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Data Scientist Team Share Lessons Learned From Competition

Tech.Co

When you’re in a competition and on the spot, answering questions to industry experts can be a nerve-wrecking process. The best part is that afterward you walk away with valuable insight, experience and lessons learned. They left the competition with their lessons learned and came back to win first place in 2017. “To

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Watch Out, VCs: A.I. Program Judges Startups at Boston Pitch Event

Xconomy

I rarely attend startup pitch competitions anymore. But a startup contest held Tuesday at a machine learning conference in Cambridge, MA, put a twist on the typical scenario: the startups were judged by an artificial intelligence software program, instead of a panel of investors.

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San Diego Roundup: Qualcomm, Philter, Stella Labs, VC Funding & More

Xconomy

. —San Diego’s AON Devices was among 10 startups selected to compete at a recent pitch competition hosted by the corporate venture capital arm of Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM ). Qualcomm Ventures invited 10 artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, virtual reality, and. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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

Xconomy

Cerence is a spinout from pioneering speech recognition company Nuance Communications (NASDAQ: NUAN ), and it will carry on the work of Nuance’s former automotive division —a longtime player in the hotly competitive drive to equip vehicles to take full advantage of voice interactivity, artificial intelligence, and mobile Internet connections.

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Berkeley’s SkyDeck Offers Chip Design Support Worth Millions to Startups

Xconomy

The current land rush in chip development, spurred as new technologies such as artificial intelligence create new needs, is pitting established semiconductor companies like Intel and Nvidia against tech titans like Facebook that are building their own chips. A wave of next-generation chip companies has also entered the fray.

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Walmart: Turning San Diego Into A Key Technology Center

socalTECH

Walmart is not the first thing most people think of when you talk about a technology companyand you have lots of competition in the area against both startup and big name companies. Those include machine learning, artificial intelligence, big data, and other areas. Third, Carlsbad is an awesome place.

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Walmart: Turning San Diego Into Its Technology Center

socalTECH

Walmart is not the first thing most people think of when you talk about a technology companyand you have lots of competition in the area against both startup and big name companies. Those include machine learning, artificial intelligence, big data, and other areas. Third, Carlsbad is an awesome place.

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