Silicon Foundry Newsletter Archive - The Frontline: Amplified Global Reach in 2024 and How AI, Robotics, & Startups are Disrupting 2025

Welcome to the latest edition of The Frontline!

A regular dispatch delivering intel, insights, and highlights from the Silicon Foundry global community and collective of professionals. In this edition, gain valuable takeaways from Silicon Foundry's latest strategic partnership with SwitchPitch, insights from the NRF Startup Showcase we co-hosted with Kearney, and as always, key updates on AI and innovation shaping industries worldwide.

Silicon Foundry Amplifies Growth and

Global Reach in 2024

As we propel into 2025, we took some time to reflect on our growth in 2024. Last year, we launched new offerings, inked strategic partnerships, and further expanded our on-the-ground presence and coverage of several critical technology ecosystems around the world. This included our launch of a new member offering with The Collective // Supply Chain, doubling our presence in the Middle East, and establishing partnerships with SwitchPitch and GCVI to strengthen corporate–startup engagement and drive measurable innovation outcomes.

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Silicon Foundry + SwitchPitch Join Forces

to Supercharge Corporate Innovation

SwitchPitch and Silicon Foundry have partnered to enhance corporate–startup collaboration by combining AI-driven platform capabilities with human-centered advisory expertise. This integration of targeted discovery, streamlined workflows, and strategic guidance empowers enterprises to efficiently access and manage innovation at scale, driving transformative, measurable growth.

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Speech-to-Speech AI

Empowering a More Connected World

Speech-to-speech AI is revolutionizing communication by enabling real-time translation and voice-based engagement—and it’s already evolving beyond the usual three-step (speech-to-text, text-to-text, text-to-speech) workflow. In this post, Christian Jaubert (SiF) explores how these breakthroughs are bridging language gaps, enhancing accessibility, and shaping a more connected future. (Information Week)

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Retail Reinvented: Game Changing Startup Takeaways From NRF 2025

At a joint event co-hosted by Kearney and Silicon Foundry at NRF 2025, seven startups showcased AI-driven innovations—from hyper-personalized customer engagement to streamlined supply chains—helping retailers balance agility with operational rigor and paving the way for sustainable growth. The event demonstrated the importance of blending innovation with human interaction, particularly as customer-centric experiences remain at the core of retail operations. (Kearney)

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Deploying Automated Robots

in the Warehouse

Unplanned downtime costs the manufacturing sector an estimated $50 billion annually. Farzin Shadpour (SiF) shares how AI-driven self-correcting robotics are transforming modern era manufacturing. These advanced systems leverage real-time data analytics, machine vision, and IoT sensors to identify and correct errors on the fly, minimizing human intervention and freeing workers to perform higher-value tasks. (Industry Today)

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Kearney Announces Strategic Acquisition of IMTEK

to Enhance End-to-End Planning

Kearney has acquired IMTEK Inc., a business consulting and systems integration firm specializing in supply chain planning and execution, strengthening its capabilities in digital supply chain transformation. By combining IMTEK’s expertise in platforms like Kinaxis with Kearney’s global reach, this acquisition enhances the firm’s ability to deliver end-to-end planning solutions that drive efficiency, resilience, and business impact for clients worldwide. (Kearney)

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Where We'll Be

Global industry events that our team will be at in the months ahead. Drop us a line to get the inside scoop, hear what we've learned and/or to get together if you will also be at one of these upcoming events in March!

SXSW

March 7-15th

Austin, TX

GCVI Summit

March 18-20th

Monterey, CA

HUMAN[X]

March 10–13th

Las Vegas, NV

Shoptalk

March 25-27th

Las Vegas, NV

News Worth Reading

Recent headlines that caught our attention, related to corporate innovation activities, adoption of new technologies, venture investing trends, and key announcements from across our community of partners and Members.

Microsoft says it's made a major quantum computing breakthrough with their new chip. The company has unveiled its "Majorana 1" chip, a quantum processor powered by newly developed topological qubits that promises faster, more stable operations and the potential to scale to 1 million qubits, marking a significant leap in the race toward practical quantum computing. (CNET)

Nokia is putting the first cellular network on the moon. The company is installing the first 4G network on the lunar surface with Intuitive Machines’ upcoming mission, aiming to enable robust, high-speed communications for future NASA Artemis explorers while grappling with regulatory hurdles and radio astronomy interference concerns. (MIT Technology Review)

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the market got it wrong about DeepSeek’s impact. Huang downplayed concerns that DeepSeek’s new open source reasoning model (R1) will reduce demand for AI computing, instead calling it a breakthrough that will drive further AI adoption and still require significant compute resources for tasks like post-training. (TechCrunch)

24 executive healthcare AI predictions & trends to watch in 2025. Erik Terjesen (SiF) shared insight on latest trends at the intersection of healthcare and AI. Life sciences companies are intensifying their use of AI/ML to streamline drug development and reduce time to market, carefully weighing whether to invest in an internal AI platform, or to adopt a third-party option for a potentially quicker deployment. (HIT Consultant)

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