JORDAN NOVET NOVEMBER 17, 2015 10:24 AM TAGS: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, DEEP LEARNING, DESCARTES LABS Descartes Labs, a startup with image recognition technology that can help companies answer questions related to agriculture, is announcing today a $5 million round of funding. The startup can work with satellite images to predict what will happen next. To doRead more
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By Aliya Barnwell — November 18, 2015 Fitting rooms can feel like a coffin for your self-esteem. Even the kindest “Everything OK in there?” from a salesperson can sound like the buzzing of a million mosquitoes to a stressed-out shopper. Well, that was before Oak Labs‘ smart fitting room.Now the humble fitting room mirror can be theRead more
I started angel investing almost by accident, which sounds strange to say. Who “accidentally” invests tens of thousands of dollars into highly speculative ventures? Well, I did. A friend introduced me to Clayton Christopher, who was raising money for his new liquor company Deep Eddy. Their first product, a sweet tea vodka, was amazing andRead more