Machine learning is an exemplary example of versatility and growth.

#AI and #ML are the technologies that have gained massive influence over the years.

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#MLsolutions have been proven useful in various concepts, like you can see ML being useful in UI.

The company has developed an in-home, dog-training product that helps humans communicate with and train their dogToday, Companion announces $8M in Seed funding to transform how we train, engage and communicate with our dogs.

The funding comes from leading institutional investors and VCs along with some of the largest pet companies and charities in the world.

Participating investors include IA Ventures, Tuesday Capital, frog Design, Companion Fund, backed by Mars Petcare, Michelson Found Animals Foundation, Wheelhouse Partners, PETStock and Central Garden & Pet.

The funding will be used to continue rolling out the device and coaching service to early adopters.

The Companion device uses computer vision combined with machine learning to precisely detect and analyze dogs’ movements and behaviors.

Using state-of-the-art positive reinforcement techniques, and its proprietary data and algorithms, the Companion rewards your dog for desired behaviors such as sit, down, stay and recall.

Firm continues to invest in advanced technology solutions to extend its capabilities and deliver solutions to meet client needsState Street Corporation today announced it will implement a cloud-based, machine learning technology to transform private markets processing and document management.

Through State Street’s partnership with Canoe Intelligence (“Canoe”), allocators and managers in the private markets sector will have an integrated experience where traditionally onerous and manual alternative investment workflows will be automated and streamlined, reducing processing time and delivering important information to clients sooner.Canoe’s open application programming interface (API) will integrate with State Street’s technology ecosystem, creating a more cohesive client experience for the processing of all alternative investment data across clients’ complex portfolios.

This technology helps identify unique patterns as documents are processed that are created from shared intelligence, resulting in faster and improved recognition and ingestion rates for clients.“State Street prioritizes making investments in the solutions that will allow our clients to focus their time and attention on their core competencies, such as alpha generation,” said Jennifer Tribush, global head of alternatives product solutions for State Street.

“With Canoe’s focus on alternative investments, we are able to further digitize our reporting capabilities for both general partners and limited partners.”Within seconds of implementation, unstructured data can be turned into accessible outputs, while clients benefit from a new, reliable infrastructure for the private markets.

Not only does this save significant time and allow clients to make informed decisions faster, it also helps free up the time of asset managers, allowing them to focus on the business-critical tasks that require more thought.“An overarching goal at State Street is to simplify our own processes and improve our technology so we can better enable our clients to focus on harnessing key data that will enhance their portfolio performance and optimize their own operations,” said Dax Johnson, global head of asset owner product at State Street.

“We believe our partnership with Canoe will automate critical workflows and provide our clients with more timely access to information to make investment decisions.”“We understand the difficulties those in the financial services industry face in dealing with a plethora of documents and onerous processes,” said Jason Eiswerth, CEO of Canoe Intelligence.

Machine learning app nabs first place for innovationRE/MAX, one of the world’s leading franchisors of real estate brokerage services, announced today that its proprietary First® app is a first-place winner in the Products & Services Innovation Awards grouping in the 3rd annual Franchise Innovation Awards contest hosted by Franchise Update Media.

The goal of the awards is to identify and recognize the franchisors creating and implementing the most original and innovative strategies and tactics to build their brand.RE/MAX entered its winning submission, “The First® App – Using AI to Build Real Estate Business” in the Most Innovative Use of Data category of the Products & Services Innovation Awards.

The app, which uses machine learning to analyze an agent’s friends, family and acquaintances and identify those most likely to sell their home in the coming months, has had a significant impact.

The trained algorithm uses over 700 data points and identifies contacts who are likely to list their home within the next 12 months.

This likelihood is represented in the app as a star rating.

First also has several business coaching features that help agents stay organized.

MIRISE was launched last year to focus on next-generation in-vehicle semiconductors, and from its inception, has worked closely with the Metawave team to evaluate the beamformer chip and the beamsteering radar.In 2020, Metawave successfully demonstrated the industry’s first, award-winning, SPEKTRA™ analog beamsteering radar using its initial discrete phase-shifter components.

Metawave has filed for more than 250 patents with 20 issued and allowed to date.At the heart of SPEKTRA radar is Metawave’s MARCONI™ beamformer chip for multi-channel operation at 77 GHz, which, when used with Metawave’s proprietary calibration system, enables steering of transmit and receive beams in precise steps and over a targeted field-of-view range.

The MARCONI antenna in package’s (AiP’s) ability to steer a focused, high-gain beam while running advanced Virtual MIMO Array algorithms gives SPEKTRA radar-based platforms an edge over conventional, purely digital radars.

These building blocks can be used in various geometries and topologies to develop application-specific radar modules for multi-functional uses.The high-performance radar front end that enables SPEKTRA radar is an innovation within the TI mmWave sensor portfolio.“Automakers can now steer long-range radar with higher precision to enable driver assistance features and help make driving safer, even on busy streets and other road conditions that challenge existing systems,” said Sneha Narnakaje, manager for automotive radar sensors at TI.

The SPEKTRA radar platform leverages the advanced frame and chirp configuration and built-in circuitry for phase coherency of the AWR2243.”In early 2021, Metawave also demonstrated its the proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) AWARE™ platform that enables SPEKTRA radars to perform real-time object classification and labeling for more efficient and faster Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) processing with over 94% labeling accuracy.

Traditional radars use four or more transceiver chips for digital beamforming or they ‘flash’ a wide FoV, limiting range and preventing the radar’s ability to accurately distinguish between objects that are close in proximity.

Earns Prestigious Industry Recognition in 2021 CODiE Awards.Medallia, Inc. (NYSE: MDLA), the global leader in customer and employee experience, today announced the Medallia Strikedeck platform has won the 2021 SIIA CODiE Award for Best Customer Success Management Solution.

The CODiE Awards recognize the companies producing the most innovative business technology products across the country, and around the world.“We are proud to be recognized as the Best Customer Success Management Solution with this important CODiE award,” said Shreesha Ramdas, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Medallia Strikedeck.

“Customer success has become a critical practice for most B2B companies, leading to strategic contributions for increased revenue, decreased churn, higher customer satisfaction and a greater understanding of customers, a deeper look at their needs and the ability to better understand opportunities and changes that could greatly impact a company.”Medallia Strikedeck is a powerful and comprehensive customer success solution, enabling businesses to increase customer trust and loyalty, improve retention and expand sales potential.

The platform takes a fresh approach to increasing customer engagement with the latest technologies, including automated workflow, machine learning, predictive analytics, usage tracking, surveys, swift personalization and integration with other systems.“Congratulations to all of the 2021 Business Technology CODiE Award winners,” said SIIA President Jeff Joseph.

“The products honored this year hold a particularly special place in the distinguished history of the CODiEs.

Many of these winners literally helped business survive, and even thrive, as the global business community transitioned to remote status due to the pandemic.

These leaders are joining historic Hello Alice investors Silicon Valley Bank, Bumble, Jean Case, Phyllis Newhouse, Courtney Adeleye, Serena Ventures, and others to ensure Main Street America builds back stronger than ever.The $21 million Series B raise further supports Hello Alice’s mission to foster opportunity for all business owners, including people of color, women, men, immigrants, LGBTQ+ owners, veterans, owners with disabilities, and everyone with an entrepreneurial spirit.

Funds will be used to strengthen the company’s ability to serve small business owners as they emerge from the pandemic, enhance the predictive capabilities on its platform to further personalized learning paths, scale capital deployed to small business owners, and launch a mobile application.“These investments signal that despite the recent challenges small business owners have faced, there is an economic tidal wave that will revitalize Main Street, led by the entrepreneurs we serve,” said Elizabeth Gore, Co-Founder and President of Hello Alice.Since pivoting their support strategies and launching the COVID-19 Business Resource Center last April, co-founders Elizabeth Gore and Carolyn Rodz have raised and deployed over $20 million in emergency grants and resources for small business owners to support their survival through the pandemic.

With this raise, Hello Alice continues to lead as the primary platform to access capital for SMBs, while ensuring that those traditionally left out of growth capital are now fully included and nurtured towards successful capitalization.“Small business owners are the backbone of the U.S. economy, but many fail before they’ve had an opportunity to meaningfully serve the community in which they’re based,” said Frank Rotman, QED Investors Founding Partner.

Traditionally, corporations and government grants want to engage and support, but there hasn’t been a source of truth on who can qualify for their diversity grants, funds and programs.

Hello Alice solves this problem, building tools that empower the new majority and enabling corporations and governments to support SMBs.

We are incredibly excited to help them help others.”According to the most recent Impact Report from Hello Alice and GGV Capital, small business owners are heading into 2021 with remarkable optimism.

Partnership marks creation of joint digital banking & lending solution with full, end-to-end integrationTavant, a Silicon Valley-based provider of AI-powered digital technologies, today announced it has entered into a strategic alliance with Hay Group, an Australian fintech provider, to deliver the full payment and lending spectrum of capabilities to the Australian financial market.

This joint solution will provide extraordinary, AI-powered financial experiences for lending and banking end-users in the Australian financial marketplace.Hay provides an “as a service” embedded finance platform (HaaS), enabling any business to complement their existing product offerings with seamless financial solutions, simultaneously improving customer experience and creating additional revenue sources.

HaaS technology and product teams bring together experience in high-frequency trading from the hedge fund to the payments industry.

Through their ecosystem, financial and non-financial businesses can control a full suite of services, including core banking, card issuing, processing, recs, AML/CTF, real-time fraud monitoring, digital wallets, and more.

As the industry’s leading AI-powered digital suite of lending products, VΞLOX maximizes the use of data-driven processes in the automation of the loan origination lifecycle, providing an intuitive omnichannel experience and quick execution from home discovery to loan funding.

VΞLOX deploys Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) algorithms to provide an immersive journey for each stakeholder in the lending ecosystem.