How artificial intelligence will be used in 2021
Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang forecasts the biggest emerging use cases Kirsten Korosec 11 hours Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang doesn’t need a crystal ball to see where artificial intelligence …
How Workflow Automation is Changing the Back Office
The back office of your business consists of employees in administrative and supportive roles. While the admin responsibilities don’t directly work with customers, they’re the engine of your ship. The …
National Grid sees machine learning as the brains behind the utility business of the future
If the portfolio of a corporate venture capital firm can be taken as a signal for the strategic priorities of their parent companies, then National Grid has high hopes for …
Increasing diversity in tech hiring requires a common-ground approach
Michelle Ferguson Contributor Kasheef Wyzard Contributor Kasheef Wyzard is National Programming Initiatives Director for Dream Corps TECH. The pandemic is surging in America once more. If this past year is …
Inside Zoox’s six-year ride from prototype to product
Zoox, the autonomous vehicle company that was acquired this year by Amazon, revealed this week the product of six years of work: A purpose-built self-driving vehicle designed to carry people …
Brightflag raises $28 million to manage legal spend using big data analytics
Brightflag, an AI-powered legal spend management startup, today announced a $28 million round. The company says it will put the funds toward expanding its footprint while bolstering R&D to support …
Microsoft brings new process mining features to Power Automate
Power Automate is Microsoft’s platform for streamlining repetitive workflows — you may remember it under its original name: Microsoft Flow. The market for these robotic process automation (RPA) tools is …
Celonis chief product officer predicts automation and the cloud are two key trends that are likely to dominate the agenda for 2021
COVID-19 has forced businesses to turn their operations digital more rapidly, and enterprise software spend is set to increase dramatically as a result. Automation and the cloud are two key …
AutoX becomes China’s first to remove safety drivers from robotaxis
Residents of Shenzhen will see truly driverless cars on the road starting Thursday. AutoX, a four-year-old startup backed by Alibaba, MediaTek and Shanghai Motors, is deploying a fleet of 25 …
Facebook acquires messaging marketing automation startup Kustomer
Facebook today announced it will acquire Kustomer, a New York-based customer relationship management startup, for an undisclosed amount. When the deal closes, Facebook says it will natively integrate Kustomer’s tools …