Walmart’s Store No 8 innovation arm has acquired an Israeli machine learning startup, the retail giant announced Wednesday. Aspectiva joined the two-year-old Store No 8 Monday, and its employees will remain in Tel Aviv. “Store No 8’s record of innovation and of developing capabilities that will transform retail as we know it makes for the … Continue reading “Walmart’s Store No 8 Acquires Aspectiva to Bring A.I. to Shopping”
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Planes, Drones & Automobiles: Techstars Grads Run the Mobility Gamut
On Tuesday afternoon, before a packed house at the Detroit Institute of Art’s film theatre, 11 startups just finishing a summer stint in the Techstars Mobility accelerator program took to the stage to talk more about what their companies were developing. Company founders pitched to a crowd of investors, entrepreneurs, automotive and tech executives, and … Continue reading “Planes, Drones & Automobiles: Techstars Grads Run the Mobility Gamut”
A.I. Meets Ethnography: Spatial Drives Mobility Via Social Media Data
We’ve all heard the old chestnut about being careful what we say on social media, because once it’s posted to the Internet, it lives on in perpetuity. Despite those warnings, people reveal an enormous amount about their lives, opinions, and preferences on sites such as Facebook and Twitter, and a Cincinnati-based startup called Spatial is … Continue reading “A.I. Meets Ethnography: Spatial Drives Mobility Via Social Media Data”
Detroit Workspace Aims to Connect Mobility Startups, Auto Industry
Many tech companies are feverishly working to develop self-driving cars and other mobility-related innovations, but that’s only the first step. Once startups have a prototype or working concept, the next step is introducing it to the region’s automotive ecosystem—a complicated web of proprietary projects, collaborations, and legacy relationships that can seem impenetrable to outsiders. A … Continue reading “Detroit Workspace Aims to Connect Mobility Startups, Auto Industry”
Spatial Garners $2,100,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=53f9dccb-9c42-40d2-8d24-d1db0e35a836 Date 12/23/2016 Company Name Spatial Mailing Address 2000 Brush Street Detroit, MI 48226 USA Company Description We’re focused on changing how humans experience data on maps. Spatial is building a future that empowers people to navigate like a local anywhere on earth. To achieve this, we build interactive and dynamic social … Continue reading “Spatial Garners $2,100,000 Seed Financing”
Catching Up with 2016 Techstars Mobility Class: What Did They Learn?
Detroit’s Techstars Mobility startup accelerator has wrapped another summer of innovating and iterating, and the 12 participating companies are now headed out into the marketplace to hustle. I caught up with managing director Ted Serbinski and the rest of the Techstars crew earlier this month—the day after they pitched investors and sang the praises of … Continue reading “Catching Up with 2016 Techstars Mobility Class: What Did They Learn?”
Techstars Mobility Announces 2016 Class for Summer Accelerator
The Techstars Mobility accelerator, operating out of a 10,000-square-foot office in downtown Detroit, will welcome its 2016 class of startups on Monday. Twelve teams chosen from nearly 500 applicants will spend the summer developing “transportation solutions aligned with Ford Smart Mobility, the [automaker’s] plan to be a leader in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, customer experience, … Continue reading “Techstars Mobility Announces 2016 Class for Summer Accelerator”