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Trends & Signals

By: Jacob Kozhipatt

Explore the latest insights, thought leadership, and research from FCAT®

Blockchain

Olin College Students Build an Open-Source Tool to Evaluate Crypto Trading Strategies

Jacob Kozhipatt

September 19, 2023

Recently, FCAT collaborated with Olin College of Engineering’s Senior Capstone Program in Engineering (SCOPE) on a project aimed at debunking “get rich quick” cryptocurrency strategies that have proliferated online.

Technology & Society

Technology changes, but do we?

Jacob Kozhipatt

August 9, 2023

In the second piece in the Tech Trendsetter series, FCAT speaks with former Snowflake CEO and Microsoft executive Bob Muglia

Technology & Society

Virtual Virality: The Changing Dynamic of Influencers

Jacob Kozhipatt

July 26, 2023

There is a burgeoning industry of “virtual” or “digital” influencers that brands use to replicate or augment the human influencer experience while minimizing the potential pitfalls of human influencers. So, what are digital influencers — and how are...

Blockchain

From Skepticism to Opportunity: A Software Engineer’s Transition to Finance

Jacob Kozhipatt

June 27, 2023

A conversation with Aurobindo Nayak, software engineer for the FCAT blockchain team.

Future Computing, Post-Quantum Security

Quantum Computing: Does Potential Outweigh Risk?

Jacob Kozhipatt & Melissa Calise

June 13, 2023

FCAT is preparing Fidelity for the cybersecurity risks quantum computing may pose, while leveraging the powerful opportunities it presents.

Technology & Society

5 Deep Technologies Expected to Disrupt Our World

Jacob Kozhipatt

May 18, 2023

In the most forward-looking chapter of the FCAT Priorities Report 2023, our researchers took a broader look at advances in deep technologies that are designed to help solve our world’s most pressing problems. The five technologies explored in this...

Technology & Society

Find “Product Market Fit,” or That’s It

Jacob Kozhipatt

May 15, 2023

In his conversation with FCAT, Levine speaks on how the current macro-economic climate impacts the future of start-ups, the radical importance he places on start-ups finding product-fit, why he doesn’t yet view generative AI as truly disruptive...

Technology & Society

What’s New & What’s Lasting: Tidings from SXSW 2023

Jacob Kozhipatt

April 21, 2023

Everything that’s happened these past few months has caused legitimate questioning of how tech is tangibly making people’s lives better. Maybe it is here where reflecting on the venue city of Austin could be fruitful – a city that has risen to...

Emerging Technology

Eight Trends and Technologies Influencing Our Future

Jacob Kozhipatt

March 1, 2023

2022 was marked by increasing domestic and global tensions. This, alongside rising inflation, led to an unprecedented anxiety about our future.

Emerging Technology

A Glimpse into the Next Generation of XR Talent

Jacob Kozhipatt

February 27, 2023

How FCAT participates in XR community engagements that empower the next generation of innovation