Waters Wavelength Ep. 331: Cresting Wave’s Bill Murphy
Bill Murphy, Blackstone’s former CTO, joins to discuss that much-discussed MIT study on AI projects failing and factors executives should consider as the technology continues to evolves.
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Bill Murphy is back…yes!
Murphy is the managing partner at consultancy Cresting Wave. Prior to that, he served as Blackstone’s CTO from 2011 to 2020, and was Capital IQ’s founding CTO before that. He joins the Wavelength for the eighth time to talk about artificial intelligence and the challenges technologists face both managerially and technically. To listen to his previous appearances, click on the links below.
Episode 275: Getting the foundation right to leverage emerging technology
Episode 246: Innovation discovery
Episode 215: Innovation and technical debt
Episode 150: Blackstone’s cloud strategy
Episode 105: Blackstone’s new office, designed to house its innovation team
Episode 60: All about managing technical debt
Episode 22: The business vs technology debate, and what makes a good vs bad vendor pitch
Timestamps
0:00 – Tony and Shen discuss System of a Down and Gorillaz…naturally.
6:00 – Bill Murphy talks with Tony about that much-discussed MIT study on AI projects failing and factors executives should consider as the technology continues to evolves
Reference: “The GenAI Dievolvevide: State of AI in business 2025”
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Wei-Shen Wong: + 852 3411 4758; wei-shen.wong@infopro-digital.com
Anthony Malakian: + 1 646 490 3973; anthony.malakian@infopro-digital.com
Past 10 episodes:
Episode 329: LLMs and the dead internet theory
Episode 328: FundGuard’s Lior Yogev
Episode 327: Standard Chartered’s Mo Rahim
Episode 326: Connectifi’s Nick Kolba
Episode 325: Octaura’s Brian Bejile
Episode 324: A philosophical conversation about AI
Episode 323: MarketAxess’s Chowdhury and Burke (plus some Cusip updates)
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