• Skip to main content
  • Main Menu
  • Navigation for access to support pages
  • Navigation for access to legal pages
Logo Viva Technology
  • Session Recordings
  • Speakers
  • Exhibitors
  • FAQ
  • confirmation_numberGet Your 2026 Pass
  • Become a Partner
Viva Technology

17-20 June 2026

Paris Expo Porte de Versailles

1 Place de la Porte de Versailles

F-75015 Paris France

More Infoarrow_right_alt

Event organizers

2025 ThemesConference ProgramOur Speakers

Exhibitors at VivaTech2025 Partners

Startups at VivaTechInvestors at VivaTech2025 Startup Challenges and Awards

JournalistsMedia Partners2025 PresskitPress Releases

About UsOur CommitmentsGeneral Public DayPractical Information

©Viva Technology 2016-2025 all rights reserved

Site MapSite noticeB2B terms & conditionsData Privacy
Ravi Mattu Managing Editor at DealBook at The New York Times
  1. Logo Viva Technology
  2. Speakers
  3. Ravi Mattu
Photo Ravi Mattu

Ravi Mattu

Managing Editor

DealBook at The New York Times

#
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Tech & Quantum Computing
HR & Future of Work

About Me

Ravi Mattu has been the managing editor of DealBook at The New York Times since 2022. He joined the paper from the Financial Times, where he held a number of senior roles. He served as the deputy Asia news editor based in Hong Kong, where he helped oversee coverage of the city's pro-democracy protests in 2019, the Covid pandemic and the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. He also worked as the FT's technology, media and telecom editor, acting editor of the weekend magazine and editor of the management section. Prior to joining the FT, he worked at Prospect Magazine after starting his career at Harper's Magazine

Hear My Insights

The New York Times Debate: Is AI the New Plastic?

Remember when plastic was everything? The golden ticket to cheaper manufacturing, maximum profit and easier living? Turns out the saying is true: Nothing comes without a price; and the world has paid its weight, now, in environmental devastation and a plastic island the size of a small continent floating around the Pacific. Some argue that the same will be true of artificial intelligence. It has been hailed as the most transformative technology since the internet, and could have huge benefits for battling climate change, industries, government and more. But concerns are piling up. The amount of energy required to build AI is already harming the planet more than helping it and big questions are being asking about its potential impact on society and ethical concerns. Will the benefits of AI outweigh its costs?