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CropSafe want to make it easy to detect crop disease
by: Startacus Admin ~ 13th October 2018Using satellite imagery, combined with machine learning techniques, AgTech startup CropSafe are on a mission to accurately detect and predict impending diseases within farmers crops.
When three Northern Irish, Co Derry, high-school students launch a satellite and computer vision crop surveying platform during a Hackathon at Queen’s University, Belfast, it's hard not to take notice. When you...
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Startup of the Week - Yumpingo
by: Startacus Admin ~ 5th September 2018Yumpingo - The startup that's using big data analytics and machine learning to empower business owners in the hospitality sector...
As all business owners know, customer satisfaction is an absolute must - in every market sector. Gaining information on what a customer wants, their views on a product or service or the likelihood of them becoming a repeat or regular customer is vital. After all...
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Workplace technology: meet the early adopters
by: Startacus Admin ~ 22nd August 2018How crucial is it to stay on top of the latest tech trends and for your business to be early adopters of new technology? An interview with a business trying to do just that...Not only has technology changed the way we communicate with our friends and family, but the way we connect with our colleagues and clients too. It’s made us and the businesses we work for more efficient, and it’s ...
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Bookaxe chats to Startacus
by: Startacus Admin ~ 1st August 2018Bookaxe was founded by an internationally published author and a data whizz. Focused on matching readers to their perfect books, we previously featured Bookaxe on Startacus earlier this year, so were delighted to catch up with co-founder Lucy Cruickshanks at Digital DNA '18, where Bookaxe were pitching.
Bookaxe is a book discovery platform that uses machine learning techniques to better...
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Trezeo looks to the crowd to target full UK launch
by: Startacus Admin ~ 27th June 2018Trezeo, a fintech startup focused on delivering financial stability to the self-employed, today announced its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to help fully launch its income smoothing business account product and kickstart its growth among the UK’s self-employed and gig economy workers.
Trezeo is a business account aimed at the self-employed, providing customers with a regular, defin...
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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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Bookaxe makes book discovery easy with machine learning
by: Startacus Admin ~ 27th April 2018In the US and UK alone, an estimated 500,000 books were published last year. Yet for readers, finding one you truly love is incredibly hard. Step forward Bookaxe, a book discovery platform that solves serious pain points for both readers and traditional publishers. How? Machine learning techniques of course. Read on (sorry) for all the details...
In the bookselling industry, publishers and bookse...
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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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Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Healthcare
by: Startacus Admin ~ 3rd October 2017
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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- Raise Spring Accelerator programme seeking applications for next cohort 30th Jan 2023 Want to build an investable, scalable tech startup? The Raise Accelerator programme is now open for applications and will help you do just that.
- Leading French Travel Co. Offers Mentoring to two UK startups on its prestigious two-month programme 23rd Jan 2023 High-potential social impact startups from the UK sought for the 9th annual Les Tremplins by Voyage Privé programme.