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Dealroom obtains €6 million in Series A funding for its data and market intelligence firm
Dealroom, a European startup, and venture capital data company, has raised €6 million in a Series A round, according to TechCrunch. The fresh funding comes nearly two years after the company raised €2.75 million in early 2020. In North Read more
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Artificial Intelligence for X-Ray Fracture Detection
Researchers are working on an artificial intelligence technique to help medics diagnose fractures more quickly. Artificial intelligence can help clinicians diagnose fractures on x-rays, according to researchers at Boston University School of Medicine. In a press release, Ali Guermazi, MD, Read more
Microsegmentation, PMF trials, and tailored buying are among the topics covered in this week's Experts Weekly.
Growth Marketing 3 experiments for early-stage founders looking for product-market fit (TechCrunch+): Elise King, the head of Human Ventures' entrepreneur-in-residence program and a member of the firm's investment team, spoke with entrepreneurs about product-market fit. Taking on touchpoints Read more
Women should be more involved in all stages of innovation
In order to prepare for a digital future that works for everyone, more female engagement is essential at all phases of the tech product and policy creation process, according to innovators and industry professionals. Sandrine Chauvin, LinkedIn's EMEA Director, said Read more
Farmers may utilize AI to estimate crops with the help of RawData
Every day, we highlight a new business. Today's winner is RawData from Spain, a start-up that uses AI to assist farmers. Farmers are finding it more difficult to anticipate their yield as a result of climate change. RawData, a Spanish Read more
Developing an AI-powered business
The Fourth Edition of the State of AI in the Enterprise Few businesses are fully AI-powered now, but a sizable and growing percentage are exhibiting the behaviors that will lead them there. What can we learn from cutting-edge companies' practices? Read more
One of chemistry's most significant approaches is tackled by DeepMind AI.
Using electron density, a machine-learning algorithm predicts material properties. A team lead by scientists at DeepMind, a London-based artificial-intelligence company, has developed a machine-learning model that predicts the distribution of electrons within a molecule to infer its properties. The Read more
Addressing the Gender and Racial Wage Gaps with Data Science
In 2021, women in the Boston area earned 70 cents for every dollar earned by men. According to a recent report from the Boston Women's Workforce Council (BWWC), the overall gender wage gap in the Boston area has not Read more
Meet the nine new Dutch scaleups chosen by Techleap.nl for the final batch of its Rise Programme in 2021.
Amsterdam-based Techleap.nl (formerly StartupDelta), a non-profit publicly funded organization that helps to measure and expedite the Dutch tech ecosystem, has declared the final batch of nine scaleups for its Techleap.nl Rise Programme in 2021. NADUVI, Returnista, TestGorilla, FeedbackFruits, Talk360, Optiply, Read more
7 strategies to get the rest of the company on board with artificial intelligence
The difficulty is prioritizing people in all AI efforts. AI experts offer advice on how to create a culture that is both people-centric and AI-driven. AI is a strong tool for magnifying human knowledge, abilities, and efficiency, as those responsible Read more
Ex-Google employee has founded her own AI research center
One year ago, Timnit Gebru, a Google artificial intelligence researcher, tweeted that she got fired, igniting a debate about employees' freedom to challenge the implications of their company's technology. She founded a new research organization on Thursday to ask questions Read more
In the Global AI Index, the Netherlands appears as a rising star, ranking ahead of Germany, France, and Australia.
The Netherlands has made significant progress in the deployment of artificial intelligence in business, government, and society. The Dutch government 'has to increase its objectives,' according to a recent WRR assessment on AI, and it appears that the country Read more
A deep learning method for improving dog animations automatically
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin and the University of Bath recently developed a deep neural network-based model that could assist improve the quality of animations featuring quadruped animals like dogs. The framework they developed was presented at the Read more
Women in data science and careers worldwide
In today's technologically advanced world, data science affects almost every industry on the planet. Data has become increasingly important in the world's workings, from manufacturing to education to product creation to every major economy and its components, and it will Read more
Drug development could be sped up thanks to a new machine learning approach.
A novel technique to machine learning developed by a group of University of Cambridge academics could speed up the search for new medical therapies. The method "learns how to learn" and beats current drug design machine learning algorithms. The findings Read more
Kettle: employing AI to help stop wildfires
Kettle, a insurtech company that creates machine-learning-powered reinsurers balancing risk in a dynamic climate, is using deep learning and proprietary algorithms to redesign the reinsurance industry to excel in protecting people from the burgeoning risks of climate change. The Read more
Atos Acquires Data Science Firm Miner & Kasch
PARIS, France and IRVING, Texas, April 22, 2020 — Atos announced its acquisition of Miner & Kasch, an artificial intelligence (AI) and data science consulting firm headquartered in Elkridge, Maryland that specializes in building intelligent end-to-end, data-driven solutions. With this Read more