to argue about bias.
ImpactWhy Salesforce, Gap, Bloomberg, and others are teaming up to buy solarIn a new clean energy deal, five companies are pooling their resources to fund a solar project in North Carolina, hopefully paving the way for more companies to collaborate on clean energy investments.
NewsStanford students are vowing not to work at Salesforce over its border patrol dealDozens of students have signed a pledge to not intern or work for Salesforce unless it drops its contract with Customs and Border Protection.
ImpactThis tech CEO is offering a $1 million donation to inspire tech companies to help fight homelessnessThe CEO of the booming startup Twilio will put $1 million of company’s money toward alleviating homeless problems, urging other tech leaders to pony up, too.
ImpactSilicon Valley voters just demanded that tech companies be responsible for their communitiesThree Bay Area cities approved new taxes to help even out the income divide. They may inspire a movement across the state and country.
NewsWith the passage of Prop C, San Francisco homeless advocates now have $300 million in new fundsAfter the landslide victory of the Prop C business tax, San Francisco homeless and housing advocates start planning how to make a difference.
NewsChris Rock and Jewel endorse San Francisco’s tax to help homelessThe comedian and once-homeless musician added star firepower to the controversial $300 million tax to get people off the streets.
ImpactThe dirty political fight to get tech’s richest companies to give less than 1% to the homelessA ballot initiative that would tax the city’s biggest companies to fund housing services has become an ethical litmus test for technology leaders.
Impact4 steps to prepare your business for a carbon-neutral futureIt’s now or never to shift to a low-carbon economy. Businesses need to lead the way. Here’s how.
NewsMarc Benioff just Twitter-shamed Jack Dorsey over San Francisco’s homeless tax planMarc Benioff has embraced a proposed business tax to fund housing and homeless programs. Jack Dorsey of taxpayer-funded Twitter has not.