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Gil Elbaz

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  1. a16z16 min

    a16z Podcast | Data, Insight, and the Customer Experience

    Suhail Doshi, Gil Elbaz, Jeff Glueck, Lauren Berson

    Industry leaders are shifting from centralized data silos to democratized access strategies that balance regulatory compliance with real-time business insights, enabling non-technical teams to solve critical problems without SQL expertise. Organizations are increasingly leveraging Foursquare's location intelligence and 100 million data points to bridge the physical and digital economies, achieving measurable revenue gains by contextualizing user intent through micro-segmentation rather than perfect personalization. This approach redefines data science resource allocation by automating 90% of routine queries, allowing experts to focus on complex edge cases while maintaining high trust standards through transparent, opt-in user relationships.

  2. Milken Institute58 min

    California: Global Incubator for Innovation and Growth

    Kevin Klowden, Bracken Darrell, Gil Elbaz, Adam Miller, Donna Morris

    California maintains its status as a global economic power and innovation laboratory through a unique consumer culture and deep university talent pipelines, even as regional dynamics shift between Northern California's venture-driven software sector and Southern California's entertainment-infused tech ecosystem. Global competition is intensifying as China, Europe, and the Nordic region accelerate their own innovation capabilities, prompting US firms to establish overseas operations while facing significant hurdles from restrictive visa policies and data privacy regulations. To sustain this leadership, stakeholders urge urgent reforms in education to promote design thinking, strategies to retain local and international talent amidst high living costs, and legislative changes to streamline skilled immigration.

  3. Milken Institute58 min

    California the Pioneer: Blazing the Trail of Innovation

    Michal Levram, Gil Elbaz, David Koenig, Brett Johnson, Peter Marks

    Moderated by Fortune's Michal Levram, a panel comprising leaders from SpaceX, Factual, Control Group, and the City of Los Angeles examined California's innovation ecosystem, emphasizing the tension between radical technological ambitions and the practical challenges of talent retention, cybersecurity, and high living costs. The discussion highlighted how data-driven cultures, public-private collaborations, and manufacturing advantages are driving a hardware revival in Los Angeles despite significant brain drain to Silicon Valley and urgent STEM workforce shortages. Looking forward, the experts predicted that ubiquitous connectivity and autonomous vehicles will fundamentally reshape society, provided policymakers address digital divides and streamline regulations to maintain the region's competitive edge.