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Support for the show comes from KPMG. In any organization, disruption is inevitable, but struggling through it doesn't have to be. The KPMG Adaptability Index is your blueprint for building capabilities to handle what comes next. It uses real data to look at how your culture, strategy, and partnerships all work together to help your business thrive. Stop reacting and start adapting. Visit kpmg.com slash US slash adaptability to explore the Adaptability Index and Pulse surveys today.

Support for this show comes from Odoo. Running a business is hard enough, so why make it harder with a dozen different apps that don't talk to each other? Introducing Odoo. It's the only business software you'll ever need. It's an all-in-one, fully integrated platform that makes your work easier. CRM, accounting, inventory, e-commerce, and more. And the best part? Odoo replaces multiple expensive platforms for a fraction of the cost. That's why over thousands of businesses have made the switch. So why not you? Try Odoo for free at odoo.com. That's O-D-O-O dot com.

The show comes from Rippling. Imagine you just found out your sales team is at risk of missing quota. No need to panic, just ask Rippling AI. Since it's built on your real-time people and business data, Rippling AI can pull metrics from Rippling and Salesforce into a meeting-ready dashboard showing quota attainment, headcount trajectory, and monthly revenue to quota by region. In seconds, you can see exactly what's behind your quota risk and fix it before it's missed. Question answered, action taken, crisis averted. So when you have critical business questions that need answers, don't just file a ticket and wait weeks for an outdated report. Describe what you need and have Rippling AI build it instantly from your live people and business data, whether it's a dashboard with detailed charts or automated workflows with the right triggers, conditions, and approvals. Ready to rule your business? Head to rippling.ai slash verge to get the only AI built to give you full visibility and take complex actions across your entire organization. That's r-i-p-p-l-i-n-g dot ai slash verge. Sign up for exclusive access today.

This is Advertiser Content from Comcast Business. As cyber threats become more and more machine-based and driven by AI agents, those of us in the cyber defense space, we're having to invest at the same pace. Hi, I'm Chris McFarland, Chief Development Officer at Comcast Business. So when we think about the threat of cybersecurity attacks to businesses, they're just a lot more automated. They have the ability to think. They can scale literally anywhere from a hundred to thousands of times faster than a human can. The reality is that today you need to protect every device, every endpoint, every workload that's running on a server, whether it's your own server or in the cloud. This is an area that Comcast Business excels at. We're enabling intelligence-driven defense with integrated visibility, AI-powered threat detection, and automated response capabilities that prioritize, correlate, and contain risks before they escalate. And so it doesn't matter whether you're a small business or a medium-sized business or a really large enterprise.

Support for the show comes from KPMG. In any organization, disruption is inevitable, but struggling through it doesn't have to be. The KPMG Adaptability Index is your blueprint for building capabilities to handle what comes next. It uses real data to look at how your culture, strategy, and partnerships all work together to help your business thrive. Stop reacting and start adapting. Visit kpmg.com/us/adaptability to explore the Adaptability Index and Pulse surveys today.

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The world of business is constantly evolving, and Comcast Business keeps you in step with secure, AI-backed networking in more than 100 countries, powering over 90% of the Fortune 500 and millions of small businesses. And behind it all, thousands of experts answering your call at 2 a.m. like it's 2 p.m. One partner, that's it. Powering how business gets done for companies around the globe. When you add it all up, no one does business like Comcast Business. Go to comcastbusiness.com slash enterprise to learn more.

Support for the show comes from Shopify. Your business idea deserves a chance to become a reality. Shopify gives you the tools you need to make it happen. Everything you need to start selling is included and ready from day one. That's important because when your first customer walks through your digital door or your actual door, you want it to be as easy as possible for them to actually buy something. The hard part should be coming up with a great idea, not handling the transactions. When the time comes for someone to check out, you want the process to be as smooth as butter. And with Shopify handling the setup and checkout, you have more time to focus on your next steps. Because you'll never grow if you're spending all your time fighting with your software. Shopify powers millions of businesses worldwide, from household names like Mattel and Gymshark to small businesses just getting started. With Shopify, nothing stands between your idea and a real business. So go make it one. Start your free trial at shopify.com slash VergeCast. That's shopify.com slash VergeCast. Shopify.com slash VergeCast.

How many third-party vendors does your company use? 20? 200? Thanks to AI, someone on your team probably added three more this week. And your security lead has no idea. Traditional third-party risk management can't keep up. Vanta gives you continuous coverage across every vendor automatically so you actually know what's in your stack.

The world of business is constantly evolving, and Comcast Business keeps you in step with secure, AI-backed networking in more than 100 countries, powering over 90% of the Fortune 500 and millions of small businesses. And behind it all, thousands of experts answering your call at 2 a.m. like it's 2 p.m. One partner, that's it. Powering how business gets done for companies around the globe. When you add it all up, no one does business like Comcast Business. Go to comcastbusiness.com slash enterprise to learn more.