In the spring of 2016, technologists Karyl Fowler and Orie Steele entered Austin’s first blockchain hackathon contest aimed at solving mobility challenges which...
In the spring of 2016, technologists Karyl Fowler and Orie Steele entered Austin’s first blockchain hackathon contest aimed at solving mobility challenges which drew project topics from smart parking apps to addressing social mobility barriers. At the time, thousands of refugees were pouring into Europe with no means to identify themselves. Government organizations had no integrated way to validate and track identities across the variety of disparate systems they use to...
In the spring of 2016, technologists Karyl Fowler and Orie Steele entered Austin’s first blockchain hackathon contest aimed at solving mobility challenges which drew project topics from smart parking...
Being a trend setter isn’t easy. Snap Tech was the first cross platform visual search engine for fashion when it was founded in 2011. But while trends come and...
Being a trend setter isn’t easy. Snap Tech was the first cross platform visual search engine for fashion when it was founded in 2011. But while trends come and go, like a good pair of jeans, the startup’s technology is still firmly in vogue and it remains at the front of the field, having helped change the way people shop on the go, and fashion editors’ habits too. A new way to shop The company was born out of computer science student Jenny Griffiths’ fascination with...
Being a trend setter isn’t easy. Snap Tech was the first cross platform visual search engine for fashion when it was founded in 2011. But while trends come and go, like a good pair of jeans,...
Making a mark in the competitive world of AI and ML is never easy. Indian startup Jubi.ai is achieving success through their superbot offerings, powering...
Making a mark in the competitive world of AI and ML is never easy. Indian startup Jubi.ai is achieving success through their superbot offerings, powering conversational automation of customer service, online lead generation and digital sales for large NBFCs, mutual fund houses, insurance companies and fintech businesses. To discuss how Jubi is expanding across India and the globe, I chatted with the 31 year-old founder and CEO Subhadeep Bhattacharya, who believes AI-led...
Making a mark in the competitive world of AI and ML is never easy. Indian startup Jubi.ai is achieving success through their superbot offerings, powering conversational automation of customer...
Zak MacRunnels has lived a mile from Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley for almost twenty-five years. It’s a fitting location for this long-time technology...
Zak MacRunnels has lived a mile from Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley for almost twenty-five years. It’s a fitting location for this long-time technology entrepreneur who has steered a handful of companies to successful exits. As CEO of Reconstruct, he is helping Reconstruct become a leading technology for the construction and real estate industry. We sat down with Zak to get his advice on navigating the wonderful but complex world of venture. [Reconstruct is a member of...
Zak MacRunnels has lived a mile from Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley for almost twenty-five years. It’s a fitting location for this long-time technology entrepreneur who has steered a handful...
The growth of BotSupply is white-hot, thanks in part to Oracle. Building on top of Oracle Cloud, the Copenhagen-based startup is using its multilingual bot...
The growth of BotSupply is white-hot, thanks in part to Oracle. Building on top of Oracle Cloud, the Copenhagen-based startup is using its multilingual bot platform and conversational AI to help create engaging and relevant customer experiences for Oracle clients around the globe. And as a member of Oracle’s global startup program, BotSupply is tapping into resources such as customer connections, marketing and media exposure. Co-selling with Oracle, BotSupply is currently in...
The growth of BotSupply is white-hot, thanks in part to Oracle. Building on top of Oracle Cloud, the Copenhagen-based startup is using its multilingual bot platform and conversational AI to...
Striking up a conversation with a stranger can be difficult. But trade that stranger for a conversational AI assistant when you’re a customer looking for a...
Striking up a conversation with a stranger can be difficult. But trade that stranger for a conversational AI assistant when you’re a customer looking for a solution and the conversation becomes a cakewalk. Buzzo.AI was founded to make conversations with AI even easier. The solution provides answers to questions and also offers recommendations based on your mood and preferences. A conversational AI assistant, Buzzo.ai uses deep insights from product descriptions and user...
Striking up a conversation with a stranger can be difficult. But trade that stranger for a conversational AI assistant when you’re a customer looking for a solution and the conversation becomes a...
650 billion dollars. This is the amount of capital that is owed to small businesses but is trapped somewhere in the payment chain, with a corrosive effect on...
650 billion dollars. This is the amount of capital that is owed to small businesses but is trapped somewhere in the payment chain, with a corrosive effect on small businesses, their staff and the wider economy. Sustainably solving this problem in a way that works for suppliers and large buyers is not simple, but that is the challenge addressed by UK fintech Previse. Previse was founded by a small group of people who recognized that slow payments were damaging SMEs, large...
650 billion dollars. This is the amount of capital that is owed to small businesses but is trapped somewhere in the payment chain, with a corrosive effect on small businesses, their staff and...
Image: Profit, Editor’s Choice: The Best of 2018 Oracle’s Profit Magazine covered hundreds of innovative companies and new technologies during the past year,...
Image: Profit, Editor’s Choice: The Best of 2018 Oracle’s Profit Magazine covered hundreds of innovative companies and new technologies during the past year, from emerging businesses like Stitch Fix to perennial brands like Toyota. So, when the editors of Profit set out to choose their top stories of the year it was no easy feat. We are beyond proud that a startup in our global program, iGeolise, was chosen by Profit editors as a top story of 2018 for the “Matter of Minutes”...
Image: Profit, Editor’s Choice: The Best of 2018 Oracle’s Profit Magazine covered hundreds of innovative companies and new technologies during the past year, from emerging businesses like Stitch Fix...
GridMarkets isn’t your typical startup in the sense that gaining customers has never been a challenge. Virtually all of their customers have come from...
GridMarkets isn’t your typical startup in the sense that gaining customers has never been a challenge. Virtually all of their customers have come from word-of-mouth recommendations. They have no paid marketing to speak of. Their customers have such absolute trust in the GridMarkets solution that recommendations come organically and willingly. To date, GridMarkets has over 2,000 customers in more than 90 countries. A quick read of their website testimonials reveals a familiar...
GridMarkets isn’t your typical startup in the sense that gaining customers has never been a challenge. Virtually all of their customers have come from word-of-mouth recommendations. They have no paid...
