NEW YORK (Reuters) - BlackRock Inc, which has struck nearly $30 billion in acquisitions this year, is looking for opportunities to expand its technology capabilities including in the areas of artificial intelligence, the world's largest asset manager's chief operating officer said on Tuesday.

"There's always pockets of capabilities that you can improve upon," said BlackRock COO Rob Goldstein, speaking in an interview at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York.

(Reporting by Lewis Krauskopf, Carmel Crimmins; Editing by Leslie Adler)