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PLUM, the AI powered personal savings chatbot, returns to Seedrs
by: Startacus Admin ~ 23rd June 2018AI powered, personal savings chatbot Plum, has launched the UK’s first theme-based investment product allowing user to invest in themes they understand and returns to Seedrs for it's second equity crowdfunding campaign to launch the new retail investment product.
Plum, the world’s first AI-powered money management chatbot, last week returned for it's second equity crowdfunding c...
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Small Robot Company offers farming through small robots not big tractors
by: Startacus Admin ~ 6th May 2018The Small Robot Company - The lowdown on the agri-tech startup that's using robotics and AI to innovate the farming industry through small robots...
Farming is expensive. We hear time and time again on the news about how farmers are making pennies on some of their produce, or even working at a loss to ensure that they aren’t passed over by retailers. We have written before about startups su...
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KOMPAS COO Maps Out a Future for AI and Us
by: Startacus Admin ~ 28th April 2018Last month, Olivia Higgs, COO of KOMPAS, gave a TEDx talk on Artificial Intelligence after being named as one of the UK’s most inspirational young individuals. At the end of 2017, JCI UK recognised Olivia Higgs as one of the UK’s most inspirational young individuals for her accomplishments in business and economics, and in March 2018 Olivia was invited to Virginia, United States, ...
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JAFA - the personalised app for football fans
by: Startacus Admin ~ 12th April 2018JAFA, an AI integrated app for football fans that aims to personalise a users experience based on how they engage with the app, launches in the UK.
JAFA (that’s Just A Fan’s Analysis) soft-launched in the UK a few weeks back, with a tagline of 'The Digital Home for Football Fans'. Aiming to give football fans a voice and allowing other fans to decide whose voice reaches the top, the a...
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Popsa - photobooks using AI tech
by: Startacus Admin ~ 25th March 2018Popsa - 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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Intu Accelerate 2018 hunts for next big thing in retail
by: Startacus Admin ~ 13th March 2018Following 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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Startup of the Week - Popertee
by: Startacus Admin ~ 8th February 2018As 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 and AI in Finance
by: Startacus Admin ~ 11th November 2017Plum 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 - Customer Service Fit for Generation Y
by: Startacus Admin ~ 28th October 2017Syndeo, 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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Verv, the intelligent AI energy assistant
by: Startacus Admin ~ 13th October 2017Backed 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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