Artificial intelligence isn’t yet discerning enough to intervene in the bot war damaging our democracy By SEAN GOURLEY Wired.com Marc Aspinal In 2019, many of the first drafts of history will be written by artificial intelligence. Rather than spending tens… Read More
Forbes By: Michael LoRe, SportsMoney People have health insurance in case they get sick, car insurance in case they get in an accident, home insurance in case of a fire, flood insurance in case of water damage, life insurance in… Read More
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December 17, 2018 Lea Tarnowski selected as ‘Highly Commended’ finalist in the Woman in Technology Leadership category SAN FRANCISCO, December 17, 2018 – Averon co-founder and chief operating officer, Lea Tarnowski, has been named a finalist in the Banking Technology… Read More
by Ron Miller TechCrunch Talla is taking aim at the customer service industry with its latest release, an AI-infused knowledge base. Today, the company released version 2.0 of the Talla Intelligent Knowledge Base. The company also announced that Paula Long,… Read More
Time By Alex Fitzpatrick When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico last September, it ravaged the island’s electrical grid and communications systems. For weeks, many of the approximately 5 million Puerto Ricans living in the mainland U.S. were unable to reach… Read More
Enterprise News By Steve Brooks Wendell Brown is the founder and CEO of Averon. Averon is the developer of the world’s first fully automatic and ultra-secure mobile identity verification standard that works on both Wi-Fi and LTE. The company recently… Read More
Skycatch is outfitting 1,000 DJI drones with autonomous surveying tech for construction giant Komatsu By James Vincent, The Verge A Skycatch Explore1 drone, based on DJI’s Matrice 100 enterprise hardware.Image: SkycatchGadget lovers helped the drone industry take flight, but its… Read More
One World Identity Mobile identity verification standard creator Averon has brought in another $5 million in funding, led by Salesforce founder and CEO Marc Benioff and Avalon Ventures, helping to bolster its cybersecurity platform in the ongoing fight against “fake… Read More
London EY EY Accelerating Entrepreneurs program identifies its 2018 class from cutting- edge fields including augmented reality, AI, robotics and VR The program aims to help local start-ups to scale their businesses globally 2018 program will commence in Amsterdam from… Read More
By Marilyn de Villiers, IT Web Should Excel, often the default software of choice for project management, be banned from the project management arena? “Yes,” says Jeff Harrell, VP of marketing at the California-based Redbooth task and project management platform.… Read More
By ROBERT HACKETT, Fortune Magazine Everything the Internet has had to say about cryptocurrency is at my immediate disposal—no Googling necessary. Sean Gourley, the founder and CEO of Primer, a 2.5-year-old, previously media-shy startup that uses artificial intelligence algorithms to parse vast quantities of data… Read More
By Jeff Engel Xconomy CyberArk Software said Thursday it has acquired Conjur for $42 million in cash, a tie-up that unites two cybersecurity firms with offices in the Boston area. CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR), which is based in Israel and has U.S. headquarters in… Read More
(Bloomberg) — The Bloomberg Advantage with Carol Massar and Cory Johnson. GUEST: Richard Levandov Partner Avalon Ventures LLC Discussing venture capital investing with Bloomberg Contributor Woody Benson. Running time 06:30 Play Episode HERE
Boston.com By Megan Turchi Josh Schanker’s first job, when he was in high school, was working at Waldenbooks in New York City. “It was the perfect way for a nerdy kid like me to spend my summer,” Schanker said, although he… Read More
Your SaaS Venture’s Dashboard Why do you need a dashboard? Jon Sonnenschein, COO and Head of Product @RedboothHQ It’s been a great ride here at Redbooth, disrupting a space that’s ripe for it — team collaboration. And, as we’ve grown, it’s been exciting… Read More
Digital Health Company to Enhance Functionality, Accelerate Commercialization of Referral Intelligence Platform SAN DIEGO, July 21, 2016 – AristaMD, a technology-enabled service company providing eConsults and a suite of related specialist referral support tools, announced today it completed $11 million… Read More
(Source: Bloomberg) June 27, 2016 Mark Cuban, owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, Landmark Theatres and Magnolia Pictures and the chairman of the HDTV cable network AXS TV, and Falon Fatemi, chief executive officer at Node, discuss how Node technology… Read More
How to support the next generation of founders by suspending disbelief Galen Moore – Editor-In-Chief, Tech We have an incredible line-up of speakers at the Boston State of Innovation event next Tuesday. Out of all of them, there is one I was most… Read More
Under the expanded collaboration between Avalon Ventures and GSK, eighth company, PDI Therapeutics, is launched to develop novel immuno-oncology therapies May 20, 2016, 08:00 ET from COI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. SAN DIEGO, May 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Avalon Ventures (“Avalon”) and COI Pharmaceuticals, the… Read More