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Knight Security Announces the Final EMERGE Event of 2022

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Sep 13, 2022

SAN ANTONIO, September 13, 2022 (Newswire.com)
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The world’s leading security and business intelligence manufacturers will showcase emerging innovations in Physical Security, Smart City, and Cybersecurity technologies at EMERGE ’22 San Antonio. The EMERGE ’22 event will take place on Oct. 13 at Topgolf San Antonio, and although free, space is limited. This event will provide businesses, schools and colleges, local government, and law enforcement officials with the tools to manage their infrastructure, mitigate risks, build safer environments, and drive economic growth.

In addition, Mr. Ernesto Ballesteros, who serves as the Cybersecurity State Coordinator for the State of Texas at the DHS Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, will present on Critical Infrastructures’ Cybersecurity. Mr. Ballesteros has over 20 years of experience in cybersecurity in both the private and public sectors. Through his work at CISA, Mr. Ballesteros fosters strategic public and private sector relationships in the Texas Region 6, which includes the San Antonio Area, to develop and maintain secure and resilient infrastructures.

Mr. Ballesteros will discuss best practices and no-cost cybersecurity resources CISA provides organizations to assist with understanding risks, safeguarding critical assets, and achieving cyber resilience.

“Our country has been cyber-threatened for years, but with the recent Russia-Ukraine war, we continue to see an exponential increase in cyber-attacks against Critical Infrastructure Sectors. Among which are Financial Services, Healthcare & Public Health, Energy & Utilities, and Communication & Transportation Systems. Therefore, security professionals must take every step possible to secure them,” said Phil Lake, Knight Security Systems President.

At EMERGE ’22 San Antonio, 18+ leading security manufacturers will have live demos of emerging security technology, such as artificial intelligence, license plate recognition, video analytics, video as a service, access control as a service, supply change assurance, zero trust security, and health intelligence monitoring, among other security innovations.

This year’s EMERGE ’22 San Antonio conference offers a unique opportunity for security professionals from all industries and government entities to come together, learn about security threats and risk mitigation, discuss solutions, and network with peers.

EMERGE ’22 San Antonio is free, but space is limited. Please register now to save your seat.

About Knight Security Systems

Knight Security Systems has built its reputation over almost four decades as one of Texas’ leading providers of security system solutions. With more than 7,000 systems installed since 1983, Knight has helped thousands of clients reduce internal and external loss, legal liability, and employee liability while increasing productivity, safety, compliance, customer satisfaction, and bottom-line profits.

Most of these client engagements turn into trusted long-term relationships — through continuous system health monitoring, steadfast support, and a watchful eye toward future client needs.

Nelson Torres

(832) 540-3141

ntorres@knightsecurity.com

https://knightsecurity.com/emerge-san-antonio

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September 13, 2022
Algolux Extends Eos Perception Software to Address Critical ADAS and Autonomous Vehicle Depth Limitations
The new Eos Robust Depth Perception Software resolves the range, resolution, cost, and robustness limitations of the latest lidar, radar, and camera based systems combined with a scalable and modular software perception suite.

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Sep 12, 2022
MONTREAL, September 12, 2022 (Newswire.com)
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Algolux Inc., the leading provider of robust and scalable depth perception solutions, has announced its Eos Robust Depth Perception Software. The expanded AI software offering builds on the company’s advanced perception portfolio to now deliver both industry-leading dense depth estimation and robust perception to further increase the safety of passenger and transport vehicles in all lighting and weather conditions.

This new offering addresses the cost and performance limitations in today’s automated driver assist systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicle (AV) platforms by applying the same breakthrough deep learning approach used by Algolux’s award winning robust perception software.

Mercedes-Benz has a track record as an industry leader delivering ADAS and autonomous driving systems, so we intimately understand the need to further improve the perception capabilities of these systems to enable safer operation of vehicles in all operating conditions,” said Werner Ritter, Manager, Vision Enhancement Technology Environment Perception, Mercedes-Benz AG. “Algolux has leveraged the novel AI technology in their camera-based Eos Robust Depth Perception Software to deliver dense depth and detection that provide next-generation range and robustness while addressing limitations of current lidar and radar based approaches for ADAS and autonomous driving.

The ability to estimate the distance of an object is a fundamental capability for ADAS and automated driving. It allows the vehicle to understand where things are in its surroundings in order to know when to perform a lane change, help park a car, issue a warning to the driver, or automatically brake in an emergency situation such as for debris on the road. This is accomplished today by various types of sensors, such as lidar, radar, and stereo or mono cameras, and edge software that interprets the sensor information to determine distance to important objects, features, or obstacles in front and around the vehicle.

Unfortunately, each of the current approaches have limitations that hamper safe operation in all conditions. Lidar has limited effective range (up to 200m) due to decreasing point density the further away an object is, resulting in poor object detection capabilities, and low robustness in harsh weather conditions such as fog or rain due to backscatter of the laser. It is also costly, currently in the hundreds to thousands of dollars per sensor. Radar has good range and robustness but poor resolution, also limiting its ability to detect and classify objects. Today’s stereo camera approaches can do a good job of object detection but are hard to keep calibrated and have low robustness, and mono cameras have many issues resulting in poor depth estimation.

Eos Robust Depth Perception Software addresses these limitations by robustly providing dense depth together with accurate perception capabilities to determine distance and elevation even out to long distances (1km) and identify objects, pedestrians, or bicyclists, and even lost cargo or other hazardous road debris to further improve driving safety. These modular capabilities provide rich 3D scene reconstruction and provide a highly capable and cost-effective alternative to lidar, radar, and today’s stereo approaches.

Eos accomplishes this with:
- a multi-camera approach supporting a wide baseline between the cameras, even beyond 2m, especially useful for long-range applications such as trucking
- flexible support of up to 8MP automotive camera sensors and any field of view for forward, rear, and surround configurations
- real time adaptive calibration to address vibration and movement between the cameras or misalignments while driving, historically a key challenge for wide-baseline configurations
- an efficient embedded implementation of Algolux’s novel end-to-end deep learned architecture for both depth estimation and perception
- the ability to detect and determine distance for typical road objects and even unknown road debris
Algolux has proven its Eos depth perception performance in OEM and Tier 1 engagements involving both trucking and automotive applications in North America and Europe. Visit www.algolux.com to learn more and schedule an evaluation.

About Algolux

Algolux is a globally recognized computer vision company addressing the critical issue of safety for advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous vehicles. Our machine-learning tools and embedded AI software products enable existing and new camera designs to achieve industry-leading depth perception performance across all driving conditions. Founded on groundbreaking research at the intersection of deep learning, computer vision, and computational imaging, Algolux has been repeatedly recognized at industry and academic conferences and has been named to the 2021 CB Insights AI 100 List of the world’s most innovative artificial intelligence startups.

Dave Tokic, VP Marketing and Strategic Partnerships
pr@algolux.com

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September 12, 2022
BluWave-ai and Summerside Deliver 100% Solar Powered Concert During Bryan Adams’ 2022 Canadian Tour
First 100% Directly Connected, Time Shifted, Solar Energy Powered Indoor Rock Concert in North America

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Sep 12, 2022
SUMMERSIDE, Prince Edward Island, September 12, 2022 (Newswire.com)
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The City of Summerside and BluWave-ai completed the first 100% time-shifted solar energy powered concert in North America. This feat took place on the first stop of the 2022 Canadian Tour of globally renowned Canadian musician, Bryan Adams, at the Credit Union Place in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada from 8-11 pm on Tuesday, August 31st. The concert was run indoors at night leveraging solar and battery solutions. This milestone for BluWave-ai and Summerside is building off of their shared project, the Canadian Smart Grid AI Center of Excellence at the City of Summerside, announced earlier this year.

Leveraging the BluWave-ai energy optimization platform running in the cloud, BluWave-ai Edge and BluWave-ai Center, the partners were able to predict solar production during the day of August 31st. Through this, they could store sufficient solar capacity in a 890 kWh battery to cover the projected energy demand of the concert such as lighting, audio equipment, and air conditioning. With a day of immense solar fluctuations, the system was able to operate the building in advance of the concert while storing enough solar energy to drive the concert in the evening.

Once the concert started, the automated platform took over to detect the increased load created by the concert and peripheral elements and managed the stored solar energy to supply the concert load over the 3 hour period.

Below is how the system played out on concert day:
- The AI platform left enough battery capacity unfilled during the night of August 30th to August 31st to fill the battery with solar production at the Summerside CUP on the day of the Bryan Adams concert, August 31st.
- From approximately 8:00 am to 12:00 pm AST the battery was loaded with 496kWh of coincidental solar produced energy by setting thresholds. This way, solar generated over capacity was moved to the battery for the concert in the evening while the rest of the facility could run on a combo of Summerside Wind Power and regular grid power.
- Baselining of the overall facility power usage from 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm AST on days without a concert showed the electricity load. During this time averaged 718.5 kWh for the facility with no concert.
- During the 3 hour concert the facility used 1173 kWh. The total incremental energy from the concert was 454.5 kWh compared to regular days.
- During the concert the BluWave-ai system delivered 496kWh of time-shifted green solar power via the battery or an average of 165kW per hour more, covering the entire needs of the concert and associated climate control.
To showcase the performance of the BluWave-ai Canadian Smart Grid Center of excellence which works with Summerside’s wind farm, solar array, battery storage, grid connection, and smart metering assets, the cloud-based AI optimization platform was able to deliver a 100% solar powered concert with less than 24 hours to configure, commission, and operationalize to support the new demand of the system to support the green rock concert.

In November 2021, BluWave‐ai and the City of Summerside announced the completion of the first-end to-end AI‐optimized grid in North America, the first industry proof point of a scalable system applicable to entire regions and countries for transitioning energy networks toward maximizing the use of renewable assets. In 2021, BluWave-ai was awarded a major contract to advance Summerside’s system utility manager software to integrate a new 26‐megawatt Solar and Battery project.

The test during the Bryan Adams August 31st concert used a subset of the Summerside smart grid and AI control system to manage operations, perfectly matching solar powering the concert load.

“As a testament to the robustness and flexibility of the BluWave-ai energy optimization platform, and with very short notice, the system was able to manage energy use at the arena to supply the concert with 100% solar energy,” said Devashish Paul, CEO of BluWave-ai. “Once the constraints were identified, the automated platform took over. This proved a compelling use case for time-shifting solar energy which is applicable for large commercial enterprises, electric vehicle fleets and for supporting the grid with demand response and resiliency without resorting to diesel backup generators and shows another example of our company’s live real-time deployments on streaming data and renewable energy assets.”

“Summerside is committed to growing our net zero economy and leading PEI’s Clean Tech Innovations has invested in the smart grid, building renewable energy generation and creating the CUP Arena microgrid with the solar and battery energy storage system from Samsung C&T. We brought in BluWave-ai as a partner to set up the Canadian Smart Grid AI Center of Excellence and provide the AI-enabled control of the city smart grid,” said Mike Thususka, Summerside Director of Economic Development. “To showcase our capabilities as a leading North American municipality, we decided to deliver a 100% green solar energy concert experience at our arena. We continue to invest in our green future and by 2023 with the Sunbank solar and storage facility, Summerside will be running off 70% renewable energy with an eye to hit 100% in the very near future. Industries setting up operations in Summerside may be eligible for various clean tech and first customer experiences using Summerside’s leading edge infrastructure which we demonstrated at the concert working with our partners BluWave-ai.”

“SDTC has been a proud supporter of BluWave-ai’s data-driven AI technology since 2018,” said Leah Lawrence, President of SDTC. “What better way to showcase the power of this homegrown Canadian innovation than by running a major concert event from one of our country’s rock icons off of solar energy! Congratulations to the team at BluWave-ai and the City of Summerside for leading the way in making the entertainment industry more sustainable as we move towards Net Zero.”

Even following a partially cloudy day, Summerside and BluWave-ai delivered a 100% solar energy power for the Bryan Adams concert by time shifting solar energy over-production to the evening and matching it to the concert load. This proved that the entertainment and sports events industry can run their events without depending on elaborate carbon-emitting diesel generation backup systems for resiliency when solar powered batteries can be connected to events. In Summerside’s case, the battery and solar generation are on site. For concert locations without this capability, batteries can be charged off-site and moved to the venue by electric trucking rather than by installing diesel generators moved by diesel-powered trucks, enabling a similar 100% clean operation.

To learn more about decarbonizing your city, utility or enterprise applications, please contact info@bluwave-ai.com.

BluWave-ai Research Note: According to existing public documentation of equivalent sized or larger solar installations at sporting and entertainment facilities across North America, none of the facilities which exceed Summerside’s solar capacity have sufficient storage capacity to run a 3 hour 400+ kWh concert event with purely stored, locally generated solar energy.

About Summerside

Summerside has long presented a compelling case for business investment with easy market access, lower costs and sophisticated infrastructure, along with international partnerships, make Summerside’s value proposition extremely attractive. The city has quietly created a unique environment in which local and international brands can access an experienced workforce, world‐class infrastructure, and a supportive and engaging business community, along with pro‐business government support. Underpinned by investments in low‐carbon energy and technological innovation, Summerside’s latest developer opportunities are founded on solid and secure ROI principles.

About BluWave-ai

BluWave-ai is focused on driving the proliferation of renewable energy and electric transportation worldwide. Our solutions apply artificial intelligence (AI) cloud software to optimize the cost, carbon footprint and reliability of different energy sources, both renewable and non-renewable, in real-time. This lets our customers – utilities, fleet operators and electricity system operators to improve their energy-related decision making in planning and in live systems to decrease costs and carbon footprint. Every day our employees come to BluWave-ai with the mission to decarbonize the planet by using hardware assets more efficiently with AI software while we build the world’s premier renewable energy and transport electrification AI company based in Canada.

For more information please contact:

Brandon Paul, Marketing, BluWave-ai

brandon.paul@bluwave.ai.com

www.bluwave-ai.com

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September 12, 2022
Chargeback Gurus Pioneers AI-Compatible Dispute Packages to Increase Recovery Rate for Merchants

Streamlining chargeback representment by ensuring compatibility with artificial intelligence and machine learning systems.

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Aug 18, 2022

DALLAS, August 18, 2022 (Newswire.com)
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Chargeback Gurus, a global leader in chargeback prevention and recovery services, has announced the development of chargeback dispute packages specifically designed to be processed by automated systems. These dispute packages will help support increasing automation by issuing banks and ensure maximum efficiency and win rate.

Chargeback dispute packages typically include a wide variety of data elements in many different form factors. Merchants and chargeback service providers work diligently to collect, collate and organize this evidence to ensure they present a winning case to the decision-makers at issuing banks.

Through a network of collaborative industry relationships, Chargeback Gurus has discovered that many issuing banks have been pursuing AI automation as a way to increase the efficiency and consistency of decision-making in disputes. Automating this complex process necessitates the use of developing technologies such as computer vision, pattern recognition and natural language processing. These systems are at their most effective when they receive input of high quality and compatibility.

With extensive experience in AI, machine learning and robotic process automation, the Chargeback Gurus team is well-prepared to support this technological leap in the dispute process.

“Chargeback Gurus believes in putting together a custom package for every dispute rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach like our competitors,” said Chargeback Gurus President Suresh Dakshina. “We analyze over 40 data points for every dispute package, and that results in a three times higher recovery rate for our merchants. Our goal is to continue raising the bar for ourselves, and making our dispute packages compatible with AI automation is another milestone in that pursuit.”

“With the assistance of our subject-matter experts, our research team is always evaluating and improving our own AI systems to ensure that we put together winning dispute packages for our merchants,” said Damodharan Sampathkumar, chief product officer for Chargeback Gurus. “Now, we’re using our knowledge of how AI gathers and interprets information to prepare for the deployment of this technology at issuing banks.”

About Chargeback Gurus

Chargeback Gurus is a global fintech company helping businesses fight, prevent and win chargebacks and has recovered over $2 billion for their clients. As trusted advisors to credit card networks and Fortune 500 companies, the Gurus are known for their expertise in the areas of risk management, chargeback mitigation, fraud prevention and dispute intelligence.

The Gurus have won numerous awards and accolades, including multiple Stevie Awards and being named in the Inc 5000 Fastest-Growing US Companies list multiple times. Chargeback Gurus’ mitigation strategies have helped thousands of merchants increase customer retention, improve brand satisfaction and drive repeat purchases. Chargeback Gurus can augment in-house staff or manage the chargeback process end-to-end. For more information, visit www.chargebackgurus.com or email win@chargebackgurus.com.

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Taylor Baker
Chargeback Gurus
win@chargebackgurus.com
(866) 999-3758

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August 18, 2022
FORO Helps Indiana Make Automotive History Again

Indiana DOT uses AI to save money and time.

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Jun 28, 2022

ATLANTA, June 28, 2022 (Newswire.com)
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FORO of Atlanta, GA, and their AI-powered Data and Decision Analysis Solution (DDA) for DOTs gain traction. What started in Indiana at the Crossroads of America in 2019 was well-received by recent AASHTO attendees seeking new and innovative ways to work more efficiently and meet or exceed their goals. For many years, Indiana was the center of the automobile industry. Elwood Haynes built one of the first successful automobiles in 1894 and tested it on the Fourth of July in Kokomo. He wanted to show the world that he could do better.

Fast forward 125 years later to 2019 when the Indiana DOT had the same desire as Elwood Haynes. They wanted to do better like most DOTs do today in tackling their gigantic missions with limited resources and staff. So they asked themselves, what changes can we make or what innovations can we use in order to do better than we’re doing right now? INDOT concluded that if they could find a way to spend more time making the best decisions possible to optimize their budgets and maximize their efforts and less time pouring over the mountains of project data they used in order to make those decisions, they could do better. Their answer came in two words, artificial intelligence.

Enter FORO, a company founded in 2017 with the desire to become a leading facilitator in the improvement of organization, collaboration and decision-making for clients using artificial intelligence and machine learning. Turned out that INDOT the client and FORO the company were the perfect match. “What INDOT was looking to achieve through AI ticked off many of the boxes on what we were looking to deliver to our clients,” recalls FORO Founder Brett Boston. “We could not have been more aligned in our goals, which made our collaboration all the better in creating a custom data and decision analysis solution to suit their needs and gain the positive results that we were both looking to achieve through mission-focused AI.”

That was the beginning for FORO’s AI-based DDA solutions for DOTs. The word has spread and other DOTs are now doing what started in Indiana in 2017. AI is a critical tool in the private sector, helping corporations to maximize their revenue through improved decision-making and heightened productivity. As data becomes more leveraged in the business world, so too will the adoption of AI-based decision-making in the public sector.

“The men and women of our nation’s departments of transportation have a vital and never-ending job of keeping our roadways open and safe. It is an honor to work with these dedicated professionals and provide a platform tool that saves staff time, taxpayers’ money, and keeps the greatest road system on the planet moving,” added Boston.

CONTACT: TimONeil@TeamFORO.com 850-212-5454

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June 28, 2022
Blyncsy’s Machine Vision Technology Selected to Improve Public Transit in New York Tri-State Area

Transit Tech Lab announced that Blyncsy was selected among nearly 150 other applicants for the COVID-19 Recovery and Environmental Sustainability challenges, a global competition calling for technologies to improve public transit safety and meet clean energy objectives.

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May 24, 2022

NEW YORK, May 24, 2022 (Newswire.com)
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Transit Tech Lab announced that Blyncsy was selected among nearly 150 other applicants for the COVID-19 Recovery and Environmental Sustainability challenges, a global competition calling for technologies to improve public transit safety and meet clean energy objectives.

Transit Tech Lab presented Blyncsy with the opportunity to pilot it’s Payver technology to gain insights into the condition of bus shelters and properly allocate resources to ensure bus shelters are clean and safe for NJ Transit. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will also be piloting Payver to monitor paint line striping visibility and pavement condition. Blyncsy’s Payver technology utilizes dash cam imagery and machine learning algorithms to passively provide a roadway view of bus stops and automatically detect maintenance issues. Blyncsy’s machine vision technology can detect anything the eye can see, like whether a bus shelter is blocked or if trash and graffiti are present. Payver can also detect street lighting to see if shelters are properly lit at night or if a light is on during the day.

Currently, bus shelter maintenance relies on manual inspections and public complaints which can result in longer response times to issues. By using machine vision on roadways, agencies will gain near real-time insights, thus decreasing emissions and increasing the speed and efficiency of maintenance.

The COVID-19 Response Challenge was launched with the goal of ensuring customers and employees feel safe, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and making transit more responsive to the needs of New Yorkers. “Blyncsy’s goal is to make people actually want to use transit again and that they feel safe doing so. By addressing safety critical issues the minute they occur, we can help rejuvenate transit everywhere,” said Mark Pittman, founder and CEO of Blyncsy.

Blyncsy, along with the other seven companies chosen, will test their solutions over an 8-week period with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and NJ TRANSIT.

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Contact: Mark Pittman

Support@blyncsy.com

385-216-0590

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May 24, 2022
Horrocks Engineers and Blyncsy Partner to Bring Artificial Intelligence to Our Roadways

Machine Vision AI to offer replacement for LIDAR for Cities, Local Governments and Departments of Transportation

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updated: Mar 16, 2022

SALT LAKE CITY, March 16, 2022 (Newswire.com)
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Horrocks Engineers is partnering with Blyncsy to roll out the use of AI-powered computer vision on roadways.

Blyncsy’s Payver technology and Horrocks’ insights will allow a smart and streamlined process for Departments of Transportation, Cities, Local Governments and other agencies to collect data on safety-critical transportation issues and to extend the useful life of their infrastructure quickly and efficiently.

Horrocks currently uses LiDAR technology to scan and survey roadways. However, they will now be offering Blyncsy’s Payver technology to monitor assets on highways and roads as an additional option.

This new method of gathering asset data collection and roadway analysis is more efficient than LiDAR technology in many ways. Not only is Payver 25% the cost of LiDAR, it also takes only 5% of the time. It also saves 66-man hours and 2,000 pounds of CO2 per 1,000 miles surveyed. Blyncsy’s Payver technology utilizes crowdsourced images from dash cameras that are already inside thousands of cars on our roadways. By uploading and segmenting images using machine learning algorithms, Payver is able to automatically detect anything from pavement cracking to paint line degradation. This AI technology is able to detect anything the human eye can see and send insights directly to an agency’s workflow, giving clients a high level of situational awareness into the condition of their roadways.

Horrocks has surveyed hundreds of miles of state and local roadways and are leaders in using new survey technologies. This new partnership with Blyncsy is proof of this.

“We are excited to be partnering with a company that is so focused on investing in innovative technologies to deliver faster, smarter services to its customers. It’s important to recognize that these kinds of innovations are what ultimately will get our clients their data faster and allow them to make better decisions based on those insights,” said Mark Pittman, founder and CEO of Blyncsy.

This partnership will allow for smarter and more efficient transportation management for the drivers of tomorrow.

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March 16, 2022
Deliveright Announces Partnership With BigCommerce to Simplify Heavy Goods Deliveries

AI-powered delivery platform solves final-mile, heavy goods delivery challenges for BigCommerce merchants

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Mar 10, 2022

LEXINGTON, N.C., March 10, 2022 (Newswire.com)
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Deliveright, a leading final-mile digital delivery platform offering white-glove service, today announced a new partnership with BigCommerce (Nasdaq: BIGC), a leading Open SaaS e-commerce platform for fast-growing and established brands. Deliveright’s AI-powered platform simplifies the complex process of shipping heavy goods such as furniture by automating the entire process.

BigCommerce merchants can now take control over all stages of fulfillment, from the point of origin to the customer’s home, with real-time data. The app integrates directly with Deliveright’s Grasshopper platform, provides instant shipping quotes, and offers service levels ranging from curbside to full white-glove delivery.

“The importance of a seamless delivery process cannot be overstated, as it plays a critical role in a brand’s overall service quality. More than ever, consumers want to receive their online purchases quickly, regardless of pervasive supply chain issues,” said Doug Ladden, CEO of Deliveright. “BigCommerce merchants have the opportunity to potentially mitigate delivery delays and improve customer experience with complete visibility and a focus on solving the ever-elusive final-mile challenge.”

Last-mile delivery market share in North America persists as the most challenging process within the supply chain and is expected to increase by $59.81 billion by 2025. Deliveright’s technology empowers BigCommerce merchants to solve final-mile, heavy goods delivery challenges in a fragmented market.

“Our partnership with Deliveright further illustrates our commitment to providing merchants access to the highest-caliber technologies and service providers available in the industry,” said Russell Klein, chief commercial officer for BigCommerce. “Deliveright shares our desire to help merchants sell more and grow faster to maximize success, and we look forward to working together to mutually support customers.”

To learn more about Deliveright’s BigCommerce partnership or to download the app, visit https://www.bigcommerce.com/apps/deliveright/.

About Deliveright

Deliveright is the first AI-powered logistics and delivery technology company to solve final-mile, heavy goods delivery challenges for e-commerce, retailers, and manufacturers needing white-glove service. Launched in 2018 to streamline the supply chain for heavy goods, Deliveright’s technology, combined with its vast delivery network, makes white-glove delivery seamless, transparent, and accessible for businesses of all sizes, enabling improved customer experience and increased revenue. Deliveright’s proprietary logistics technology platform, Grasshopper®, manages all stages of fulfillment, enabling complete supply chain visibility to the customer’s home. Serving more than 1,000 customers in e-commerce and manufacturing across the furniture, industrial equipment, and transportation industries, Grasshopper is also licensed nationwide by delivery and freight companies, ensuring that every delivery is tracked across a complex transportation network and customer service platform. The company is headquartered in North Carolina and operates nationwide and in Canada. For more information, visit https://www.deliveright.com/.

About BigCommerce

BigCommerce (Nasdaq: BIGC) is a leading software-as-a-service (SaaS) e-commerce platform that empowers merchants of all sizes to build, innovate and grow their businesses online. As a leading open SaaS solution, BigCommerce provides merchants sophisticated enterprise-grade functionality, customization and performance with simplicity and ease-of-use. Tens of thousands of B2B and B2C companies across 150 countries and numerous industries use BigCommerce to create beautiful, engaging online stores, including Ben & Jerry’s, Molton Brown, S.C. Johnson, Skullcandy, Sony and Vodafone. Headquartered in Austin, BigCommerce has offices in London, Kyiv, San Francisco, and Sydney. For more information, please visit www.bigcommerce.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.

BigCommerce® is a registered trademark of BigCommerce Pty. Ltd. Third-party trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners.

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March 10, 2022
A Machine Learning Company in California Using Quantum Computers at Mathlabs Ventures is Building the First Q40 ME Fusion Energy Generator Using Advanced AI & Neural Networks

Harvard Mathematicians using Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain and Neural Networks on a Quantum Computer have developed breakthrough algorithms and simulations that will enable the world’s most efficient Fusion Energy Power Plants to be opened 20 years earlier than planned with a Q40 Mechanical Gain by Kronos Fusion Energy Algorithms

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Jan 10, 2022

IRVINE, Calif., January 10, 2022 (Newswire.com)
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Kronos Fusion Energy Algorithms LLC (KFEA-Q40) and MathLabs Ventures announced today that after 60 years of global research, the Fusion Energy industry is now poised to accelerate their growth rapidly to build commercially viable power plants 20 years earlier than planned because of three recent major advances in technology. The three major problems with reaching commercial success in Fusion Energy have recently been overcome with these three new technological advancements that together will make it possible to build efficient Fusion Energy Power Plants on Earth by the mid-2030s. These innovations, ongoing contracts & patents put KFEA’s current valuation at $530m with $1.2B in projected earnings over the next 2 years.

“We at Kronos are building a world-class team of mathematicians, physicists, scientists and other professionals whose mission is to reverse global warming by helping to make Fusion Energy commercially viable in the near future,” said Michael Pierce Hoban, the CEO of Kronos Fusion Energy Algorithms

Recreating the power of the sun on earth in a controlled manner takes computing power, machine learning, artificial intelligence, blockchain, quantum computers, neural networks, and other technological advances that were not even dreamed of 60 years ago when Fusion Energy research began globally. But now, with these three technological breakthroughs, the global competition to design the next-generation Fusion Energy Power Plants that are more efficient than today’s carbon-burning power plants is underway in full swing.

The first technological barrier that was overcome is that the computing power now exists to model the sun in simulations more accurately with the launch of the Summit Supercomputer in Oak Ridge that set the world record in 2018, and in June 2021, Japan’s Fugaka Supercomputer set a new world record of 422 petaflops.

The second technological barrier that was overcome in September 2021 was the announcement of the most powerful magnet ever created on earth (https://news.mit.edu/2021/MIT-CFS-major-advance-toward-fusion-energy-0908). This is the first magnet with enough power capable of containing a fast-moving plasma field at heats in excess of 150M degrees Celsius without touching and melting the containment barrier.

The third technological barrier that has been the most difficult to overcome is the 1% efficiency rate (Q1 Mechanical Gain) of the top fusion energy demo reactors on earth today. The first two breakthroughs will enable the world’s top Fusion energy designers to reach a 25% efficiency rate (Q25 Mechanical Gain) by 2050. This has been a major technological barrier because there has been no fusion energy reactor solution that has been proposed in the world that exceeds 25% efficiency until now.

Kronos Fusion Energy Algorithms LLC announced that after five years studying the global research in Fusion Energy, we have developed advanced algorithms and simulations to achieve a 40% efficiency rate (Q40 Mechanical Gain) for Commercial Fusion Energy Power Plants that will enable a 20-year advancement in the launch dates of the world’s first Fusion Energy Power Plants that are more efficient than today’s carbon burning power plants. Our algorithms and simulations use Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, neural networks, blockchain, quantum computing and other advances to reduce the error rate at a Fusion Energy Reactor from the 15% error rate experienced today at the International Thermodynamic Experimental Reactor (ITER) in France to a 1% error rate after our simulations have optimized the numerous variables to identify the disruptions that cause 31% of the maintenance shutdowns at ITER.

Kronos Fusion Energy Algorithms: Developing ALGORITHMS & SIMULATIONS to build Micro Fusion Energy Generators with Q40 Mechanical Gain for a CLEAN + LIMITLESS Energy Future

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Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Kronos Fusion Energy Algorithms

Priyanca_Ford@post.harvard.edu

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January 10, 2022
Vouch Marks Entry Into Europe With the Setup of Its London Operations

Singaporean technology start-up aims to revolutionise hospitality industry in Europe one hotel property at a time

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Oct 11, 2021

LONDON, October 11, 2021 (Newswire.com)
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Award-winning guest experience platform provider – Vouch – has announced plans to expand into global markets, with the opening of its operations in London as a gateway to the rest of Europe.

In the United Kingdom, Vouch Concierge is currently working with boutique brands Hotel du Vin and Malmaison to set up their pre-stay concierge, and with a further six properties under the Frasers Hospitality Group throughout Britain for their guest experience platforms as domestic travel in the UK surges. Vouch is also giving all UK-based hotels the opportunity to trial the platform with a free Vouch subscription from now until the end of 2021.

Vouch aims to have at least 30% of revenue coming from Europe and is setting a target of having a strong presence in at least 3 European countries by the end of 2022.

The Singapore headquartered start-up provides innovative AI-powered technology to the hospitality and travel segment.

Armed with seed funding of SGD$1.51 million (USD$1.1 million) led by Forge Ventures, the funding will be used for expansion and product development for a new category of technology for hotels: the guest experience platform.

Without needing to download an app for a short-term stay, Vouch’s guest experience platform allows guests to check-in, make room requests, order food and beverages and get instant answers to commonly asked questions, by scanning a QR code on their mobile phones. Vouch Concierge has seen wide adoption of its platform in Asia to improve productivity through the streamlining of hotel operations and providing round the clock services for guests. In attractions like museums, users can enjoy the full experience with audio tours, find out about artefacts and even play interactive games to enhance the visitor experience.

Since its launch in 2018, Vouch has rolled out its services and partnered with hospitality brands in Asia and is now looking to expand globally. Founder and CEO Joseph Ling said: “In Singapore, for example, we have covered 25% of all rooms under international groups such as Frasers Hospitality, Hyatt Hotels, Pan Pacific Hotels Group and the InterContinental Hotels Group. There is a genuine need for a solution that helps hotels improve manpower efficiency and the pandemic has accelerated this need. Our plan this year is to expand aggressively into new markets that will benefit most from a productivity platform like ours, namely Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea and the United Kingdom.”

While travel and tourism have remained low across the world due to COVID-19, Vouch Concierge aims to help businesses and consumers in these sectors cope better in a pandemic.

By incorporating Vouch into their operations, businesses can better plan for manpower requirements and avoid greater uncertainty associated with fluctuating pandemic intensity and accompanying social distancing requirements.

For more information on Vouch, visit https://www.vouchconcierge.com or email vouch@humebrophy.com

Source: Vouch Concierge

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October 11, 2021
Find the Best Remote Team for Your Parenting
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updated: Dec 15, 2020
LOS ANGELES, December 15, 2020 (Newswire.com)
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Viv-ing, Co, a company that specializes in research concerning early detection of infants’ abilities using artificial intelligence, will be releasing a multi-lingual parenting support service that allows customers to find the best providers for remote pregnancy and childcare support. This service is called BabyLook-Remo and will release this December.

What is BabyLook Remo?

BabyLook-Remo is a multilingual parenting support service that allows users to search for the best remote childcare providers, pregnancy, and birthing caregivers. The service will be available beginning Dec. 12 and will feature a variety of prenatal and neonatal professionals such as doulas, therapists, midwives, nurses, and pediatricians to assist parents throughout pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and early parenting.

Users can begin their search on the BabyLook website which features HIPPA compliant technologies and web-services. BabyLook-Remo is aimed at parents ranging from pregnant to parents of 4-5-year-old infants. The initial release will be targeted to Los Angeles County and English, Spanish, and Chinese speaking users. However, the platform is looking to quickly expand its provider-patient network and language accessibility to meet the needs of parents everywhere.

BabyLook providers offer services ranging from mental care before and after birth, preparation for birth, practical advisory after birth, and helping when an emergency arises with a customer’s baby.

Features

Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020, the public has been advised to stay home whenever possible. The safety protocols advised are especially important for immunocompromised groups such as pregnant women and infants. BabyLook-Remo seeks to connect parents with providers who can meet with them remotely or in the comfort of their own homes to keep them as safe as possible.

BabyLook-Remo’s service consists of the following:
1. Finding providers and making the best team for each parent
2. Booking support
3. Communication support
4. Payment support
5. Treatment support
The BabyLook team will be enhancing and expanding these services on an on-going basis after release. The current version has prioritized quality providers that can adapt to each parent’s needs.

Parents can select their provider from many search variables like area, experience, education and licenses to find a professional that matches their preferences. Parents are able to maintain easy and accessible contact with their provider via BabyLook throughout the entirety of their service.

Company Information

Viv-ing, Co is a company that plans, develops, and manages projects to “visualize babies’ minds” using artificial intelligence technology. Since 2013, Viv-ing, Co has studied how facial expressions can be used as indicators of human behavior, with a recent emphasis on realizing effective communication in the context of child-rearing using “facial expression,” “biological information,” and “environmental cues”. They have successfully collected infant related big data from over 500 collaborating nurseries and kindergartens.

The company is headed by Kyo Ueda who has spearheaded BabyLook’s recent developments.

Viv-ing, Co receives support from the Japanese Education Support Foundation, as well as technical collaboration with various institutes including UCLA and Technology and Kobe University.

Source: Viv-ing, Co
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December 15, 2020
Keeleg to Launch and Offer Free Access to Its AI-Powered Legal Tool Until May 1 in Response to COVID-19

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SAN FRANCISCO, April 8, 2020 (Newswire.com)
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Keeleg is pleased to announce the public launch and offer of free access to its AI-powered, self-help immigration legal tool in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Every year, millions of people apply for legal permanent resident status, apply for naturalization to become U.S. citizens, or petition relatives to permanently immigrate to the United States of America. In addition to filing fees, the process can be quite expensive and complex. Through the help of Keeleg’s cloud-based, AI web application – dubbed Cato – users get qualified and prepare their own immigration applications or get connected to the best immigration attorneys around them.

Cato is a tool that combines artificial intelligence and the knowledge of award-winning attorneys to provide assistance for users with their immigration applications or search for the best immigration attorneys in their area. Cato’s knowledge currently covers hundreds of different immigration case scenarios, and new skills are being developed and added to cover other specialties and use cases.

“After years spent in the industry, we noticed that something was broken and that there was and is a lack of access to legal knowledge and protection for all that need it. By leveraging cutting-edge technology like machine learning, natural language processing, natural language understanding, and natural language generation to power Cato, we aim to bridge this gap between supply and demand and make access to legal help and knowledge, easy, affordable, reliable, and time-saving for all,” said Anthony Remo Luna, CEO, and Co-founder of Keeleg.

As a continuation of our mission to make legal access easy and to foster our commitment to people that seek legal knowledge, the company will be releasing a suite of other legal products dedicated to Chapter 7 individual bankruptcy filings and Wills and Trusts by Summer 2020. Users can sign up to get access to its early access program to try and prepare their applications for free.

About the company:

Keeleg is dedicated to leveraging technology to make legal knowledge and help easy and available to everyone. The San Francisco-based company includes award-winning attorneys with over 30 years of experience in the private practice of law, software engineers, and tech enthusiasts and has created a new platform that leverages artificial intelligence to offer affordable, reliable and time-saving legal solutions.

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Anthony Remo Luna, CEO, and Co-Founder

social@keeleg.com

Stay in the know, follow Keeleg on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

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April 8, 2020
Trust Science and Inovatec Systems Team Up to Release World’s First End-to-End Loan Management Platform Powered by Alternative Credit Scores

Lenders now have the ability to reliably find, score, lend to and manage the loans of 64 million unbanked and under-banked consumers in the United States alone

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updated: Jun 12, 2019

PALO ALTO, Calif., June 12, 2019 (Newswire.com)
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Trust Science Inc., a leading provider of AI-powered credit scoring, and Inovatec Systems Corporation, a new breed of Loan Operating System (LOS) provider, announced today they will partner to release a fully automated lending platform that enables end-to-end loan management across the entire credit spectrum.

Lenders can be up and running on a fully customized LOS and an AI-powered loan underwriting model within weeks, not months (or years).

Trust Science CEO Evan Chrapko comments, “This partnership gives lenders the ability to accurately score and lend to an additional 64 million consumers in the U.S. alone, with unprecedented accuracy and speed. The end-to-end, customizable nature of Inovatec Systems’ LOS makes it a perfect partner for Trust Science and our API-based scoring solution.”

Bryan Smith, VP sales & marketing at Inovatec, shares a similar sentiment. “With this partnership, Inovatec Systems will now be able to automate the powerful AI tools at Trust Science alongside traditional credit scoring and risk measurements. Our lenders will have instant access to the Trust Science Six°Score™ to determine creditworthiness based on alternative, uncorrelated data, generating simple and powerful results for a more complete risk assessment of the individual.” He continues, “The Trust Science tools will be integrated into our Compass Asset Finance (CAF) for credit and funding, driving more innovation and thinking differently.”

Mark Eleoff, CEO of Eden Park Inc. and a customer of Trust Science and Inovatec Systems, remarks, “Both Trust Science and Inovatec Systems have proven themselves to be innovative, value-added and very customer centric in working with us to improve our credit decisions.”

A BETA version of the integration has been underway for several months, and general release is expected in June.

About Trust Science Inc.

Trust Science provides AI-powered alternative credit scoring to lenders, helping them sift prime borrowers from wrongly scored subprime applicants. Trust Science gathers alternative unstructured data and consented mobile data using its patented (30-plus patents across six countries) data collection methods and builds custom underwriting models for short-term, installment, direct auto and indirect auto lenders. Lenders see increases in their loan origination volumes, reduction in default rates and double-digit ROI. For more information, please visit https://www.trustscience.com/.

About Inovatec Systems Corp.

Inovatec Systems Corporation provides industry-leading, cloud-based software solutions for any financial institution, any type of transaction. All solutions can be brought together in a single seamless and branded platform that can be opened to external partners and customers. Capture any marketplace – full, robust ecosystem to drive the online customer/lead to you, streamline and facilitate the processes of crediting, auditing, funding and income verification for financing applications plus full servicing and portfolio analytics in the leading-edge LMS. For more information, please visit https://www.inovatec.com/.

Press Contacts:

Bryan Smith
Inovatec Systems Corp. | VP, Sales & Marketing
bsmith@inovatec.com
(647) 269-9449

Bryan Katis
Chief Product Officer, Trust Science
bryan.katis@trustscience.com
(678) 468-7391

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June 12, 2019
College of DuPage Becomes First NJCAA Program to Adopt PlaySight’s Smart Sports AI Technology

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GLEN ELLYN, ILLINOIS, May 20, 2019 (Newswire.com)
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Today, the College of DuPage and PlaySight are excited to announce a new technology partnership – PlaySight’s SmartCourt sports AI technology will be coming to the Chaparrals coaches and student-athletes. The Chaparrals will have access to live streaming and automated production technology, as well as video and performance analysis tools. PlaySight officially partnered with the NJCAA in November of last year, and College of DuPage is the first member-school to adopt the technology for its athletic department.

Top athletes and teams across the sporting world have been training and playing with PlaySight for several years now, including the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons, several leading NCAA basketball programs, including the University of North Carolina and Wake Forest University, and over 70 other NCAA programs across tennis and other varsity sports. PlaySight also works with leading high schools, prep schools and academies throughout the country and around the world.

PlaySight was the first company to develop advanced artificial intelligence (AI) software for sports that has enabled a pro-level platform to be brought to all levels of athletics. PlaySight makes courts, gyms, fields and rinks ‘Smart’ by installing its software and connected camera technology. Once set up, SmartCourts provide several benefits to athletes, coaches, teams and fans, from automated HD broadcast live streaming and advanced coaching tools to instant replay video, VAR, and a content platform to store, manage and share video quickly and seamlessly.

Greg McVey, the director of Athletics and Recreational Programs at College of DuPage expects PlaySight to help his program engage with both its student-athletes and community in new ways. “Technology allows athletic departments to reach out in new and creative ways all of the time. By partnering with PlaySight and its Smart technology and becoming its first community college client, this will enhance College of DuPage and its student-athletes and programs in ways that we haven’t achieved before. We’re excited about delivering our message to our athletes and community with this new platform.”

“As a company, we are focused on bringing technology to all teams and levels, and that is why we were so excited last year to officially partner with the NJCAA,” said PlaySight Director Erik Gormley. “DuPage has established itself as a sports technology leader within the community college level and we’re excited to see the impact that our Smart platform will have on the school, alumni, community, coaches and athletes. We’re leveling the playing field with our affordable platform and our goal is to give every team the same experience with our video technology.”

Both PlaySight and the NJCAA expect DuPage to be the first of many community colleges to add this technology heading into next season. “It is exciting to see the innovative technology from PlaySight starting to grow with our member colleges,” said Brian Luckett, Chief External Affairs and Development Officer of the NJCAA. “The autonomous video production and SmartCourt technology has a significant impact for NJCAA programs when they are expected to do more with less. This technology helps to do just that.”

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May 20, 2019
Top Canadian Law Firms’ Courtroom Performance Revealed by Legal Analytics Software

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updated: Sep 19, 2017

MIAMI, September 19, 2017 (Newswire.com)
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A Miami-based software firm is causing ripples in the Canadian legal sector with the release of its free Canada Courts Report 2017, which ranks the nation’s top lawyers and law firms based on their courtroom performance. Although data from the courts analyzed in the survey, which range from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) to the Territorial Court of Yukon, has been publicly available for many years, Premonition is the first company to create a comprehensive, searchable archive of these records. The Canada Courts Report ranks the most successful litigators in each court according to the percentage of their cases won over the past three years, providing the public with a taste of the deeper analysis available to Premonition clients.

“What we’re talking about here is translating the performance of lawyers and firms into hard statistics,” says Premonition CEO and Co-Founder Guy Kurlandski. “For literally centuries, legal services have been a credence good—buyers make their best guess based on a firm’s marketing and reputation, and win or lose, never really know whether they made a good purchase or not. We aim to put an end to this unfair system.”

“The rankings you see in the Canada Courts Report are fairly basic,” continues Premonition’s other Co-Founder and CIO Toby Unwin. “All they tell you is who has won the highest percentage of their cases in a given court. Once you dig a little further into the numbers though, you start to get a picture of why certain attorneys win more than others.”

One of the value propositions Premonition mentions over and over again in their materials is the centrality of the relationship between a lawyer and a given judge. The impact of judicial preference on Canadian court decisions has long been anecdotally testified to, but quantitative research has been limited by the sheer scale of data involved. Now, with a few keystrokes, Premonition can identify outlier attorneys who massively over- or under-perform before certain judges. Internationally, the company has claimed this lawyer-judge dynamic accounts for a 30.7% skew in case outcomes.

“If a modest investment in the legal ‘scouting’ we provide can turn a corporate client’s litigation portfolio from a 50/50 proposition to an 80/20, that represents a potential savings in the millions,” Unwin notes.

Canada is Premonition’s most recent national expansion, joining operations in the United States, United Kingdom, India, Australia and more. Per its report, the firm is currently seeking a Canadian representative. Thanks to the controversial response its previous domestic rankings have provoked among attorneys who don’t find themselves listed, local partners like Premonition UK’s Ian Dodd often find themselves making industry headlines.

“There were a fair number of upset barristers when we released our first Courts Report for the UK,” says Dodd, “but before long I was taking calls every day from firms with clients who demanded performance data before putting money on the table. Now it’s ‘the new black,’ and Premonition’s right in the thick of it.”

Premonition’s Canada Courts Report 2017 is available now as a free download at https://www.premonition.ai/reports.

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Nathan Huber
Premonition L.L.C.
Business Development Director
nh@premonition.ai
(615) 364-0924

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September 19, 2017
13-Year-Old Girl Creates a Siri Clone in Less Than a Week

Kari is a young girl of amazing talent and brilliant mind; yet, due to no fault of her own is unable to find a school place.

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updated: Jul 12, 2017

BIRMINGHAM, England, July 12, 2017 (Newswire.com)
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Through a new interest in computer science and wanting to learn more about artificial intelligence 13-year-old Kari Lawler from Solihull, UK set herself the challenge of creating her own virtual assistant like Apple’s Siri or Amazon’s Alexa. After purchasing a few books, she very quickly taught herself the necessary programming skills and within a few days it was apparent she was making considerable progress and amazingly within just one week she had a working prototype.

Her family has stated it’s amazing what she has achieved at her age with very little resources. The fact her personal assistant responds in a similar manner to Siri and even has the same witty attitude when asked something out of the ordinary is marvelous. It’s also especially incredible when you consider what the large technology companies have probably spent on producing something not much different to what Kari has managed to achieve in such a short amount of time.

Looking to the future Kari does plan to expand on her prototype and does see great value in this type of technology. She is currently working on making her assistant more realistic with more human like back and forth conversation. If achievable she thinks this type of virtual human interaction would be of great benefit in areas such as social care; like providing company to the elderly or assistance for people with dementia. Similarly, she sees it been used as a learning assistant for whole class teaching or for helping individual students in a school. Realistically though, she appreciates she has a long way to go before realizing this vision. However, in the meantime she would very much like to connect and learn through maybe a mentoring role with any individuals or companies in this field.

About Kari
Kari, now 14 is a very bright and gifted young lady excelling in English, mathematics and science. At the age of 11 she was diagnosed with ASD. Since her diagnosis and through no fault of her own she has had great difficulty in accessing an education in a mainstream setting which has resulted in her being out of school now for just over a year. The resistance Kari is facing is solely down to a complete lack of understanding of Autism. Even though Kari has never had any learning needs, behavioral issues, communication or high anxiety issues at school, schools approached just assume the worse based on stereotypes and dismissively say no without looking at her as an individual. Overall Kari wants nothing more than to be back in school doing what she loves the most, which is learning.

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Brett Lawler
Email: brett@brettlawler.com
Phone: +44 121 748 2468, Cell/Mobile: +44 7772 733138

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July 12, 2017
RateMonitor® Now Even More Powerful With the Addition of Artificial Intelligence

RateMonitor delivers advanced A.I. capabilities, empowering car rental companies to price their vehicles based on predictive analysis

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updated: May 9, 2017

Newport Beach, CA, May 9, 2017 (Newswire.com)
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Rate-Highway, the leading provider in Revenue Management software for the global car rental industry, is proud to announce that its flagship product, RateMonitor® now has artificial intelligence (A.I.) integrated into the platform, making RateMonitor not only the world’s most powerful, but now also the smartest revenue management system in the car rental industry.

RateMonitor continues its breakthrough innovation streak by coupling advanced A.I. capabilities with the leading revenue management system — basing car rental rates on local events, competitor pricing, current utilization, historical data, forecasts and more — all reviewed automatically using machine learning. It’s so effortless that anyone will now be able to use A.I.-powered rules that get smarter with every interaction.

With Rate-Highway’s RateMonitor, we are delivering the world’s smartest Revenue Management tool for the car rental industry. RateMonitor makes it easy for everyone to take advantage of best-in-class A.I. capabilities when pricing their vehicles.

Chris Mitrision, Product Manager, Rate-Highway

About Rate-Highway

Rate-Highway is the leading provider of automated rate positioning technology for the global auto rental industry. Rate-Highway has been providing rate gathering technology to the auto rental industry since 2002 and introduced the all-inclusive, ground-breaking RateMonitor automated rate positioning product to the auto rental industry in 2004. RateMonitor is a full cycle rate gathering, analysis, and correction solution that ensures client fleets are always competitively priced and result in the highest revenue possible.

Source: Rate-Highway, Inc.

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May 9, 2017
EyesOnALZ Citizen Science Project to Enlist Millions of PBS Viewers to Fight Alzheimer’s

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Ithaca, NY, April 6, 2017 (Newswire.com)
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EyesOnALZ (http://eyesonalz.com) – a project to crowdsource Alzheimer’s research is launching an online competition to #CrushALZ on April 6^th, in partnership with The Crowd & The Cloud – a public television documentary series about citizen science.

The documentary, created by a producer of Carl Sagan’s original COSMOS series, shines first light on a growing movement of citizens participating en masse in the advancement of scientific research. The creators of this 4-part mini-series are dedicated to “turning viewers into doers” by encouraging hands-on participation in science.

Normally it would take a year for Cornell to analyze these data, but with the momentum of the documentary, we hope to enlist the help of millions of viewers to answer a key research question that will help us leap forward toward a treatment.

Pietro Michelucci, Director, Human Computation Institute

Stall Catchers (http://stallcatchers.com), developed as part of the EyesOnALZ project, is the first citizen science game to tackle Alzheimer’s disease. EyesOnALZ and Stall Catchers are featured in Episode 1 of the The Crowd and The Cloud, which will premier on National Public Television across the US on April 6^th, and is available to watch online at http://crowdandcloud.org.

EyesOnALZ founder Pietro Michelucci will kick-off the “#CrushALZ Team Competition” on Stall Catchers during the social media event immediately following the series premiere. This live after-show event will take place at 10PM ET April 6, on The Crowd and The Cloud Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/crowdandcloudTV/).

Dr. Michelucci will join the live video stream with other subjects of the series, including EyesOnALZ biomedical collaborator Chris Schaffer from Cornell University. The month-long team competition aims to accelerate Cornell’s groundbreaking Alzheimer’s research program, which, according to Dr. Schaffer, “would be impractical without Stall Catchers”.

Any interested organization will be able to create a team on Stall Catchers and compete with other organizations who want to help eliminate Alzheimer’s. The team registration will open up at 6AM ET, April 6 at StallCatchers.com. Instructions on how to set up teams and invite members will be posted on the EyesOnALZ blog (http://blog.eyesonalz.com) that morning.

The most active teams in the competition will receive daily exposure via EyesOnALZ media channels and those of partner organizations. A number of PBS stations, also set to participate in the competition, will invite their local viewers to join forces and #CrushALZ.

According to Dr. Michelucci, a new Alzheimer’s dataset has been loaded into Stall Catchers just for the competition: “Normally it would take a year for Cornell to analyze these data, but with the momentum of the documentary, we hope to enlist the help of millions of viewers to answer a key research question that will help us leap forward toward a treatment.”

Players’ collective progress toward answering the research question will be reported throughout the competition. Dr. Michelucci plans to reveal the potential impact of this research question during the after-show event. “If all goes well, in one month we will have our answer and move on to the next question.”

Source: Human Computation Institute

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April 6, 2017