Vision
The Digital Future Initiative focuses Columbia Business School’s world-class research and teaching on how technology is altering all industries and the fabric of daily life.
The initiative brings together hundreds of faculty members from Columbia Business School and Columbia University with corporate leaders from across industries to help organizations, governments, and communities optimize and accelerate the technological advances of the future.
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Exploring the Transformative Impact of AI
Do you believe artificial intelligence has the power to tackle some of the toughest business challenges? Here’s your chance to pursue your idea and bring it to fruition. The AI Startup Challenge: Future of Finance is calling innovative thinkers, problem-solvers, and aspiring student entrepreneurs to pitch forward-thinking startup ideas that leverage AI to revolutionize and unlock opportunities in the finance industry.
This competition challenges current graduate degree students at Columbia University, Cornell Tech, and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (“Wharton”) to harness the transformative power of AI to create innovative solutions within the finance industry.
You’ll have the opportunity to work with experts, refine your ideas, and pitch for $35,000 in cash prizes.
The AI Startup Challenge is hosted by the Digital Future Initiative and Lang Entrepreneurship Center at Columbia Business School; and the Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy at Columbia Business School and Columbia Law School.
Labs
Algorithmic Economy Lab
aims to further the study of data-driven algorithmic decision-making.
Briger Family Digital Finance Lab
looks at challenges and opportunities of the fundamental economics of blockchains, decentralized market microstructure, and mechanisms for decentralized organization and governance.
Humans in the Digital Economy Lab
explores the role and interaction of human decision-making and social interactions in the digital economy.
Insights
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Reveals Keys to AI and Leadership
The tech visionary discussed lessons from building his tech company into a $1 trillion giant at an event organized by the School's Digital Future Initiative and the Silfen Leadership Series.
Beyond the Binary: Rethinking the Role of AI in Creative Industries
What do a Shakespearean sonnet, a Drake song, and a professor’s lecture notes all have in common? All three have been replicated to some degree by generative AI, one of the latest forms of artificial intelligence technology to disrupt human content creation.
How AI Is Fueling a ‘Cognitive Industrial Revolution’
LinkedIn Co-founder Reid Hoffman shares parallels between his own career and AI’s boom during a conversation with CBS Dean Costis Maglaras.
Featured Event: Digital Innovation Conference: AI in Finance
This event was part of the Digital Future Initiative’s inaugural Digital Innovation Conference: AI and the Future of Business, which aimed to explore technology’s profound impact on business, people, purpose, and growth. Our panel of experts examined technological breakthroughs, workplace adaptability, the dynamics of human capital and machine interaction, regulation, and outlook for the coming years.
Product Management Lunch & Learn
The Digital Future Initiative is pleased to announce the Product Management Lunch & Learn series. Each fall and spring term, we will bring industry experts to campus to share their perspectives on topics relevant to aspiring product managers, covering career guidance, PM best practices or timely hot topics. Grab some lunch and participate in the discussion!
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