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Palo Alto, California-based Landing AI, the AI startup led by Andrew Ng — the cofounder of Google Brain, one of Google’s AI research divisions — today announced that it raised $57 million in a series A funding round led by McRock Capital. In addition, Insight Partners…
Using AI to verify renter eligibility and risk
November 5, 2021
Imagine a software app that creates peace and understanding between landlords and tenants. How much value would that have in this world of constant rental turnover and strife?
This is the challenge taken on by Obligo, a New York-based fintech company that is using AI and…
Enterprise deployment of AI and machine learning (ML) for cash flow forecasting is expected to increase 450% over the next two years, according to the recently released 2021 Cash Forecasting & Visibility Survey from GTreasury and Strategic Treasurer. The survey of nearly…
SecureAuth, a provider of identity and access management solutions for cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments, today announced it has acquired passwordless authentication startup Acceptto. The terms of the deal remain undisclosed.
Founded out of Portland in 2013, Acceptto offers a solution for “continuous passwordless authentication.” The company says its eGuardian platform can calculate…
How will the world of work change in the near future? “Every business process will be collaborative, powered by data and AI, and will bridge the digital and physical worlds,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said during the opening keynote of his company’s Ignite conference…
Notable aims to improve AI in health care with new $100M
November 3, 2021
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Notable, an intelligent automation company focused on health care, today announced it received a $100 million series B funding round. The investment, led by ICONIQ Growth…
Part of what Microsoft was determined to showcase at its Ignite conference, which kicked off Tuesday, is the extent to which Azure is maturing into an architecture for building scalable, AI-infused apps that also work in hybrid cloud and edge computing scenarios.
Microsoft put out a barrage of AI, data analytics, and DevOps announcements for Azure announcements at Ignite. They include updates to…
New AI products from Microsoft include Context IQ and Azure Cognitive Services for Language
November 2, 2021
At Ignite 2021, Microsoft debuted a range of products across its cloud-powered lines of business that leverage AI to find patterns in — and made predictions from — vast stores of data. The highlight might be Context IQ, a Microsoft 365 technology that can predict, seek…
During its Ignite conference this week, Microsoft unveiled the Azure OpenAI Service, a new offering designed to give enterprises access to OpenAI’s GPT-3 language model and its derivatives along with security, compliance, governance, and other business-focused features.
AI technology modernizes warehouse management
November 2, 2021
Like all other elements in the enterprise, the warehouse management stack is becoming increasingly automated and more intelligent by the day. Despite this, the technology is not only focused on the warehouse floor and the needs of an expanding robotics workforce.
Instead, you’ll find just as much activity happening behind the scenes with planning, provisioning, and other processes carried out by…
