Tnw - Future of work # pt-br <![CDATA[Almost six in 10 people working in tech say AI has added to their workload rather than cutting it. That is the headline finding of Web Summit’s first State of the Industry report, published on Thursday. Some 60% said their workload had increased, 20% said it had fallen and 20% saw little change.]]> <![CDATA[https://thenextweb.com/news/ai-workload-web-summit-state-of-the-industry-survey]]> <![CDATA[October 22, 2026 - 12:17 pm]]> <![CDATA[23/10/2026 21:06:38]]> <![CDATA[Boomi is approaching $1bn in recurring revenue, chairman and chief executive Steve Lucas told TNW. The integration company has tripled its revenue in the four years since he joined in 2022, he said. It helps that Boomi does data, and “AI needs data,” he said. Trillions are spent on AI every year, and Boomi is “certainly a beneficiary.”]]> <![CDATA[https://thenextweb.com/news/steve-lucas-boomi-ai-accounts-payable-tnw-podcast]]> <![CDATA[October 22, 2026 - 8:40 am]]> <![CDATA[23/10/2026 21:06:38]]> <![CDATA[Otter.ai has raised $320 million in growth financing from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund. The AI meeting notetaker announced the deal on Tuesday. It will use the money for enterprise growth, its go-to-market strategy, international expansion and product development.]]> <![CDATA[https://thenextweb.com/news/otter-ai-320m-general-catalyst]]> <![CDATA[October 20, 2026 - 5:25 pm]]> <![CDATA[23/10/2026 21:06:38]]> <![CDATA[Town, a San Francisco startup that gives each person at work an AI work assistant, has raised $108m in a Series B that values it at $1bn. Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures co-led the round, the company announced on Monday.]]> <![CDATA[https://thenextweb.com/news/town-108m-series-b-1b-valuation-ai-assistants]]> <![CDATA[October 19, 2026 - 2:34 pm]]> <![CDATA[23/10/2026 21:06:38]]> <![CDATA[Disney expects to spend about $180m over three years on the Character.AI staff it is hiring, a bankruptcy court filing shows. The sum covers pay and retention. Character Technologies, which runs the chatbot platform, filed the papers in Delaware on 13 October. It had sought Chapter 11 protection the day before.]]> <![CDATA[https://thenextweb.com/news/disney-character-ai-staff-180m-bankruptcy-filing]]> <![CDATA[October 19, 2026 - 12:42 pm]]> <![CDATA[23/10/2026 21:06:38]]> <![CDATA[Netflix has named Peter Rice, the former chairman of Walt Disney Television, as its chief content officer. The company announced the move on Thursday. Rice will run its global content organisation, from scripted and unscripted series to film and live events.]]> <![CDATA[https://thenextweb.com/news/netflix-peter-rice-chief-content-officer-bela-bajaria]]> <![CDATA[October 17, 2026 - 5:18 pm]]> <![CDATA[23/10/2026 21:06:38]]> <![CDATA[OpenAI’s 110 staff in London received an average of about £2.3m each in 2025, counting salaries and shares. The figures come from the accounts of OpenAI UK Ltd, as Robert Booth reported for The Guardian. The staff shared £87m in salaries and £168m in shares, the Guardian said.]]> <![CDATA[https://thenextweb.com/news/openai-london-staff-pay-2-3m-accounts]]> <![CDATA[October 17, 2026 - 4:53 pm]]> <![CDATA[23/10/2026 21:06:38]]>