Deep Algo offers simple code visualization for people who don’t know how to code

 Deep Algo was one of the more fascinating companies on display in Startup Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt this week. The French team aims to make coding languages more accessible for the massive with SaaS (software as a service) offering that promises to do for languages like C++, C Sharp and Javascript what WYSIWYG does for HTML. It’s a pretty bold claim, but the company is confident that… Read More Continue reading Deep Algo offers simple code visualization for people who don’t know how to code

DefinedCrowd is teaching machines to better understand the complexities of language

 What DefinedCrowd offers isn’t particularly easily to distill into a quick elevator pitch. Taking the stage today as part of the Disrupt New York Battlefield, the Washington state-based company deals in complex concepts of machine learning, providing rich data sets for speech and natural language processing systems. Read More Continue reading DefinedCrowd is teaching machines to better understand the complexities of language

Nexla launches data operations platform with $3.5 million investment at TechCrunch Disrupt

 Nexla, a competitor in the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield this week in New York City, has more on its plate than simply impressing the judges. It also chose to launch at the event and, while it was at it, announced $3.5 million in funding led by … Continue reading Nexla launches data operations platform with $3.5 million investment at TechCrunch Disrupt

Riminder uses deep learning to better match people to jobs

 There’s nothing efficient about sorting through 30,000 resumes by hand. Recruiters spend months evaluating applicants only to have great prospective candidates get lost in the pile. At TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield, French startup Riminder made the case for how its deep learning-powered platform could augment recruiters — helping them better surface ideal contenders for… Read More Continue reading Riminder uses deep learning to better match people to jobs

NuCypher is using proxy re-encryption to lift more enterprise big data into the cloud

 After spending time at a London fintech accelerator last year, enterprise database startup ZeroDB scrapped its first business plan and mapped out a new one. By January this year it had a new name: NuCypher. It now will try to persuade enterprises… Continue reading NuCypher is using proxy re-encryption to lift more enterprise big data into the cloud

WeWork’s Adam Neumann on how to hit $1B in revenue with a careful balance

 WeWork, which is said to be raising as much as $4 billion at a valuation of more than $20 billion, is still on its way to hitting $1 billion in annual revenue this year — though CEO Adam Neumann said at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2017 that it’s not quite as simple as betting big on enterprise deals. Neumann said that enterprise deals, which would help handle office space for larger… Read More Continue reading WeWork’s Adam Neumann on how to hit $1B in revenue with a careful balance