Ian Thomas is an Editor at CNBC.com. He covers a range of topics including AI and machine learning, health and wellness, and transportation and mobility, with a particular focus on AI platforms, generative AI, and consumer health. Ian's work has been featured in notable publications such as Security Boulevard, NBC Los Angeles, and The Comics Journal.
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Ian Thomas's coverage spans a diverse range, including business, tech, and sports. With his focus on citing data and press releases, he may be interested in pitches backed by strong data points or official announcements.
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OpenAI, which kickstarted the AI boom and is now one of the fastest growing companies in the world, ranks No. 2 on CNBC’s 2026 Disruptor 50 list.
Alex Tylee on twenty years of food, colour and the art of creating a beautiful world.
By: Ian Thomas
At Appian World 2026, I learn why Guild Mortgage has chosen process transformation over legacy replacement – and how that process-first foundation is helping it introduce AI inside a regulated mortgage business.
By: Ian Thomas
Zendesk uses Relate 2026 to signal its continued intention to become an integrated platform for internal and external service delivery – and to increase the level of AI support it provides in driving increasingly automated service resolution.
By: Ian Thomas
At Relate 2026, Zendesk offers up a vision of AI-enhanced service resolution – aiming to move beyond its historic position as a tool for supporting problem resolution and instead become a platform that solves them.
By: Ian Thomas
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By: Ian Thomas
For most politically-minded creators seeking success in a commercial milieu, to be an artist-activist means to lean more heavily on the artist designation and couch the activism in subtext and signifiers. The sacrifices these artists make by not making their politics plain, they often argue, allows them to reach a wider audience with their art. The monetary rewards that accompany such mass appeal are, of course, a happy coincidence. Increasingly, there is a needle to be threaded that will stitch together the fabrics of art with a radical bent and mainstream commerce. There is an appetite for it. Paul Thomas Anderson's
Over the past couple of decades, more and more work has collapsed from functional silos into cross-functional teams. As AI accelerates change, Legal and Compliance may be the next functions forced to realign.
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