Singapore – Welcome to the Live Blog of CNBC on the first day of Converge Live in Singapore, where global business leaders, investors and the main decision -makers will share ideas on what it means innovating and developing in all industries.
Some of the best speakers on Wednesday’s agenda include the founder of Bridgewater, Ray Dalio, the CEO of Salesforce Marc Benioff and the president of Alibaba, Joe Tsai.
Among the first to go on stage, the titans of the Dalio and Benioff industry, who, in a vast discussion, tackled the potential of AI, the consequences of the prices and the future of the American economy.
Dalio warned against a “very serious” American problem at the request of the debt request, which, according to him, could lead to “shocking developments”.
The AI theme will also be at the front and center at a corner of fire at 10:15 a.m., Singapore time with the Alibaba tsai, which will discuss the prospects and strategy of the Chinese electronic commerce giant. In particular, Tsai is also about to share his opinions on the new model of AI of Alibaba, which says “rivals” other models of reasoning, such as Deepseek-R1.
Schneider Electric Jean-Pascal Tricoire president is also among those who speak on Wednesday, when subjects range from the rapid rise of AI and his implications for sustainability, trends in world capital flow and corporate leadership in a disturbed world.
The inaugural event converges live from CNBC comes shortly after a nervous start of the week at Wall Street, with investors increasingly concerned about a world trade war to take up American economic growth and trigger a recession.
Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, Kim Yong Gan, has taken a bullish tone during the event, saying that Asia will remain a “lighthouse of growth opportunities” despite the climbing of global trade tensions.
