A lot of companies like to claim their offices are personalized to their staff, but at Ansarada they've taken the idea one step further: You'll need your fingerprint at the ready to get through the door. Biometric ID passes are just one of several high-tech features built into the Australian data firm's Sydney headquarters to reflect its innovative approach and inspire its team of 118 technology buffs. "Proxy cards and all that, that's old school," Sam Riley, CEO of Ansarada, told CNBC's "Office Envy" during a tour of its 8,460-square-foot work space. Ansarada is what's known as a virtual data room company, meaning it provides an online platform -- or cloud -- for companies to store information during major transactions like fundraising and mergers and acquisitions.

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to Bloomberg, "The Street is paved with gold, which presents a challenge to deploying the record $1.5 trillion in dry powder, or investable funds, private equity firms are holding globally." At The Alliance of M&A Advisors' Summer Conference, taking place July 19-21 at the Drake Hotel in Chicago, buyers and sellers in the private middle market will come together and make deals at this unprecedented time of change. A featured portion of this 19th annual M&A conference features Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) experts sharing their experience gained from research, consulting, and analysis of more that 20,000 deals offering game-changing tech innovations that will change how deal making is done forever. The Alliance is showcasing a new Center for Excellence platform hosted by Dr. Kiran Garimella with a special session moderating a discussion with leaders from global solution providers: D&B Hoovers and ansarada. Dr. Kiran Garimella, co-founder and columnist, is a former Global CIO and Chief Architect at GE, VP for Business Process Management at Software AG, and an expert in building Centers of Excellence.

Elon Musk has changed the way we think about transport. Larry Page and Sergey Brin have revolutionized the way we learn. Mark Zuckerberg has reshaped how we communicate. A.I., the simulation of human intelligence processes by computer systems, is used by Telsa's self-driving electric cars. Google's search engine from its beginning has been powered by A.I. Facebook uses A.I. for targeted advertising, photo tagging and curated news feeds.