Bringing order and understanding to unstructured information located across disparate silos has been one of more significant breakthroughs of the big data era, and today a European startup that has built a platform to help with this challenge specifically in the area of life sciences — and has, notably, been used by labs to sequence […]
Mobius Labs nabs $6M to help more sectors tap into computer vision
Berlin-based Mobius Labs has closed a €5.2 million (~$6.1M) funding round off the back of increased demand for its computer vision training platform. The Series A investment is led by Ventech VC, along with Atlantic Labs, APEX Ventures, Space Capital, Lunar Ventures plus some additional angel investors. The startup offers an SDK that lets the […]
Insurify, a ‘virtual insurance agent,’ raises $100M Series B
How many of us have not switched insurance carriers because we don’t want to deal with the hassle of comparison shopping? A lot, I’d bet. Today, Insurify, a startup that wants to help make it easier for people to get better rates on home, auto and life insurance, announced that it has closed $100 million […]
Sanas aims to convert one accent to another in real time for smoother customer service calls
In the customer service industry, your accent dictates many aspects of your job. It shouldn’t be the case that there’s a “better” or “worse” accent, but in today’s global economy (though who knows about tomorrow’s) it’s valuable to sound American or British. While many undergo accent neutralization training, Sanas is a startup with another approach […]
UK-based Heroes raises $200M to buy up more Amazon merchants for its roll-up play
Heroes, one of the new wave of startups aiming to build big e-commerce businesses by buying up smaller third-party merchants on Amazon’s Marketplace, has raised another big round of funding to double down on that strategy. The London startup has picked up $200 million, money that it will mainly be using to snap up more […]
学習して進化するAIに“忘れさせる”ことは可能なのか？ 研究者たちの取り組みと課題
人工知能（AI）が機械学習によって個人情報を取り込んで“賢く”なっていくなかで、プライヴァシーを巡る懸念が世界的に高まっている。こうしたなか研究者たちは、アルゴリズムに組み込まれた個人の情報を、機械に“忘れさせる”という難題に取り組んでいる。
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音声データの“脱植民地化”を目指せ：ビッグテックから母語の主権を守るマオリの人々
日本や世界では人種差別による同化政策によって、いまも2週間にひとつの割合で先住民族の言語が死に絶えている。そんななかニュージーランドのマオリ語の放送局は、貴重な音声データをビッグテックやグローバル企業に明け渡すのではなくマリオの人々のために役立てようと、独自に機械学習による自動音声認識ツールの開発に乗り出している。いまや言語の再生と復興に力を注ぐ他の先住民コミュニティにも拡がる音声データの「脱植民地化」を追う。
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Zendesk acquires AI automation startup Cleverly to advance customer service
Zendesk is looking to grow its customer service capabilities, and today it announced the acquisition of early-stage artificial intelligence startup Cleverly. Financial terms of the deal are not being publicly disclosed at this time and Cleverly has not been entirely public about the size of its funding. Founded in 2019, Cleverly is based in Lisbon, […]
Israel’s maturing fintech ecosystem may soon create global disruptors
What is it about Israeli-founded fintech startups that stand out from their scaling neighbors across the pond?
Workera.ai, a precision upskilling platform, taps $16M to close enterprise skills gap
Finding the right learning platform can be difficult, especially as companies look to upskill and reskill their talent to meet demand.