Case Study: Barrick Gold achieves rapid discovery and engagement with disruptive technologies with CB Insights

Barrick builds partnership with CB Insights to discover and engage with exponential technologies

Barrick, the world’s leading gold mining company, launched an Innovation Strategy team in 2016 to re-envision operations and infuse the business with exponential technologies. Facing the challenge of discovering disruptive solutions and connecting disparate mining infrastructure and data, the team sought faster ways to identify partners and test transformative tools like a Digital Work Management system.

Barrick partnered with CB Insights—attending its Innovation Summit and adopting the platform’s Top Search, Expert Collections, and automated research tools—to rapidly surface relevant companies, streamline analysis, and build a pipeline of potential partners. The result: a scaled, more productive Innovation team with new hires actively using the platform, ongoing engagement with promising AI and drone companies, and improved capacity to implement technologies that boost maintenance efficiency and equipment availability.

Barrick Gold

Michelle Ash

Chief Innovation Officer