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Vidora: Senior Software Engineer – Data Engineering

Smart Ear: Chief Scientist

Trusted Insight: Data Scientist

Check out the sessions from some of our world-class speakers in 2017:

Announcing the Applied AI Conference 2018

December 18, 2017/in AI, AI News, artificial intelligence, Blog, BootstrapLabs, Event, Silicon Valley /by

BootstrapLabs is excited to announce the third annual Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference in San Francisco on April 12, 2018.

After the incredible success of 2017’s Applied AI Conference, we’re excited to share this day with over 800 AI professionals.

Watch the video summary of the Applied AI Conference 2017:

The one day conference brings together the brightest and most experienced professionals in the field of AI for an immersive day of learning, discussion, and connections.

This year we will have extraordinary sessions highlighting the practical applications and current business opportunities for Artificial Intelligence technologies across industries including Cybersecurity, Transportation and Logistics, Future of Work, Financial Technologies (FinTech), Healthcare, and more.

During the conference our expert speakers will showcase all of the concrete ways decision makers across the research, investment, corporate, and startup worlds can prepare, organize, and tap into AI’s transformative power.

The 2018 attendees will walk away with insights into the latest trends in Artificial Intelligence, including emerging technologies that are going to deeply change how we will leverage Artificial Intelligence applications.

Amir Khosrowshahi, CTO AI Products Group, Intel
Lanny Cohen, Group Chief Technology Officer, Capgemini
Jack Clark, Strategy & Communications Director, OpenAI
Richard Socher, Chief Scientist, Salesforce
Mårten Mickos, CEO, HackerOne
Hema Raghavan, Head of Growth Relevance, LinkedIn
Danny Lange, VP of AI and Machine Learning, Unity Technologies
Nicolai Wadstrom, CEO and Founder, BootstrapLabs

What people say about the Applied AI Conference:

“I wanted to compliment you on your event last week – really outstanding, top to bottom.”

Bryan Barber, VP. at Warner Bros. Studios

“Congrats on a great event. It takes a lot of work to make things look that smooth and easy. You guys put on a good show, and made possible a lot of connections in the community.”

Matt King, CTO at IUNU

“My hearty congratulations on the Applied AI conference last week. It was truly a tour de force of AI. I learned a lot and made many great new connections. Well done, yet again!”

Anonymous, US Government Official

An attendees list from the Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference 2017 is available at this link.

The 2018 schedule and speaker list will be announced shortly. You can follow the latest information here.

Don’t forget to take advantage of our very limited super early bird tickets right now (save $1000) and don’t hesitate to contact us if you’re interested in speaking or sponsoring AAI18 at info@bootstraplabs.com.

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Applied AI Digest 94

December 15, 2017/in AI, AI News, Applied AI Digest /by

AI 100: The Artificial Intelligence Startups Redefining Industries

Today, CB Insights unveiled the second annual AI 100 — a list of 100 of the most promising private companies applying artificial intelligence algorithms across 25+ industries, from healthcare to cybersecurity — at the A-Ha! conference in San Francisco. Read more.

The Most Exciting Artificial Intelligence Applications in Media

Artificial intelligence (AI) has generated enormous hype in recent months, but opinions about the real impact of technologies like machine translation, autonomous vehicles, natural language processing, and computer vision vary widely. Read more.

Introducing ML-Agents v0.2: Curriculum Learning, new environments, and more

The Machine Learning team at Unity is happy to announce the release of a new version of Unity Machine Learning Agents – v0.2 Beta! With this release, we are improving the toolkit on all fronts… Read more.

Robotics and automation to replace 800 million human workers by 2030, says new report

The global effects of robotics and automation technologies is forecast to include the removal of as many as 800 million people from their jobs by 2030, according to a new report. Seventy million of them will be in the US. Read more.

Tracking Dolphins With Algorithms You Might Find on Facebook

Keeping track of dolphins is a slippery, patchy process. First, you must procure time on a ship or aircraft, which is expensive. After that, what you see depends on uncontrollable factors like weather, ocean conditions and whether the creatures happen to be hanging out at the sea’s surface. Read more.

The Merge

A popular topic in Silicon Valley is talking about what year humans and machines will merge (or, if not, what year humans will get surpassed by rapidly improving AI or a genetically enhanced species). Most guesses seem to be between 2025 and 2075. Read more.

Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference 2018

The Applied AI Conference is a must-attend event for people who are working, researching, building, and investing in Applied Artificial Intelligence.

CONNECT, NETWORK, AND PARTNER WITH OVER 800 AI PROFESSIONALS.

Take advantage of the limited Super Early Bird Tickets (Save $1000).

Job Opportunities:

GetAccept: Customer Success Manager

Vidora: Senior Software Engineer – Applications

Smart Ear: Machine Learning Engineer

Trusted Insight: Data Scientist

BootstrapLabs at Accelerate AI

December 13, 2017/in AI, AI News, artificial intelligence, Ben Levy, Blog, Event, Silicon Valley /by

San Francisco, November 2, 2017 – BootstrapLabs Co-Founder, Benjamin Levy, led the “Applied AI: Investment Framework” session at the Accelerate AI last week in San Francisco, sharing AI’s latest implications for the business world.

Ben discussed the rapid evolution of AI technology and its impending impact on a wide range of business sectors. Ben provided some as to why AI is growing so quickly now, and what are some of the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. His presentation highlighted some of the most current investment trends, data projections, and other industry guideposts to help the audience make the most of AI’s transformative power.

Accelerate AI, co-located with ODSC West 2017, brings together the top industry executives, managers and CxOs to help you understand how AI and data science can transform your business including: Healthcare, Insurance, Retail, Government, Education, Bio/Pharma, Media & Marketing, Transportation, Finance, Manufacturing, Energy & Utilities, E-commerce, and more.

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BootstrapLabs Workshop: The Hard Things About Deploying and Scaling AI

December 12, 2017/in AI, AI News, artificial intelligence, Ben Levy, Blog, Event, Silicon Valley /by

There’s no question about it, Artificial Intelligence is booming, the market is expected to grow 20 fold in the next 10 years. What are some of the challenges companies face when building true enterprise grade AI systems? How will companies adopt this new wave of AI technologies? That’s what the experts and attendees we assembled on November 30th for the Applied AI Workshop discussed. Attendees included executives and C-level from Softbank, Forever 21, AT&T, World Bank Group, Capital One, Samsung, Booz Allen Hamilton, Syniverse and more.

A special thanks for supporting the Artificial Intelligence community to the host of the workshop Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

Meet the BootstrapLabs Applied AI Workshop Speaker lineup:

Thomas Campbell, Founder & President, FutureGrasp, LLC

Thomas advises organizations on trends and implications of emerging technologies. As the first National Intelligence Officer for Technology, he served as the focal point for all activities related to emerging and disruptive civil technologies.

Jane McFarlane, Founder & CEO, Seurat Lab

Jane has over 30 years of experience in high performance computing, data analytics and geospatial mapping. She’s been responsible for directing industry research groups including: HERE (a leader in the geospatial mapping), Imara (a lithium ion battery company, and OnStar at General Motors (the first at-scale telematics solution).

Alex Holub, Co-founder & CEO, Vidora

Alex studied AI throughout his academic career at Cornell University and during his Ph.D at Caltech. He founded Vidora with Abhik Majumdar and Philip West in 2012, to put AI in the hands of everyone from marketers to data scientists to execs, providing them a simple platform to ask questions and use answers to automate and optimize their business.

One of the biggest challenges mentioned throughout the night was talent: attracting, retaining and growing the pipeline. The competition is fierce and startups and big companies alike have a hard time competing with the giants like Amazon, Facebook and Google.

It’s interesting to see that because of the talent gap, companies are heavily investing in code that can create code as Thomas Campbell mentioned and “when we get to that point when code creating the code is better than humans creating the code, that might start lifting AI to the next level”.

A big hurdle that Thomas Campbell sees in the near future is cybersecurity, a “tsunami of cybersecurity issues” to be exact. Because cyberbots as opposed to humans will be “faster, more efficient, never resting, omnipresent” and they will be used both for offense and defense, so as he puts it: the future will be AI vs. AI.

#AI vs #AI – the cyber bots will be faster & more efficient – this is one of the biggest issue today! #Cybersecurity pic.twitter.com/F5oYUonQ0i

— BootstrapLabs (@bootstraplabs) December 1, 2017

Prof. Jane McFarlane at UC Berkeley, presented a different set of challenges that AI faces in terms of the data it requires. To power machine learning algorithms, you need tons of data. But, “when you’re in a giant bucket of data, how do you pick out the bad?”

She’s worked in the space for several years and the data used to feed the machine learning algorithms always comes with some bad nuggets you have to parse out. Because of the difficulty associated with weeding out bad data, Jane says autonomous transportation won’t happen in her lifetime, “I’m the Debbie Downer of autonomous transportation”.

Another interesting point that Jane brought up is how overvalued Big Data is, she says “there are some nuggets in Big Data that are valuable, but the rest of it is redundant and costs a lot of money to store.”

Jane Macfarlane on stage during the Bootstraplabs Applied AI Workshop #AAI18 #ai #ml #data #maps pic.twitter.com/CzkW69Rw4L

— BootstrapLabs (@bootstraplabs) December 1, 2017

Alex Holub from Vidora presented another set of challenges that companies scaling up AI projects run into, how do you figure out which methods/techniques to use? With so many options, figuring out the best way to clean the data, which feature engineering and model to leverage is very challenging for teams with limited resources. That’s exactly what Vidora is solving with their product Cortex.

Cortex learns based on the raw data, which feature cleaning, feature engineering and model technique to use. You can think of it as putting probabilities on which is going to be more successful by looking at the raw data set, based on what has worked in past projects with similar input.

The Artificial Intelligence industry is moving faster than ever before, but there are still big challenges such as: talent, cybersecurity and data veracity that we need to overcome to truly push the industry forward.

Applied AI Digest 93

December 11, 2017/in AI, AI News, Applied AI Digest /by

The Time is Now: Why You Shouldn’t Wait to Invest in AI

While no one can offer a crystal clear vision of all that the future holds, it has been our mission at BootstrapLabs to provide both a point of view and a toolkit for you to make the most of it. Here’s why investing in artificial intelligence is a great move to make right now. Read more.

2 Berkeley grads are using AI to make stock-buying decisions — and it could change investing forever

When Art Amador worked in private wealth management at Fidelity, his clients expected him to know absolutely everything. Whether it related to global markets, macroeconomic factors… Read more.

51 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Predictions For 2018

It is somewhat safe to predict that AI will continue to be at the top of the hype cycle in 2018. But the following 51 predictions also envision it becoming more practical and useful, automating some jobs and augmenting many others… Read more.

Artificial Intelligence Index – 2017 Annual Report

Artificial Intelligence has leapt to the forefront of global discourse, garnering increased attention from practitioners, industry leaders, policymakers, and the general public. The diversity of opinions and debates gathered from news articles this year illustrates just how broadly AI is being… Read more.

MIT Looks at How Humans Sorta Drive in Sorta Self-Driving Cars

Almost half of Americans will hop in their cars for a Thanksgiving trip this year. But if you were being very precise—if you were a team of Massachusetts of Technology researchers who study human-machine interactions—you wouldn’t say that all those Americans are “driving,” exactly. Read more.

The Need for Artificial Intelligence: Increasing Global and Human Complexity

Despite the desire to return to supposedly simpler times, we cannot turn back. Our world is vastly different now compared to even a few decades ago. Because of phenomenal advances in medicine, housing, transportation… Read more.

Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference 2018

The Applied AI Conference is a must-attend event for people who are working, researching, building, and investing in Applied Artificial Intelligence.

CONNECT, NETWORK, AND PARTNER WITH OVER 800 AI PROFESSIONALS.

Take advantage of the limited Super Early Bird Tickets (Save $1000).

AI World

AI World Conference & Expo is coming to Boston December 11-13. Hear from 120+ executives in more than 70 sessions, including IBM Watson, Monsanto, Vodafone, Forrester, Facebook, Dun & Bradstreet, Goldman Sachs, Nielsen and more.

Join BootstrapLabs, CEO, Nicolai Wadstrom, Fireside Chat on December 13th “Evolution of the 4th Industrial Revolution”.

Save $200 off your 2 or 3 day VIP conference pass using priority code: AIW200BSL | Register today.

Job Opportunities:

GetAccept: Customer Success Manager

Vidora: Senior Software Engineer – Applications

Smart Ear: Machine Learning Engineer

Trusted Insight: Data Scientist

Applied AI Digest 92

December 4, 2017/in AI, AI News, Applied AI Digest /by

How Reuters’s Revolutionary AI System Gathers Global News

Reuters is scooping its rivals using intelligent machines that mine Twitter for news stories. Read more.

Software 2.0

I sometimes see people refer to neural networks as just “another tool in your machine learning toolbox”. They have some pros and cons, they work here or there, and sometimes you can use them to win Kaggle competitions. Read more.

Why Decentralized Artificial Intelligence Will Reinvent The Industry As We Know It

Until recently, the contemporary AI industry had been built around a centralized distribution paradigm where machine learning solutions are delivered as a part of cloud-based APIs… Read more.

Search and Rescue Robots – Current Applications on Land, Sea, and Air

Every year over 100,000,000 people are also affected by natural disasters. Government, companies, and aid organizations are all working to keep these tragic deaths as low as possible. One tool they have turned to for help in recent years is search and rescue robots. Read more.

Machine Learning in Healthcare: Expert Consensus from 50+ Executives

The last few years have yielded a tremendous amount of attention at the intersection of AI and healthcare, from DeepMind’s partnership with the UK’s National Health Service to IBM’s continued pushes into areas of genomics and drug discovery. Read more.

Facebook to Use Artificial Intelligence to Help Prevent Suicides

Facebook is turning to artificial intelligence to detect if someone might be contemplating suicide. Facebook already has mechanisms for flagging posts from people thinking about harming themselves. Read more.

Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference 2018

The Applied AI Conference is a must-attend event for people who are working, researching, building, and investing in Applied Artificial Intelligence.

CONNECT, NETWORK, AND PARTNER WITH OVER 800 AI PROFESSIONALS.

Take advantage of the limited Super Early Bird Tickets (Save $1000).

AI World

AI World Conference & Expo is coming to Boston December 11-13. Hear from 120+ executives in more than 70 sessions, including IBM Watson, Monsanto, Vodafone, Forrester, Facebook, Dun & Bradstreet, Goldman Sachs, Nielsen and more.

Join BootstrapLabs, CEO, Nicolai Wadstrom, Fireside Chat on December 13th “Evolution of the 4th Industrial Revolution”.

Save $200 off your 2 or 3 day VIP conference pass using priority code: AIW200BSL | Register today.

Join the BootstrapLabs Applied AI Insiders Series: FinTech

The financial sector represents trillions of dollars in annual spending, most of which goes to technology, security, and infrastructure.

Speaker lineup:

Nicolai Wadstrom, Founder, BootstrapLabs
Will Summerlin, Founder and CEO, Pinn
Cathrine Andersen, Co-founder, Roger.ai

This is an INVITE ONLY event. BootstrapLabs hosts a series of public and private events every year. Apply below to get access to the next exclusive AI event.

Job Opportunities:

GetAccept: Customer Success Manager

Vidora: Senior Software Engineer – Applications

Smart Ear: Machine Learning Engineer

Trusted Insight: Data Scientist

THE TIME IS NOW: Why you should not wait to invest in AI

November 30, 2017/in AI, AI News, artificial intelligence, Blog, Nicolai Wadstrom /by Nicolai Wadstrom

The world is buzzing about artificial intelligence, but there are many questions left unanswered, like: How will it affect me? What industries are most vulnerable? Are we ready? While no one can offer a crystal clear vision of all that the future holds, it has been our mission at BootstrapLabs to provide both a point of view and a toolkit for you to make the most of it. Here’s why investing in artificial intelligence is a great move to make right now.

The Data Is Here, Now We Need to Apply It

As with most technological revolutions, the wave of artificial intelligence is breaking on the heels of a promising body of research. Much is possible in theory, but those who take the leap and find working applications of the technology will determine how these innovations play out. That’s how we focus our investments – where can our “cognitive computers” make an impact and generate tangible value?

Over the last decade or so, adaptive and efficiency-driven software has swept up the global economy, reshaping entire industries and redefining the way we do just about everything. Early high-rollers like Google and Amazon created computer systems that leveraged vast amounts of data for consumer benefit and quickly became some of the most profitable and influential organizations in the world. The stage is set for a similar land-grab – and potential takeover – with artificial intelligence. Humans created more data in the last 18 months than in the entire history of the world, and we now have computers which can learn from this data more effectively than humans can. This means there is massive opportunity for investment and innovation, and it’s still early days.

AI Creates a Virtuous Cycle

One beautiful thing about machine learning and generative learning technology is that these systems learn adaptively, rather than following a limited set of rules. For Danny Lange, VP of AI and Machine Learning at Unity Technologies (and formerly Uber, Amazon, Microsoft and IBM), this means that his team can keep “gaining knowledge, then maximizing payout with current knowledge; but keep learning and exploring.” An initial investment in AI would not only help improve the way your business currently operates, but also enable you to innovate more rapidly and prepare for the challenges of tomorrow. With a virtuous cycle in motion between your technology, your processes, and your business strategy, you can exponentially increase the value of your organization.

In every field, such a cycle will enable us to tackle bigger and better problem sets, leading to more engaged and productive employees and, eventually, new job creation. This is true because the advancements that applied artificial intelligence offer have as much, if not more, to do with effectiveness as they do with big software’s efficiency. This is like the Internet squared – augmenting not only our access to information, but also our ability to use the information in meaningful ways. For example, startups like Mendel Health have cropped up for this very purpose. Making better decisions, more consistently isn’t just a good business model for a healthcare company, it’s helping save lives every day.

The Future Is In Your Hands

Of course, AI computers won’t be able to do everything by themselves. Yes, they will be ultra-smart data wizards who can make complex decisions in the blink of an eye. But we’re not talking about sentient robots taking over the world. It is we, the humans, who are building systems to steadily enhance the quality of life on this planet. The technology is enabling us to ask better questions – and give better answers – about what we hope to accomplish in this next wave of industry.

At our second annual Applied AI Conference in May, we were humbled and inspired by the amazing group of leaders across many different disciplines taking this project to heart. Researchers, entrepreneurs, investors, journalists, and more are striving for the most desirable outcomes through open dialogue and belief in a better future. As Hema Raghavan, Head of Machine Learning for Growth at LinkedIn, shared during the Conference, “we can build out the curve where everyone adapts together.” The combined investment of human capital, venture capital, and technology is a large-scale collaboration to build the infrastructure of tomorrow.

To rehash the healthcare example, there are especially huge opportunities for improvement in places where our economics are currently misaligned. Disruptors like visual diagnostic startup Captureproof are already “saving patients 99.996% of their time,” according to Founder and CEO Meghan Conroy, and it’s only a matter of time before a watershed change occurs. From niche applications like Captureproof and Mendel to corporate giants like Amazon and Ford making platform plays, the race is on. If you’re still on the starting block waiting for a cue, let this be your starting gun.

Don’t Wait, Don’t Hesitate

Perhaps the most startling thing about the AI revolution is the pace with which it is moving. Predictions for when a computer would be able to beat a human at Go were shattered by 20 years. In Q1 of 2017 alone, $1.7 billion was spent in seed funding for AI startups. If you’re not thinking about how AI will change your business, someone else is. If you aren’t willing to experiment, you will be left in the dust. The beauty here is that once you get started, there is plenty of room to grow and adapt – that’s exactly what AI does.

We’re right at the cusp of when the behind-the-scenes R&D work is turning into investment, and this investment will soon give way to large-scale market adoption. We’re proud to be at the heart of this exciting industry, and as entrepreneurs ourselves, we are ready to take on the challenges that it brings – together.

NICOLAI WADSTROM

Coding since 10 y/o. Founder, CEO, CTO. Advisor, Parallel Entrepreneur, Operator, Angel Investors.

Nicolai is the Founder of BootstrapLabs, a leading venture capital firm, based in Silicon Valley and focused on Applied Artificial Intelligence. Read more.

Applied AI Digest 91

November 27, 2017/in AI, AI News, Applied AI Digest /by

Join the BootstrapLabs Applied AI Insiders Series: FinTech

The financial sector represents trillions of dollars in annual spending, most of which goes to technology, security, and infrastructure.

Speaker lineup:

Nicolai Wadstrom, Founder, BootstrapLabs
Will Summerlin, Founder and CEO, Pinn
Cathrine Andersen, Co-founder, Roger.ai

This is an INVITE ONLY event. BootstrapLabs hosts a series of public and private events every year. Apply below to get access to the next exclusive AI event.

Welcome to the Era of the AI Coworker

Last fall, Google Translate rolled out a new-and-improved artificial intelligence translation engine that it claimed was, at times, “nearly indistinguishable” from human translation. Read more.

While You Prepare to Eat Turkey, the FCC Reveals Its Plan to Dismantle Net Neutrality

As America winds down for Thanksgiving, there has been little time for pumpkin pie at the Federal Communications Commission: the Washington Post reports that the organization has published its final plan to dismantle… Read more.

Stanford Algorithm Can Diagnose Pneumonia Better Than Radiologists

Stanford researchers have developed a machine-learning algorithm that can diagnose pneumonia from a chest x-ray better than a human radiologist can. Read more.

Engineers get the feeling for robotic fingers

A robotic gripper that can screw in lightbulbs or use a screwdriver without needing to ‘see’ them or be pre-programmed to recognize them has been developed at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). Read more.

AI Can Help Hunt Down Missile Sites in China

Intelligence Agencies have a limited number of trained human analysts looking for undeclared nuclear facilities, or secret military sites, hidden among terabytes of satellite images. But the same sort of deep learning artificial intelligence that enables… Read more.

Top 15 Companies Hiring Talent for Artificial Intelligence

The average AI job commands six figures—here are the top 15 companies hiring talent right now. Read more.

Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference 2018

The Applied AI Conference is a must-attend event for people who are working, researching, building, and investing in Applied Artificial Intelligence.

CONNECT, NETWORK, AND PARTNER WITH OVER 800 AI PROFESSIONALS.

Take advantage of the limited Super Early Bird Tickets (Save $1000).

AI World

AI World Conference & Expo is coming to Boston December 11-13. Hear from 120+ executives in more than 70 sessions, including IBM Watson, Monsanto, Vodafone, Forrester, Facebook, Dun & Bradstreet, Goldman Sachs, Nielsen and more.

Join BootstrapLabs, CEO, Nicolai Wadstrom, Fireside Chat on December 13th “Evolution of the 4th Industrial Revolution”.

Save $200 off your 2 or 3 day VIP conference pass using priority code: AIW200BSL | Register today.

Job Opportunities:

GetAccept: Digital Marketing Manager

Vidora: Senior Software Engineer – Data Engineering

Smart Ear: Data Scientist

Trusted Insight: Data Scientist

Applied AI Digest 90

November 17, 2017/in AI, AI News, Applied AI Digest /by

Google sibling Waymo launches fully autonomous ride-hailing service

Alphabet’s self-driving car firm beats Uber to be first to offer robot taxis without humans behind the wheel to take over in an emergency. Read more.

Ray Kurzweil on Turing Tests, Brain Extenders, and AI Ethics

Inventor and author Ray Kurzweil, who currently runs a group at Google writing automatic responses to your emails in cooperation with the Gmail team, recently talked with WIRED Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Thompson. Read more.

EY, Deloitte And PwC Embrace Artificial Intelligence For Tax And Accounting

Tax preparation, auditing, and strategy consulting are services that have historically relied on an intensive use of human capital. AI now threatens these business models. Read more.

Do Young Humans + Artificial Intelligence = Cybersecurity?

The Army is recruiting smart young soldiers to wage cyber war. But human talent is not enough. Ultimately, say experts, cyberspace is so vast, so complex… Read more.

Building A.I. That Can Build A.I.

Google and others, fighting for a small pool of researchers, are looking for automated ways to deal with a shortage of artificial intelligence experts. They are a dream of researchers but perhaps a nightmare for highly skilled computer programmers… Read more.

AI for Crime Prevention and Detection – 5 Current Applications

Companies and cities all over world are experimenting with using artificial intelligence to reduce and prevent crime, and to more quickly respond to crimes in progress. Read more.

Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference 2018

The Applied AI Conference is a must-attend event for people who are working, researching, building, and investing in Applied Artificial Intelligence.

CONNECT, NETWORK, AND PARTNER WITH OVER 800 AI PROFESSIONALS.

Take advantage of the limited Super Early Bird Tickets (Save $1000).

Announcing the BootstrapLabs Applied AI Insiders Series: FinTech

The financial sector represents trillions of dollars in annual spending, most of which goes to technology, security, and infrastructure.

Yet, the sector is seeing an unprecedented level of VC funding and potential disruption from new (and some already established) startups that are threatening the incumbents on all sides, including retail banking, individual, business, mortgage and auto loans, peer-to-peer payments, portfolio management, savings, bill payments, international wire transfers, and even money itself. Read more.

Speaker lineup:

Nicolai Wadstrom, Founder, BootstrapLabs
Will Summerlin, Founder and CEO, Pinn
Cathrine Andersen, Co-founder, Roger.ai

This is an INVITE ONLY event. BootstrapLabs hosts a series of public and private events every year. Apply below to get access to the next exclusive AI event.

AI World

AI World Conference & Expo is coming to Boston December 11-13. Hear from 120+ executives in more than 70 sessions, including IBM Watson, Monsanto, Vodafone, Forrester, Facebook, Dun & Bradstreet, Goldman Sachs, Nielsen and more.

Join BootstrapLabs, CEO, Nicolai Wadstrom, Fireside Chat on December 13th “Evolution of the 4th Industrial Revolution”.

Save $200 off your 2 or 3 day VIP conference pass using priority code: AIW200BSL | Register today.

Job Opportunities:

GetAccept: Digital Marketing Manager

Vidora: Senior Software Engineer – Data Engineering

Smart Ear: Data Scientist

Trusted Insight: Data Scientist

Announcing the BootstrapLabs Applied AI Insiders Series: FinTech

November 14, 2017/in AI, AI News, artificial intelligence, Blog, BootstrapLabs, Event, Nicolai Wadstrom /by Luigi Congedo

BootstrapLabs is thrilled to announce the BootstrapLabs Applied AI Insiders Series: FinTech.

Event Summary:

Date and Time: Mon, December 4, 2017| 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Location: Google Launchpad Space, 301 Howard Street, San Francisco, California 94105
Registration: this event is INVITE ONLY. If you did not receive an invitation you can request one below.

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Event Description

Topic: Fintech: Artificial Intelligence takes on Wall St. and Main St.

The financial sector represents trillions of dollars in annual spending, most of which goes to technology, security, and infrastructure. Yet, the sector is seeing an unprecedented level of VC funding and potential disruption from new (and some already established) startups that are threatening the incumbents on all sides, including retail banking, individual, business, mortgage and auto loans, peer-to-peer payments, portfolio management, savings, bill payments, international wire transfers, and even money itself.

The financial sector is also no stranger to big data, and few industries are as well equipped to benefit from the promises (and suffer from the risk) of Artificial Intelligence.

During our December Applied AI Insiders Series event, we will explore practical ways AI is being applied to deliver new products and services that are faster, cheaper and better, but also share some thoughts on some of the biggest challenges the sector faces with the advances of AI, broader adoption of blockchain technologies, and disintermediation. Read more.

Speakers

Nicolai Wadstrom, Founder, BootstrapLabs

Nicolai Wadstrom, a serial entrepreneur turned parallel entrepreneur as the founder of BootstrapLabs. Nicolai advises all portfolio startups in their day to day operations, connecting founders with industry experts, advisors and investors to increase their likelihood of success, assisting with product design and development, positioning, go-to-market strategy and implementation, partnerships and fundraising.
Nicolai is a frequent speaker, mentor and judge at top Universities and Conferences in the US and Europe on topics such as Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Disruption, Startups and Venture Capital.

Will Summerlin, Founder and CEO, Pinn

Will Summerlin is the Founder and CEO of Pinn, a cybersecurity company with a mission to solve the digital identity crisis. He was previously a founder of Arrive, a software company providing solutions to intelligent transportation providers. He is currently an advisor to Arrive and Story Ventures.

Cathrine Andersen, Co-founder, Roger.ai

After exiting her first company to Cisco in 2014 and helping to jumpstart innovation efforts within AI/ML for this Silicon Valley giant, Cathrine has now co-founded Roger.ai, building the world’s first borderless bill pay and bill lending platform.

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Applied AI Digest 89

November 8, 2017/in AI, AI News, Applied AI Digest /by

Workers Displaced by Automation Should Try a New Job: Caregiver

Sooner or later, the US will face mounting job losses due to advances in automation, artificial intelligence, and robotics. Read more.

Andrew Ng Wants a New “New Deal” to Combat Job Automation

Even if AI does not advance beyond today’s state of the art, Ng said, he believes it’s already capable of transforming all kinds of industries. Read more.

Why Montreal Has Emerged As An Artificial Intelligence Powerhouse

Yoshua Bengio is one of the foremost thinkers in a field within artificial intelligence known as artificial neural networks and deep learning. Read more.

Artificial intelligence aids materials fabrication

In recent years, research efforts such as the Materials Genome Initiative and the Materials Project have produced a wealth of computational tools for designing new materials… Read more.

Will the Next Mozart be a Robot?

Humankind has done a great deal in terms of making exquisite art, whether through its paintings, songs, or performance art. Museums are packed with such work, and ordinary people have libraries full of fantastic literary achievements… Read more.

AI World

AI World Conference & Expo is coming to Boston December 11-13. Hear from 120+ executives in more than 70 sessions, including IBM Watson, Monsanto, Vodafone, Forrester, Facebook, Dun & Bradstreet, Goldman Sachs, Nielsen and more.

Join BootstrapLabs, CEO, Nicolai Wadstrom, Fireside Chat on December 13th “Evolution of the 4th Industrial Revolution”.

Save $200 off your 2 or 3 day VIP conference pass using priority code: AIW200BSL | Register today.

Job Opportunities:

Sibly: Software Engineer (Android)

Vidora: Account Executive

Vidora: Product Marketing Intern

Trusted Insight: Data Scientist

Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference 2018

The BootstrapLabs annual Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference will return for the third year on April 12, 2018 in San Francisco.

#AAI18 is a must-attend event for those involved or interested in the most current progress of AI technologies and products.

Limited Super Early Bird Tickets are now available (Save $1000)

Applied AI Digest 88

November 1, 2017/in AI, AI News, Applied AI Digest /by

Shelley: Human-AI Collaborated Horror Stories

For centuries, across geographies, religions, and cultures, people have innovated ways of scaring each other. Creating a visceral emotion such as fear remains one of the cornerstones of human creativity. Read more.

5 AI Trends to Know in 2018

It wasn’t so long ago that artificial intelligence was reserved to the realm of science fiction according to the public. Read more.

Copyright Law Makes Artificial Intelligence Bias Worse

Last week, Motherboard discovered that one of Google’s machine learning algorithms was biased against certain racial and religious groups, as well as LGBT people. Read more.

Key considerations for building an AI platform

The promises of AI are great, but taking the steps to build and implement AI within an organization is challenging. Read more.

Google’s AI Is A “New Paradigm” That Unites Humans and Machines

In an earnings call, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai highlighted the benefits of artificial intelligence. Google got in early on AI and has since used the technology to power their Google Assistant… Read more.

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Vidora: Product Marketing Intern

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Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference 2018

The BootstrapLabs annual Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference will return for the third year on April 12, 2018 in San Francisco.

#AAI18 is a must-attend event for those involved or interested in the most current progress of AI technologies and products.

Limited Super Early Bird Tickets are now available (Save $1000)

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October 25, 2017/in AI, AI News, Applied AI Digest /by

You Could Become an AI Master Before You Know It. Here’s How.

At first blush, Scot Barton might not seem like an AI pioneer. He isn’t building self-driving cars or teaching computers to thrash humans at computer games. Read more.

In New York, Self-driving Cars Get Ready to Face the Bullies

Starting next year, New Yorkers could join Silicon Valley workers and residents of cities like Phoenix, Pittsburgh, and Boston as players in a grand, growing, autonomous car experiment. Read more.

It’s Time for More Transparency in A.I.

Transparency is becoming a hot topic in Silicon Valley. Companies need transparency in hiring, firing, and promotion practices in order to facilitate diversity efforts. Read more.

Robotic underwater miners can go where humans can’t

The scene around the flooded Whitehill Yeo pit in Devon, UK, resembles a lunar landscape. Until it was abandoned just a few years ago, an endless stream of diesel trucks carried china clay out of the mine seven days a week. Read more.

Tech Giants Are Paying Huge Salaries for Scarce A.I. Talent

Nearly all big tech companies have an artificial intelligence project, and they are willing to pay experts millions of dollars to help get it done. Read more.

Job Opportunities:

Sibly: Software Engineer (Android)

Vidora: Account Executive

Vidora: Product Marketing Intern

Trusted Insight: Data Scientist

Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference 2018

The BootstrapLabs annual Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference will return for the third year on April 12, 2018 in San Francisco.

#AAI18 is a must-attend event for those involved or interested in the most current progress of AI technologies and products.

Limited Super Early Bird Tickets are now available (Save $1000)

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October 18, 2017/in AI, AI News, Applied AI Digest /by