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The tech trends that shaped 2017

As we approach the last stretch of 2017, I wanted to take stock of the tech trends that shaped our year. In the next post, I’ll cover additional tech trends of 2017 and my predictions for 2018.
Israeli startups in Deep Learning
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Israel’s Top Deep Learning Startups

This guest post by Chris Rowen of Cognite Ventures answers the question "Where are all the Israeli deep learning startups?”  Several large clusters are particularly noticeable: * Chat-bots for engaging with customers more continuously and adaptively and coaching sales people * All kinds of e-commerce optimization - enhanced bidding, ad campaign optimization, pricing and incentives * Fraud protection in ecommerce including ad fraud * Predictive maintenance in manufacturing and operations * IT infrastructure management especially for cyber security * All sorts of brand management and promotion Read the full post for the list and other insights from Chris.

The Rise of Intelligent Assistants

Day 9 of my 30 day blogging challenges. This year, 35.6 million Americans will use a voice-activated assistant at least once a month, doubling last year’s figure, forecasts eMarketer.  Competition is heating up, and the potential these devices have extends far beyond the home into the car and workspace.
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Where are the opportunities for machine learning startups? [guest post]

The pace of development and application to new data sets is what makes machine intelligence such an exciting space. In particular, there’s a real sense of momentum in London at the moment, with its proximity to a host of world-class academic institutions (Imperial, UCL, Oxford and Cambridge), an established start-up ecosystem (e.g. accelerators like Entrepreneur First actively targeting machine learning talent), and the location of target customer hubs?—?financial, legal, and governmental.