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Popsa - the innovative app that's using AI to disrupt the photobook market.As printed photographs have given way to digital photos, so the photo album has given way to the photobook. We haven’t lost the desire to have a physical collection of our photographs for posterity, but it has become a little less easy. That little digital-photo printer is handy, but where did you leave the power cabl...
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Following a successful inaugural year which saw robots in centres, chat bots online and queue-jumping apps, intu Accelerate 2018 is once open for applications from startups looking to create the perfect shopping experience. Owner of some of the UK’s largest and most popular shopping centres, such as intu Trafford Centre, intu Lakeside and intu Metrocentre, the 8-week programme will aim to d...
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As we all know, the pop-up phenomenon is here to stay and since it offers such a flexible option for retailers, it is easy to see why. It is not always easy however to source a suitable space for your temporary retail endeavours – until now that is. Our latest startup of the week is on a mission to help retailers seeking popup space find the optimum location to match their business’&n...
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Plum is the first AI-powered Facebook Chatbot which allows you to start saving money automatically without any effort, fees or changes in spending.  Alex Michael, Co Founder at Plum started his career writing software for retail analytics at EDITED in London and spent the last two years at Tictail in Stockholm where he joined as engineer #5 and then became team lead for payments, scaling the...
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Syndeo, is an innovative new platform looking to change the way call-centre and organisation customer support is delivered. Millennials, AKA Generation Y, no-longer see 'chatting' as something exclusive to face-to-face conversation or over the phone chit-chat. Now general chat happens on social media and messaging apps such as Facebook Messenger.  So you can imagine the pain in the a@%&...
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Backed by Centrica (British Gas) and mentored by Google, Verv has developed an intelligent energy assistant, using high speed energy analytics and machine learning to bring existing appliances to life. With 6 patents filed, Verv has sold units to British Gas, EDF & Allianz. It could be argued that the most frustrating thing about electricity bills is not being able to see a full breakdown of ...
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  Earlier this year, the Startup League, a unique startup support program partnered with Web Summit 2017 to create a very special offering for 5 startups - a chance to get a coveted ALPHA booth at the event, at 100% sponsorship! Web Summit which started in Dublin in 2009 as a technology meet up of around 100 enthusiastic startup founders, bloggers and experts has now become a huge ev...
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are already starting to have a tremendous impact on the world around us, and as time goes by this grip will only tighten. Some of the most exciting and groundbreaking uses for this technology are found in the health sector.  An excellent example of how AI and ML can be used in health is in the analysis of patient medical records. The...
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Smart and almost human (almost), Lysa aims to offers a new approach to diet management and nutrition. We really are hungry to give it a go… We are liking the sound of coming-soon AI app (currently in early beta) Lysa which is all set to act as your personal health coach offering smart nutritional advice and guidance via your phone.  No more navigating online forums to try and figure ...
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Olly is Emotech’s answer to Amazon’s Echo, styled as a robot with personality. Born from a London based robotics startup, Olly will respond to questions you ask it by looking them up for you, just like the Echo, and can also be used as a control hub for internet-connected products and smart devices in the home. One of the things that sets Olly apart, however, is its ability to be...
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