Tonal: Your Entire Gym On The Wall
Ditch the old dumbbells at gym and embrace intelligent workout system at home.
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Kaggle: Building a Market for Data Science (and Scientists)
Kaggle is an innovative two-sided platform that connects companies facing hard problems with the data scientists who can solve them.
BCG: Disrupted by People Analytics?
The burgeoning field of people analytics poses a threat to incumbent consultancies.
Tala: Using Machine Learning to Provide Access to Credit for the World’s Unbanked
Tala has been a pioneer in the alternative lending space. Founded by Shivani Siroya, the Santa Monica based company has demonstrated tremendous success in providing credit to people who are unbanked. Tala uses machine learning from a user’s smartphone to […]
DeepMind: Who Needs Data to Learn?
How Alphabet may have eliminated its data advantage when it bought DeepMind.
MedAware – Using AI to eliminate prescription errors
MedAware’s machine-learning algorithms mine data gathered from millions of electronic medical records to detect outliers in prescription behavior and flag them in real-time to healthcare providers
Alexa, what should I wear today?
Amazon is leveraging Alexa to gain a deeper foothold in the apparel space.
Robo Advisors and the business of automated advice
Roby advisory (“robos”), are low-cost automated investment platforms that utilizes mathematical algorithms to support investment decisions and create diversified financial portfolios. Analysts predict that by 2020 broadly defined robo advisory services are expected to manage between $2.2 to $3.7 trillion in assets. Can they replace a human Financial Advisor and become the main stream asset allocation solution?
This Call May be Monitored to Help Us Help You
Can algorithms really make us more empathetic? Cogito is using machine learning, data, and nudges to keep us all from pulling our hair out when contacting customer support. Co-founder Joshua Feast: “in some ways, we think of ourselves as a cyborg company, helping humans be their best selves.”
C3 IoT: Machine Learning in Industrial Applications
C3 IoT is an enterprise software business creating valuable applications for large industrial businesses using machine learning and predictive analytics.