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5 Steps To Strategy Tuning Through Machine Learning

Startup Professionals Musings

Conventional thinking in business has long been that strategy decisions are made by humans, while the focus of automation and machine learning should be on execution. This is a new class of software that can adapt in real time to market changes. Apply machine-learning for real-time software decisions.

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Snap accelerator names its latest cohort

TechCrunch LA

Yellow , the accelerator program launched by Snap in 2018, has selected ten companies to join its latest cohort. TRASH — using this machine learning-based video editing toolkit, users can quickly create and edit high-quality, short-form video. The new batch of startups coming from across the U.S.

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Reali Finds $20M For Expansion To Southern California

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Reali , a Silicon Valley startup which offers up a high-tech, and artificial intelligence-enabled real estate service, said this week that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round, which it specifically will use to launch in Southern California. The funding was led by Zeev Ventures, and also included Signia Venture Capital.

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A.I. Could Be Double-Edged Sword for Cybersecurity Industry in 2018

Xconomy

It’s no secret that artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly influential in cybersecurity—on both sides of the battlefield. is still in its infancy, with nearly every industry investing in the space and many companies already benefiting from automation and business intelligence use cases today.

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Girls in STEM and Cyber Security Among Top Startups at Eureka Park 2018

Tech.Co

This year at CES 2018 Eureka Park, the mega startup hub of the conference, the hottest early-stage startups from around the world will showcase their products and services aimed at disrupting their respective industries. Meet the startups showcasing at Eureka Park Startup Arlington this year at CES 2018: BooleanGirl.

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Using full-body MRIs, Ezra can now detect 11 cancers in men and 13 in women

TechCrunch LA

The company is in talks with some insurance companies and expects to have some pilot projects up in the last quarter of 2018 and first quarter of 2020. Ezra initially came to market with a single test to screen for prostate cancer using machine learning to diagnose the screens coming off of an abbreviated MRI scan that takes 20 minutes.

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LA-based Maslo pivots to professional services, launching an AI product for executive coaching

TechCrunch LA

When the Los Angeles-based startup Maslo launched its first product in early 2018 , the company was focused on a direct-to-consumer tool designed to encourage mindfulness and self-awareness through a machine learning enabled avatar that would respond to individual’s inputs. Image courtesy of Maslo.

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