enterprise SaaS
Japanese AI Startups Gain a New Route to First US Enterprise Customers
A new accelerator launched by KDDI on August 20 is targeting one of the hardest problems for smaller Japanese technology companies: landing their first US enterprise customer. Five AI startups will spend a month in San Francisco using KDDI’s corporate network and US venture partners, creating a useful model for founders whose main market-entry constraint is distribution rather than product.
Icertis appoints interim co-CEOs: board starts search for permanent leader
Icertis has appointed Chief Financial Officer Rajat Bahri and board member Jim Moffatt as interim co-CEOs, while Moffatt also becomes board chair and Bahri remains CFO. The leadership change places two executives with finance, consulting and enterprise technology experience in charge as the contract intelligence company continues its AI-native product strategy and begins a search for a permanent chief executive.