⛳️ Noteworthy Bits

The 2023 Enterprise Tech 30 from Wing Venture Capital

Wing Venture Capital, in partnership with Axios, produces an annual list of the hottest enterprise software companies. Just to give a sense for how quickly the software trends are moving, over 2/3 of the companies are new to the list this year. Generative AI companies are making a definitive splash.

The State of the CFOtech Stack from Mostly Metrics

Software is eating the world, and that includes the Finance department. The Modern CFO is now responsible for company wide performance - which is a major promotion from just “making the backoffice run on time.”

A major catalyst behind this trend is the ability to get all performance metrics in one dashboard for decision making.

There are now more than 100 planning tools, 25 spreadsheet programs, and 10 financial modeling modules that are purpose built for the office of the CFO, and more specifically, FP&A teams.

Wendy’s, Google Train Next-Generation Order Taker: an AI Chatbot via WSJ

“Wendy’s is automating its drive-through service using an artificial-intelligence chatbot powered by natural-language software developed by Google and trained to understand the myriad ways customers order off the menu.”