What Makes a Successful AI Company? - Perspectives from a Venture Capitalist

What Makes a Successful AI Company? – A Venture Capitalist’s Perspective

Episode Summary: If one wants to start a general search engine, they're going to have to compete with Google. If one wants to start a general eCommerce platform, they'll have to compete with Amazon. But the same dynamics play out on a smaller scale. There are going to be some established players, some big tech giant, be it IBM or someone else, who already has a product.

TechEmergence is Emerj

We are Now Emerj

After plenty of deliberation, web development and research, we’ve finally rebranded to Emerj Artificial Intelligence Research.
I’m glad I finally won’t get any more “so when are you rebranding?” emails.
It sure did take more effort and development work than I had expected (lots of new features / functionality to build out), but it was well worth it.
My goal with this article is to provide our users and readers with a full breakdown of what’s new, and what to expect moving forward. The article below is broken down into the following sections:

Artificial Intelligence in India - Opportunities, Risks, and Future Potential

Artificial Intelligence in India – Opportunities, Risks, and Future Potential

Over the last two years, we have witnessed a steady increase in our percent of readership in India. Sometime in 2017, Bangalore became one of our largest sources of job applicants, and our single biggest city in terms of readers - overtaking both London and NYC.

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Ben Levy Emerj

Should My Startup be Using Machine Learning and AI?

Almost all young companies and companies in the start-up ecosystem today would like to talk about how they leverage AI or machine learning. In most cases, this is to make their product sound special and exciting. However, the fact is most young companies do not have the resources or the talent needed to leverage artificial intelligence in a way that would add to their value proposition.

Artificial Intelligence in Boston - An Overview of Startups, Funding, and Trends

Artificial Intelligence in Boston – An Overview of Startups, Funding, and Trends

With "machine learning" excitement in full swing, Boston is buzzing as always with it's own batch of startups, accelerators, and VCs, and I decided to do a deep dive into the local artificial intelligence ecosystem.

AI in Medical Devices - Three Emerging Industry Applications

AI in Medical Devices – Three Emerging Industry Applications

Medical devices sector, part of the $3 trillion healthcare industry in the United States, is an area of growth and innovation where researchers and manufacturers are seeking to integrate accuracy with automation. According to the most recent data reported by SelectUSA, (a program within the International Trade Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce), the United States held 40 percent of the $140 billion global medical device market in 2015.

CRM Artificial Intelligence Trends across Salesforce, Oracle, and SAP

CRM Artificial Intelligence Trends Across Salesforce, Oracle, SAP, and More

The amount of data companies have on customers and the number of channels customers are using to interact with businesses have grown significantly in the past decade. Artificial intelligence may hold great promise in optimizing customer and client interactions.

Machine Learning in Gaming - Building AIs to Conquer Virtual Worlds

Machine Learning in Gaming – Building AIs to Conquer Virtual Worlds

In virtual worlds, AIs are getting smarter. The earliest instance of artificial intelligence in games was in 1952, when a lone graduate student in the UK created a rules-based AI that could play a perfect game of tic-tac-toe. Today, teams of researchers are working on—or have already succeeded in—creating AIs that can defeat humans in increasingly complex games.