Community-Led 💬 What's on the Minds of Early Adopters #3

"Data is the new oil", the time is now for AI ethics and governance, and got Shadow IT?

Welcome to Community-Led. Each week we connect founders to dozens of early adopters and technology executives in fast growing startups and Fortune 500 companies. This newsletter surfaces the most interesting insights and conversations across the >1,000 members of the Decibel community every month. Let’s dive in!

One of the largest and most innovative communities of software developers emerged this week in an unusually effervescent place: Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewing company and home to one of the best known brands: Budweiser. Their Beer Tech Guild is a global community of developers pushing the boundaries for how a >150 year old company can move quickly to embrace DevOps while rising to meet the challenges of new cybersecurity challenges that attack both our digital supply chains. The Colonial Pipeline showed us what can go wrong when natural gas pipelines shut down - I can only imagine how much worse off we would be if the beer stops pouring. Our founders are working hard to make sure this doesn’t become a reality!

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The Watercooler: What are we hearing in the Community

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One Big Trend Worth Your Time: AI Regulation is on the Horizon

With great power comes great responsibility. AI can touch everything from your Starbucks and McDonalds order to the movies you watch on Netflix. But, AI's role in determining how humans learning right from wrong, and discerning fact from fiction is now under scrutiny by every major regulator. Companies that use AI to replace the decisions humans make every day need to plan for AI governance and regulation. Here’s the latest news that broke this month:

• AI Regulations Are Around The Corner

• Europe Sets Strict Rules for AI

• The FTC Dives In To AI Regulation

• 5 Reasons To Keep AI and ML A Priority

• Governance Isn't A Roadblock. Here's How to Handle AI

• McDonald’s Is Handling AI Well 

• Setting the Right Foundation for AI

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Decibel Friends and Family Updates

• Carrie Palin → Chief Marketing Officer, Cisco

• Dan Wright → Chief Executive Officer, DataRobot 

• Amy Chang & Gerri Elliott → Board of Directors, Marqeta 

And congrats 🎉 to Swamy Kocherlakota (CIO, S&P Global), Milind Wagle (CIO, Equinix) and Chris Nardecchia (CIO, Rockwell Automation) for being recognized by Forbes as Innovative Technology Leaders and given the CIO Next 2021 Award!

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An Inside Look at Innovation 

"I don't know what IT assets I own." Shadow IT is, well, shadowy. Whether you are looking for SolarWinds servers, new unregistered devices, or ephemeral cloud assets, Rumble helps companies track and inventory their IT and OT environments so you can account for every piece of your infrastructure. From startups to Fortune 500 companies, forward-thinking companies are rapidly adopting Rumble. We’re proud to count ourselves as an investor.

See you next time. 

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Stacey

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