Technological mega-trends are reshaping businesses, markets and entire economies.
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The Power Shift: Europe’s Road to Renewables
Green energy is making up a growing portion of the global energy mix, and Europe is leading the way. Goldman Sachs Research explains how technological advances have slashed the costs of wind and solar power, helping fuel the region’s renewables boom. View Infographic
The Car Industry Shifts Gears
Autonomous driving is upending the auto industry as both traditional carmakers and new tech companies compete for the future of mobility. Axel Hoefer of Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Division explains how the development of this new technology is impacting deal making. Watch Video
Body Measurement Technology
As more consumers buy their clothes online, body measurement technology is emerging to allow shoppers to accurately measure their body dimensions for a more precise fit. Goldman Sachs Research explains how this technology could help retailers lower return rates and costs. Watch Video
Ride Hailing, Electric Scooters, Even Flying Cars – What’s Next for the Mobility Market?
Heath Terry of Goldman Sachs Research explains how ride-hailing and new businesses are poised to fuel a $7 trillion global mobility market. Listen Now
The Future of Mobility
Nonfinancial corporate debt has risen to an all-time high as a share of US GDP. How much of a threat does this pose to creditors and the sustainability of the expansion? Goldman Sachs Research sees several reasons to not be too concerned. Read Report
The Accelerating Adoption of Hybrid Vehicles
Once lofty expectations for an electric-car future may have been temporarily scaled back, but the adoption of hybrid vehicles is continuing to accelerate. We sat down with Goldman Sachs Research’s Kota Yuzawa who explained why companies are investing in their hybrid technologies before EVs take off in earnest. Learn More
Nandan Nilekani, Co-Founder of Infosys
Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani discusses his experiences leading India’s second-largest IT services firm and his efforts to enhance financial inclusion through payment digitization and India’s unique biometric-based identity platform. Watch Video
How Technology is Reshaping Industrials and Materials
Infrastructure, digitization and sustainability were just some of the topics on investors’ minds at the Goldman Sachs Industrials & Materials Conference earlier this month. We spoke with Jerry Revich, Joe Ritchie and Brian Maguire of Goldman Sachs Research who shared thoughts from the conference which, for the first time, combined the Industrials and Materials sectors to connect firm clients and corporate management teams in a single, comprehensive event. Learn More
The Future of Learning
Katherine Tait of Goldman Sachs Research looks at how technology could significantly disrupt the way education is delivered by reducing capital intensity, and therefore, improve the productivity of the economy moving forward. Learn More
Dan Rosensweig, President and CEO of Chegg
President and CEO of Chegg Dan Rosensweig discusses the debate over digital learning and his vision to make education less expensive, more accessible and more relevant to the demands of the 21st century economy. Watch Video
The Hybrid Cloud
Confronted with massive data increases and growing concerns around privacy, large companies are increasingly adopting a hybrid cloud approach that brings together the speed and efficiency of the cloud with the security of on-premise data management. Michael Kenworthy of the Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Division explains how deal activity is heating up as companies begin to transition to a hybrid cloud environment. Watch Video
Rob Manfred, Commissioner of Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball Commissioner Robert Manfred discusses his efforts to bring new energy and enthusiasm to baseball among fans and the next generation of players, and the ways in which technology and data analytics are helping to modernize the sport. Watch Video
Hugh Herr, Co-Director of MIT Center for Extreme Bionics
In this episode, filmed at the Builders + Innovators Summit in Asia, MIT Media Lab professor Hugh Herr, who lost his legs in a climbing accident, discusses how technological innovations have altered the future for people with physical disabilities. Watch Video
Disruptive Technology Symposium 2019: What's the Next Big Tech Trend?
From AI to mobility, we asked leading figures at the Goldman Sachs Disruptive Technology Symposium in London what they see as the next big technology trend of the future. Watch Video
What’s Next For Emerging Markets?
Kevin Daly of Goldman Sachs Research discusses what’s next for emerging markets across the globe and specifically hones in on the CEEMEA region – Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. Listen Now
What Happens When...a Goldman Sachs Research Analyst Explores the Latest in Robotic Technology?
Goldman Sachs Research analyst Isaac Ro visited one of the world's largest robotic surgery training facilities to check out the technology firsthand. This latest episode of our video series What Happens When documents the experience, when Ro performs surgery...on a grape. Watch Video
How is Tech Reshaping the City Skyline?
Jim Garman of Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division discusses Europe’s real estate sector and how technology is changing the layout of cities. Listen Now
Anya Hindmarch, Fashion Designer
Fashion designer Anya Hindmarch discusses the innovation driving her fashion business, the storytelling in her designs and how technology continues to change the way she markets her products to the consumer. Watch Video
5G: Faster Speeds, Wider Reach
More than one billion homes in the world today lack a fixed internet connection, a reality particularly evident in rural areas and developing economies. Over the next decade, 5G is set to change the way underserved communities access high-speed data, leading to faster speeds and lower costs. Rod Hall of Goldman Sachs Research explains why. Watch Video
Tech in Europe: Innovating Amidst Constraints
Jo Hannaford of Goldman Sachs’ Technology Division discusses tech disruption in Europe and how companies are innovating amidst political and regulatory constraints. Listen Now
Edge Computing
Computing is facing a speed-versus-scale challenge as more devices generate more data. Goldman Sachs Research’s Heather Bellini explains how edge computing can bring the cloud’s powerful computing and storage capabilities closer to the source of data generation. Watch Video
Silicon Carbide's Meteoric Rise
Silicon carbide, a compound first discovered in meteorites dating back over 4.6 billion years, is helping to power electric vehicles and ease the use of solar technology. Watch Video
Music in the Air: Streaming Turns Up the Beat for the Music Industry
Goldman Sachs Research predicts that the growing popularity of music streaming platforms will propel global music revenue to record highs. View Infographic
Tech IPOs Poised for Another Big Year
For tech IPOs, 2018 was a year of big deals and a year of global deals. There were more billion dollar technology IPOs than ever before and activity was largely driven by non-U.S. companies. Learn more from the Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Division about what is driving activity and what we expect for the year ahead. Watch Video
What Happens When...a Goldman Sachs Analyst Tries
Watch as Goldman Sachs Research's Jerry Revich gets behind the wheel of a tractor on a Colorado farm to see how technology is helping farmers get more from the land in a sustainable way. Watch Video
5G: Moving from the lab to the launchpad
Goldman Sachs Research expects 2019 to be the first year that 5G technology sees material deployment with a focus on fixed wireless broadband in the home. Following this, GS Research expects 5G cellular rollouts for smartphones usage to accelerate in 2020 to accompany the availability of mass market handsets. Read Report
Drew Houston, Dropbox and the Evolution of a Tech Entrepreneur
In this episode, filmed at Goldman Sachs’ Builders + Innovators Summit, Dropbox co-founder and CEO Drew Houston discusses what he has learned as he continues to grow the cloud computing company into one of the biggest disruptors in Silicon Valley. Watch Video
Peter Chernin, The Future Of Digital Entertainment
In this episode, filmed at Goldman Sachs’ Builders + Innovators Summit, media executive Peter Chernin discusses the evolution of digital entertainment and how the business continues to adapt for a changing consumer. Watch Video
Talent and Technology: What’s Driving Poland’s Growth
Goldman Sachs’ Artur Tomala and Brent Watson join us to talk through Poland’s economic, business and political environment and where the growing nation fits within the broader European region. Listen Now
eSports Joins the Big Leagues
With one of the fastest-growing fan bases in pro sports, a youthful global audience that’s already larger than Major League Baseball’s and top players who are quickly joining the ranks of millionaires, eSports has entered the mainstream. View Infographic
Advice for Entrepreneurs: Getting Past ‘No’
At the Asia Pacific TechNet Conference, founders of some of the region’s top tech start-ups shared their advice for starting a business and overcoming challenges.
The Deal with Semiconductors
As trade tensions are ratcheting up uncertainty in the semiconductor industry, Tammy Kiely of the Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Division explains how deal making—and the industry more broadly– could be affected. Watch Video
The Forgotten Middle Aisle
Supermarket shopping is changing with the growth of eCommerce and the shift in consumer preferences, resulting in a "hollowing out" of sales in the center of the store. Jason English explains the accelerating trend. Watch Video
Why Technology is Not a Bubble
Is there a bubble in technology? Even with recent stumbles in some of tech’s biggest names, the sector’s market value dominates global stock indexes. But Goldman Sachs Research’s Peter Oppenheimer argues that today’s elevated tech values bear marked differences with tech frenzies of the past. Listen Now
Hallo Tech: Germany Adapts to the Digital Age
As part of our close-up look at European economic and business trends, Goldman Sachs’ Wolfgang Fink discusses how Germany’s historically strong economy is undergoing a transformation adapting to the digital age. Listen Now
5G and the Wireless Future
5G will extend connectivity into every aspect of our lives and blur lines between technology and communications companies as business models naturally converge says Jason Tofsky of Goldman Sachs Investment Banking. Watch Video
Smartphone Fatigue
As developed markets near smartphone saturation, Goldman Sachs Research’s Rod Hall discusses what could fuel future sales growth. Watch Video
The Genome Revolution
The genome medicine revolution is front and center as advancements in scientific knowledge and falling costs have raised the possibility of curative treatments for afflictions like blindness and cancer, according to Salveen Richter of Goldman Sachs Research. Watch Video
Don’t Count Out the Gaming Console
While growth in mobile and PC games grabs headlines, don’t count out the console as the centerpiece of electronic gaming. Masaru Sugiyama of Goldman Sachs Research explains how a shift to digital downloads, more portability and the rise of virtual reality may position consoles for years of growth. Watch Video
Beyond VR & AR: Extended Reality to Transform Our Lives as Consumers
Heather Bellini of Goldman Sachs Research explains how Extended Reality (XR) will change our lives, and why the e-commerce & consumer sectors will be its biggest beneficiaries in the years ahead. Listen Now
An Inflection Point in the Global Expansion of Electric Vehicles
The global market for electric vehicles (EVs) is poised for further growth as the cost of batteries continues to decline and major auto manufacturers commit significant resources to electrifying their fleets, explains Chris Buddin of the Investment Banking Division. Watch Video
eSports: The New Global Pastime
Ryan Nolan and Moritz Baier of Goldman Sachs’ Investment Banking Division discuss the rise of eSports within the digital gaming sector. Listen Now
As Emerging Brands Take Share, M&A Heats Up
As emerging brands take market share from larger, established companies, Jane Dunlevie of Goldman Sachs’ Investment Banking division explains that technology is transforming how consumers identify with brands, as well as how those brands are born and become profitable. Watch Video
NextGen Power: Solar to Transform Europe’s Energy Mix
Solar costs have plummeted by 80% since 2010, which is game-changing for power markets as it removes the main obstacle preventing renewables from dominating the energy mix: the cost of energy from large-scale PV plants is now lower than that of conventional fossil fuel plants. Read Report
Moving Beyond the Early Adopters: Extended Reality Accelerates
Heather Bellini of Goldman Sachs Research weighs in on extended reality, a technology platform that brings augmented and virtual reality together into one medium. Watch Video
Double Vision: Using ‘Digital Twins’ to Pair Virtual and Physical Worlds
Being able to “see it before you build it” has long been a dream of manufacturers, but only recently has technology advanced to the point of making this a reality. Goldman Sachs Research’s Joe Ritchie explains. Watch Video
Quantum Computers: Solving Problems in Minutes, Not Millennia
Companies are accelerating their efforts to develop a powerful new computing model capable of solving more complex, larger-scale problems. Toshiya Hari of Goldman Sachs Research explains. Watch Video
Is Bitcoin a (Bursting) Bubble?
With the dramatic rise (and fall) in Bitcoin prices over the past several months, Allison Nathan, senior strategist for Goldman Sachs Research, takes a look at the market value of cryptocurrencies. Watch Video
Tim Urban, Reasoning for the Future: From Technology to Politics
Tim Urban, co-founder of the blog Wait But Why, spends his days writing about what he calls “this magical world of the future.” He explains everything from space travel to artificial intelligence to the thinking of leaders like Elon Musk. In this discussion, Urban tackles some of the toughest issues he’s written about – from technology to politics. Watch Video
Advice for a Flawless Pitch
We asked five founders and CEOs who attended the Goldman Sachs Private Internet Company Conference to share their tips for crafting a successful pitch. Watch Video
The Line of Sight for Facial Recognition
Advances in machine learning technology are enabling a range of new applications for facial recognition, elevating it to the level of an emerging ecosystem to watch. Gabriela Borges explains as part of Goldman Sachs Research’s “Outsiders” series. Watch Video
Satya Nadella, Hitting Refresh on the Culture of Technology
In this discussion, Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft and author of the recently published Hit Refresh, discusses his vision for the future of Microsoft and the technologies that will most impact our economy and society in the next several years, including AI. Watch Video
Uptick: The Rise in Technology IPO Activity
Will Connolly, head of Technology Equity Capital Markets, discusses the uptick in the number and performance of technology IPO’s in 2017, with diversification across sectors and regions, as well as a look ahead to the 2018 IPO market. Watch Video
Voice Search: The Latest Spark in the E-commerce Transition
While today voice search might be used to check the weather or the score of a football game, Goldman Sachs Research’s Heather Bellini sees the technology headed for greater integration in everyday life. Watch Video
Dan Huttenlocher, Founding Dean and Provost of Cornell Tech
Dan Huttenlocher, founding dean and vice provost of Cornell Tech, discusses how the school is creating a new model for higher education and gives his perspectives on the most important technology trends on the horizon, from automation to artificial intelligence, and the impact they will have across industries. Watch Video
Scooter Braun, Disrupting the Music Industry
At Goldman Sachs’ Builders + Innovators Summit, Scooter Braun, founder of SB Projects, discusses his journey from the days of promoting parties in college to discovering pop star Justin Bieber on YouTube in 2008. Braun has become one of the most successful music moguls in the world, managing artists from Ariana Grande to Kanye West, while transforming the industry along the way. Watch Video
The Disruptive Risks of the Dark Net
What started as a channel for secure, anonymous communication has evolved into a multibillion-dollar shadow economy with mainstream risks. Goldman Sachs Research’s Heath Terry explains. Watch Video
The Rise of Digital Gaming
Ryan Nolan of the Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Division outlines three key factors driving the resurgence of the digital gaming industry. Watch Video
The Store of the Future
On the latest episode of our podcast, Exchanges at Goldman Sachs, Goldman Sachs Research’s Matt Fassler discusses the path forward for brick-and-mortar stores in the e-commerce era. Listen Now
Podcast: Music – Back in Black
Lisa Yang of Goldman Sachs Research is joined by Marc Geiger of William Morris Endeavor and Patrick Spence of Sonos to talk music’s “second digital revolution” on our podcast, Exchanges at Goldman Sachs. Listen Now
Retail: Online, Offline, All the Time
Goldman Sachs’ Kathy Elsesser and Kim Posnett discuss the evolution of the retail sector on our podcast, Exchanges at Goldman Sachs. Listen Now
Robert Smith, The Fourth Industrial Revolution
Robert Smith, technology investor and founder of Vista Equity Partners, discusses how digitization continues to disrupt entire industries – from insurance to financial services, auto and beyond. Watch Video
Good Leadership in a World of Technological Change
We asked some of the attendees at the 2017 Goldman Sachs Technology & Internet Conference held in San Francisco about the secret to good leadership in a world of rapid technological change. Watch Video
David Solomon on the Technology Landscape
David Solomon, president and co-chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs, discusses how the significant growth of tech giants in 2016 and the pace of technological change is leading to “significant strategic shifts” as companies reevaluate their business strategies. Watch Video
Drones: Reporting for Work
Drones are evolving beyond their military origin to become powerful tools for businesses and local governments. See how they’ll be put to work in fields from firefighting to farming. View Infographic
Precision Farming: Harnessing Technology to Feed the World
Advances in hardware, software and computing power are converging with modern technologies like self-driving tractors and drones to help food producers meet the needs of the future. Goldman Sachs Research’s Jerry Revich explains. Watch Video