Conventional thinking in business has long been that strategic decisions are made by humans, while the focus of automation and machine learning should be on execution. With the speed of change and volume of market feedback today, as well as the advances in machine learning, Amazon, Alibaba, and others have proven the value of software-driven strategy decisions.
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Sarafan Raises $1M for the AI Engine That Identifies Fashion Items
The saying we all want what we can’t have may be outdated now that Sarafan Tech is around. This AI engine recognizes clothes, shoes, and beauty items from photos and videos. In less than 1.5 milliseconds, users can find exactly where to buy items from any content posted by their favorite media site, blog, or […]
This NYC Startup Raised $32M to Allow Marketers to Make Your Online Experience Truly Personalized
A common pitfall associated with marketing at scale is sending a promotion to a client who has already purchased or received that product. It’s simply a waste of your marketing dollars. The ability to tailor and customize brand engagement, in real time, is critical to retain and attract clients, which is why Dynamic Yield has created […]
This NYC Startup Uses AI to Enable Marketers to Deliver the Right Message at the Right Time
In order to stay relevant, businesses to have a steady stream of content to power their social media, email, or website. However, finding the appropriate content for the right audience, at the right time poses a specific problem that Vestorly, the cognitive content marketing platform, addresses. Built with the mindset that every marketer should be […]
This NYC Startup Just Raised $2M for its AI Platform That Determines Which Colleges are Best Suited for Students
Ask any high school guidance counselor about the college application process, and they will tell you it’s filled with frantic students making last-minute appointments for guidance for a major life decision. But it doesn’t need to be this way; especially since Concourse Global created its AI-powered platform to help high school counselors navigate the college […]
K Health Raises $12M to Make Googling Symptoms A Relic of The Past
You feel a sore throat coming on, you start overheating, and your body aches, but you know the drill… flip open your laptop and start Googling your symptoms, and before you know it you’ve self-diagnosed yourself with an illness. Thankfully K Health is here to change that. This is the first free primary care app […]
Spring Health Raises $6M to Lead the Digital Mental Health Care Revolution
Mental health is extraordinarily important, but it’s often been still too taboo to openly discuss in the workplace…until now. Spring Health is the NYC startup that offers digital mental health services to employers giving employees free access. Users are matched to a professional and personalized treatment plan via AI and mental healthcare experts. The company’s […]
Body vs. Belongings: How Tech is Changing the Way Companies Merge Person and Machine
Members of every culture adorn their bodies with artifacts like clothing and jewelry, and change these out to suit their moods or social demands. But today, we don’t just put things on; we put things in. Permanent tattoos, breast, lip, buttock and cheek implants, artificial hips, knees and prostheses, pacemakers, and embedded computer chips obliterate […]
This NYC Startup Just Raised $30M to Be the Leader in Privacy Automation
Lately, stories about data privacy are everywhere. GDPR created an impetus for companies to safeguard their collected data. But what tools can companies use to meet privacy requirements? Data-driven startup BigID provides a perfect solution. The company has developed a machine learning-powered automated solution that analyzes primary and secondary data sources like log streams to provide […]
Great Power, Great Responsibility: The 2018 Big Data & AI Landscape
It’s been an exciting, but complex year in the data world. Just as last year, the data tech ecosystem has continued to “fire on all cylinders”. If nothing else, data is probably even more front and center in 2018, in both business and personal conversations. Some of the reasons, however, have changed. On the one hand, […]
This NYC Startup Uses AI to Give You a Hollywood Lighting Crew in Your Pocket
More than 14 trillion photos are taken annually and most people have no formal training in photography. Most photographs come out subpar and it can easily be fixed with better lighting. Unfortunately, smartphone cameras do not provide sufficient lighting to accurately frame the subject, but Relonch AI changes that. This startup launched its latest product Relonch […]