On November 15, 2017, CareerWaze Founders Jayati Sengupta and Vijji Suryadevara were

invited to CNBC Disruptor 50 Celebrations at the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center in San

Francisco. Sponsored exclusively by Nasdaq, the third annual CNBC Disruptor 50 list includes

an array of forward-thinking, innovative, ambitious companies utilizing fresh ideas that are

disrupting marketplaces, industries, and mega brands. This year's CNBC Disruptor 50 is

populated by private companies with venture-capital backing in 16 industries. Each of these

engines of entrepreneurialism represents transformative technologies and business models for

industries like aerospace, retail, health care, financial services, and cyber security.

Jayati Sengupta and Vijji Suryadevara

Julia Boorstin, CNBC Correspondent was in

conversation with Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder of

LinkedIn and Partner at Greylock Ventures who

fielded all kinds of questions from AI and it’s hand

in the fake news in this election to it’s far reaching

impact on healthcare and education. Reid Hoffman

reaffirmed his vision of AI based Career Assistants

helping shape the workforce of tomorrow while

answering a question from the CareerWaze team.

CNBC Tech Correspondents Aditi Roy, Deirdre Bosa and

Paayal Zaveri with the team

The list below represents the 50 companies selected by CNBC

via their refined methodology.

Julia Boorstin

Media and Entertainment Correspondent,

CNBC

Reid Hoffman

Co-Founder of Linkedin,

Partner at Greylock Partners