American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 26, 2023

We are witnessing a once-in-a-generation industrial transformation driven by advancements in artificial intelligence and the increasing need for sustainable products. About Greycroft Greycroft is a seed-to-growth venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs of all backgrounds to build category-defining companies.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Last week, she announced that she raised $101 million for her new fund to back companies that are building artificial intelligence and what she describes as software 3.0. But what happens when you want to disrupt a category that has been around the block a few times?

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

There's a lot that goes into robots like these (and the ones we interact with online, like ChatGPT): automation, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, to name a few. Table of contents: What is intelligent automation (IA)? How to kickstart your IA strategy What is intelligent automation (IA)?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2023

Part of that vision includes building a tech stack that leans on artificial intelligence and API to provide better manufacturing, supply chain, design and customer acquisition capabilities.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Xfund’s vice president, Jadyn Bryden, and Lightship Capital’s principal, Alexis Alston, told TechCrunch that they are focused on generative artificial intelligence. For 2023 then, it appears investors are focusing on trends that are relatively safer and likelier to bear fruit.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

NotCo’s proprietary artificial intelligence technology, Giuseppe, matches animal proteins to their ideal replacements among thousands of plant-based ingredients. Muchnick also wants to establish more patents in food science — the company already has five — and to explore a potential intelligence side of the business.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2023

Haje is one of the reporters I quote most in this newsletter because all of his work fits the “startup must read” category — and his witty headlines don’t hurt, either. Big shout out to Kyle Wiggers, as well, who is fearlessly, and thoughtfully, covering artificial intelligence alongside Devin Coldewey.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Shelf Engine’s grocery order automation technology applies advanced statistical models and artificial intelligence to deliver accurate food order volume so that customers can reduce their food waste by as much as 32% while increasing gross margins and sales of more than 50%. This includes a $12 million Series A from 2020.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

Aiming to give merchants more control over this, Seel , which focuses on underwriting e-commerce returns, is leveraging artificial intelligence to build proprietary underwriting software that uses hundreds of signals to predict the probability of return as soon as an order is placed, co-founder Zack Peng told TechCrunch via email.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2022

Clockwise uses artificial intelligence to help teams free up their workdays and avoid the challenges associated with remote and hybrid workplaces, such as burnout. This latest round brings the company’s total amount of funding raised to $76 million. The company was founded in 2016 by Gary Lerhaupt, Matt Martin and Mike Grinolds.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

Lumachain was founded in 2018 to use computer vision-based artificial intelligence to transform meat plant operations. It has five products in the categories of safety, yield, quality, efficiency and traceability. That’s why she believes AI should be helping employees be the best they can be. She even did a TED Talk about it.

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 8, 2019

Artificial Intelligence - yes, it’s a buzzword but it’s more than that. Blockchain is clearly the category with the steepest slope. Software - up more than 3x, Software is a perennial category. Analytics - surprisingly, this category has seen its zenith. Others have grown by more than 3x. Hot Spaces.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

AI Stage: Covers the latest artificial intelligence tech related to NLG, speech recognition, virtual agents, biometrics, RPA, deep learning platforms, reactive machines, and P2P networks. For founders and investors curious about an emerging category, these sessions are a chance to cross-pollinate.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Anything below that figure falls under a category known as “tail spend.” Boston-based startup Fairmarkit has been working on a tail spend procurement solution for several years now, and has built a modern platform with a large dose of artificial intelligence to help companies find the best deals when it comes to their tail spend.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

We have different categories of clients; a lot of our clients are in urban areas, and they love the convenience of our services. As Rocket Health expands and embarks on its next phase of growth, they have partnered with Ada, a Berlin based end-user self-assessment platform, to integrate artificial intelligence into its tele-consultations.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

In the background, machine learning models and artificial intelligence-powered humans in the loop do the structuring for our customers, which include food delivery, e-commerce and point-of-sale,” Nemrow added. Nemrow and Will Bewley founded the San Francisco-based company in 2017. “In

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 12, 2023

Tonal known for its intelligent home gym rode that wave and just recently took two major steps forward in a post-pandemic world. The fitness company offers members over three thousand coach-led, on demand and live workouts across a number of fitness categories.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

Zhou noted that Yami provides more than 260,000 stock-keeping units (SKUs) across food, beauty, health, and home categories with over 4,000 brands. . On top of that, it plans to invest in technology like artificial intelligence and big data, which will strengthen its supply chain and improve customer experience, Zhou told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

“We believe small firms deserve to succeed online,” the executive told TechCrunch. “It’s a trend I’ve seen more broadly and we think professional services is the next category that needs an SMB enabler, and that’s really what we’re trying to do.” ” Image Credits: B12.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 18, 2023

Eagle Eye Networks will use the investment for continued development of its AI-based analytics capabilities such as Eagle Eye Smart Video Search , Smart Alarms, and Vehicle Intelligence, and to expand its worldwide operations. Founded in 2012, Eagle Eye is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with offices in Amsterdam, Bangalore, and Tokyo.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Prior to starting the company, the co-founders were already working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and e-commerce at companies like Flipkart and Truefit. The company will also invest in product development, expanding into other categories and creating a self-service tool. “We

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Using data provided by an emerging venture firm, Revere uses 20 categories to verify, aggregate and research into the quality of the firm across 5 areas: sourcing, team, value add, track record and firm management. Still, Revere could find itself falling into the same trap that others have.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Remember in October when Shutterstock and OpenAI paired up to add some artificial intelligence to Shutterstock’s libraries? He believes the entire category is a prime target for robotics startups, given that it addresses the three big Ds of automation — dull, dirty and (quite often) dangerous.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

The Palo Alto-based startup launched its car insurance comparison service using artificial intelligence and machine learning in January 2019. As we enter more car expense categories, our total addressable market continues to grow.” “The U.S. auto insurance industry is an at least $250 billion market,” he added.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 22, 2022

Register Le Yen Thanh, the 28-year-old CEO of Vietnam’s smart mobility startup Phenikaa Maas , is among the 2022 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia honorees in the Industry, Manufacturing & Energy category. In 2013, Thanh founded the BusMap Project, a free public transportation app for urban bus passengers.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Cybercrime is on the rise, and today an insurance startup that’s built an artificial intelligence-based platform to help manage the risks from that is announcing a big round of funding to meet the opportunity. “Underwriting cyber insurance for SMEs is a more dire prospect than for large enterprises,” he said.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

And while the accelerator says it only looks at founders when investing in startups, not sector, category or idea, more money in the pipeline may be empowering enough to attract a different cohort of founders. The results are diverse — and we’ve already seen ways it’s impacting the future of fintech , crypto and artificial intelligence.

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Andreessen Horowitz

AUGUST 30, 2023

There are really three investable opportunities in the category of “known knowns”: Sell software to incumbents Compete with incumbents, with generative AI at the core Buy incumbents and remake them with AI—what a “generative AI” KKR would be doing Think about Rocket Mortgage, with thousands of mortgage brokers and 2022 net revenues of $5.8

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In a nutshell, the company uses artificial intelligence to help businesses determine what is specifically impacting product quality at any given time, notes unitQ co-founder and CEO Christian Wiklund.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

This led Drift to expand its focus to build a platform that includes conversational sales, which integrates chat, email, video and artificial intelligence to power conversations, not just on a customer’s website, but for the sales team too. .

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

That’s the category we want to create and we want to be the largest in that space.”. It also — unlike some diversity hiring platforms — does not rely on artificial intelligence, a fact that Herman is actually proud of. “We You know how everyone has a CRM? On the diversity front, 2020 may prove a tipping point.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2023

It’s never GM; it’s only AI Now that I apparently live in Cerebral Valley, it’s quite easy to find investors, founders or my great friends in the middle of a passionate conversation about artificial intelligence. Heck, we even screencast ChatGPT trying to explain SVB during wine night, recently.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

One is you have these big categories of knowledge work where there is no way to do more of the particular type of work because productivity is not getting any better—but you’ve got some kind of deficit in society because you actually could use more of it. What do you see as the biggest open questions in AI at the moment?

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 7, 2021

Algenesis, a material science technology company, in the Technology, Services and Consumer category; and Genomenon, a genomic health IT company, in the Life Sciences category. Genomenon leverages artificial intelligence to organize the world’s genomic knowledge from all sources of scientific research.

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Feedough

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Access Alto identified four broad categories of CTO: Infrastructure leader: The CTO is responsible for the data, maintenance, security and network of a business. The CTO is responsible for the optimisation of the internal business operation processes using technology. Types of CTO. CTO vs. CIO.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

“Apparel is a core category for us,” said Davis, but he also said he believes that the model can be applied to improve the unit economics of selling online to other categories, like cookware. Fashion has been a primary focus for “try before you buy” services online, but the model is not limited to it.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Universities are hubs for deep tech Many spinouts that come out of universities are in deep tech, a category of companies defined by their potential to disrupt the market through novel technologies. Topical examples include mRNA vaccines, artificial intelligence, and synthetic biology.

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