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Saxena: More Than a Tool, A.I. Must Be Used With Society in Mind

Xconomy

[ Updated 12/27/18, 9:54 am ] Manoj Saxena is bullish on artificial intelligence. startup CognitiveScale and managing director of The Entrepreneur Fund , which makes investments in early-stage machine learning companies, Saxena believes A.I. As chairman of Austin, TX-based A.I.

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SaaS Is Dead, Long Live Software

InfoChachkie

Vertical Software To Mobile First. desktop oriented dinosaurs which utilize the cloud, but offer a poor user experience, especially on mobile devices. Even so, we don’t call this new crop of companies “Better GUI Software” or even “Mobile First Software” startups. Vertical Artificial Intelligence.

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Nuance Spinout Cerence Vies With Tech Giants in Voice-AI for Auto

Xconomy

A new mobility company, Cerence , is making its public-market debut Wednesday, and its first CEO, Sanjay Dhawan, says he’s been meeting with more than 50 investors in recent weeks to talk up its prospects. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Ex-Google CEO: New MIT College Could Help Shrink A.I. Talent Gap

Xconomy

Eric Schmidt believes we’re entering an era where artificial intelligence will underpin most facets of human life. But we don’t yet have enough people with the right skills to build that future. talent shortage is the most pressing challenge facing the industry today.

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Startups Peddle Innovative Tools to Fight Tech’s #MeToo Problem

Xconomy

Now, some founders are seeking to use tech tools such as chatbots, artificial intelligence, analytics, and mobile to help clients remedy those deficiencies. As the last year has shown, the tech industry has a significant problem with sexual harassment and ensuring that women are treated equitably in the workplace.

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Udacity Achieves 50,000 Nanodegree Grads Amid Company Reorganization

Xconomy

Launched four years ago, the Nanodegree courses allow students worldwide to gain expertise in areas such as data analytics, machine learning, and autonomous flight engineering by completing coursework that can take as little as six months.

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ServiceTitan is LA’s least likely contender to be the next billion-dollar startup

TechCrunch LA

That’s likely due to a continually expanding toolkit that now boasts a customer relationship management system, efficient dispatching and routing, invoice management, mobile applications for field professionals and marketing analytics and reporting tools.

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