Big Four accounting firm KPMG has committed $30 million to the metaverse in order to establish an “innovation hub” and train employees so they will be prepared to work with clients as the metaverse becomes a more common interface. Like many organizations, KPMG is citing breathtaking figures as it predicts the metaverse’s eventual value. Neville and Shel discuss KPMG’s move, various metaverse valuations, and other metaverse-related news and information in this FIR short.
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Special thanks to Jay Moonah for the opening and closing music.
You can find the stories from which Shel’s FIR content is selected at Shel’s Link Blog. Neville’s “asides” blog, Outbox, is available, as well.
Links from this episode:
- As KPMG enters the metaverse, the Big 4 firm calls multitrillion-dollar estimates ‘conservative’
- KPMG enters the metaverse, invests $30M in Web3 employee training
- Metaverse Could Contribute $3 Trillion to Global GDP Within a Decade
- Elon University & Pew Research look ahead to the metaverse of 2040
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