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Robotics in the real world
Industrial robotics is expanding beyond manufacturing. Discover adoption data, AI-driven advances, and the future of robotics deployment.
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A small change in ocean tech that could change sustainability at scale
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Ocean tech is finding its depth
Ocean tech is evolving – from autonomous ocean data to seaweed farming and tidal energy. Discover three innovations that are changing climate, food, and energy systems.
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Is AI forcing everyone to pick a side?
As AI adoption surpasses 70%, companies face a strategic choice: build, buy, or drift. Explore how positioning (not technology) is creating competitive advantage.
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How to be a master of change
A way to think about change when everything feels uncertain
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Robotics in the real world
Industrial robotics is expanding beyond manufacturing. Discover adoption data, AI-driven advances, and the future of robotics deployment.
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Ocean tech is finding its depth
Ocean tech is evolving – from autonomous ocean data to seaweed farming and tidal energy. Discover three innovations that are changing climate, food, and energy systems.
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Is AI forcing everyone to pick a side?
As AI adoption surpasses 70%, companies face a strategic choice: build, buy, or drift. Explore how positioning (not technology) is creating competitive advantage.
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Climate tech is booming – so why does it feel like a slowdown?
Climate tech investment is still rising, but venture funding is more selective. We look at data from BloombergNEF, IEA and Dealroom to see where climate capital is going now.
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Designing cities that start with people
Jonathan Reichental on building human-centred cities, smarter innovation, and leading through constant change.
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Will agentic AI become your travel agent?
Agentic AI is changing travel tech – and creating new opportunities for entrepreneurs to build customer relationships and platform loyalty.
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A Surgical LEAP, Shaping the Future of Surgery
Step into the theatre as we explore the future of surgical technology and how innovative discoveries are reshaping the way surgeons operate and train the next generation. Join some of the worlds most renowned surgeons as they look to the future of health tech and how technology can change lives
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Investors and NFTs: Is It Worth The Investment?
Today, it seems as if you cannot avoid NFTs. The news, social media, business moguls, venture capitalists, and teenagers alike are all buzzing about them. From mid-2021, we have started to see venture capital investment in NFT marketplaces, along with some exclusive NFT-directed funds being established. Now we want to
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Women In Tech, Inspiring Future Generations
To celebrate International Women’s Day and the theme #Breakingthebias, we will be looking at exciting projects that are being led by women and how tech is opening opportunities for female leaders. Get first-hand experience from female leaders in the tech industry, including 2019’s Woman of the Year in
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Industry 5.0: How, What, Where and When?
Industry 5.0 is said to already be on the horizon but what is the actual difference between Industry 4.0 vs Industry 5.0? What technologies are at the cusp of the fifth industrial revolution? And what will real personalisation look like in Industry 5.0? Find out from
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The Unlimited Potential of Web 3.0 and the Metaverse
Web 1.0 was static, decentralised, mostly read-only home pages. Web 2.0 is about blogging, social media and e-commerce centralised and owned by tech giants. Web 3.0 is about whatever we want it to become. According to Chris Dixon: “We are now at the beginning of the web3
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KSA Tech startups to look out for in 2023
LEAP loves startups. In fact, we’re going to spend a bit of time on the blog talking about the startups that won our Rocket Fuel Competition in 2022 and 2023 – so you can find out where they are now. But before we do that, we thought we’d look
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Insider knowledge for women in tech, KSA
The technology industry isn’t known for creating space for women to thrive. But in the third quarter of 2021, Saudi Arabia was ahead of the curve: the participation of women in the tech sector was 28%, more than 10% above the European average (17.5%). As KSA industries work
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Are questions the currency of the future?
Welcome to the 78 new techies who have joined us since last Friday. If you haven’t already, subscribe and join our community in receiving weekly tech insights, updates, and interviews with industry experts straight to your inbox. Our weekly pick of mind-bending and world-changing insights from LEAP speakers and
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What LEAP and data have in common
When we interviewed Edosa Odaro (Chief Data Analytics Officer at Tawuniya), he defined two key types of assets: 1. Exclusive assets. These gain their value through scarcity, and by being hoarded and traded in exclusive markets – like fine art and luxury watches. 2. Network assets. These gain their value by
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On metaverse myths and making change
Joseph Bradley (CEO at Tonomus) came to LEAP 2023 to talk about the metaverse. Working deeply in this emerging sector, Bradley knows that the metaverse has become a bit of a mythical beast; so much so that many people have dismissed it as hype (like in this Bloomberg newsletter, and
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One VC shares her most exciting investments
Positive-impact start-ups and entrepreneurs are not alone. There’s increasing support out there from investors who want their money and mentorship to create a better way of life. And the collaborations that come from investors and ideas-people with a common vision are changing our world.
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Co-creating smart cities we can thrive in
We caught up with Kris Libunao (Executive Director and Chief Sustainability Officer at SmartCT) to find out how she started out in tech – and why sustainability practitioners are so important for developing smart cities. Libunao is working to improve the way smart cities and digital transformations happen in the Philippines
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Networking on the moon
Telecoms is an industry that edges forwards – building better, faster connectivity one step at time. But according to Pekka Lundmark (President and CEO at Nokia), connectivity in 2023 is all about blank canvases. And one of those canvases is the Moon. NASA runs a program called Tipping Point, which drives