Artificial Intelligence
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Biome Makers closes $4M to assess the quality of the ‘gut bacteria’ of a farm’s soil
The agriculture industry faces huge problems of sustainability. The world’s population is increasing, leading to higher food demand, but this…
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DeepMind touts predictive healthcare AI ‘breakthrough’ trained on heavily skewed data
DeepMind, the Google-owned UK AI research firm, has published a research letter in the journal Nature in which it discusses…
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DeepMind’s AI predicts kidney injury up to 48 hours before it happens
Acute kidney injury, or AKI, is a condition in which the kidneys stop filtering waste products from the blood. It…
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Trueface raises $3.7M to recognise that gun, as it’s being pulled, in real time
Globally, millions of cameras are in deployed by companies and organizations every year. All you have to do is look…
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Standard Cognition lands $35M at $535M valuation to battle Amazon Go
EQT Ventures, Initialized Capital, CRV and Y Combinator have fueled Standard Cognition with another $35 million to help retailers battle…
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Airbud raises $4 million to add a voice interface to your website
Amazon’s Alexa ushered in a new dawn of user interfaces, bringing voice into the mix as a viable option. Dozens…
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Minute.ly raises $8 million to pick out video highlights with AI
Minute.ly, a Tel Aviv- and New York-based startup developing a platform that taps AI to enhance video content, today announced…
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Freedom Robotics raises $6.6M to take the hassle out of founding a robotics startup
After years — decades even — of promises, the robotics industry is finally beginning to realize its potential. Nowhere is…
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India’s Haptik acqui-hires Los Angeles startup Convrg in international expansion push
Mumbai-based Haptik, which operates a conversational AI platform, has already won several high profile clients in India. Now the five-year-old…
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Qomplx raises $78.6 million for analytics-as-a-service platform
Analytics and insurance software provider Qomplx (formerly Fractal Industries) today announced that it has secured $78.6 million in a series…
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