It was only a matter of time before an AI startup would tackle the GPU problem head-on, the problem being the GPU itself and why it’s needed in the first place. That startup is Neural Magic and they’ve developed an
The rapid growth in AI is having a big impact on the development and sale of specialized chips. Allied Market Research noted in the Artificial Intelligent Chip Market Outlook that AI chip sales are predicted to grow from $6.6B in
Ople, the San Mateo startup is on a mission to provide AI solutions that are “easy, cheap, and ubiquitous” to data scientists around the world. Pedro Alves, who is working on his Ph.D. in computational biology founded the startup in
Santa Clara startup Deepen AI has developed an annotation and labeling tool for autonomous systems using deep learning and advanced computer vision. The tool works with 2D, 3D, and 4D environments, that can annotate and label each scene and frame
TensorFlow is a popular open source AI framework that is feature-rich and comes with many tools, libraries, pre-packaged models, and more. However, it’s not the only game in town. If an enterprise decides to develop an AI stack in-house on
Determined AI, a San Franciso-based startup has built an AutoML platform that provides a comprehensive set of deep learning services including AI workflows, data management, model training, deployment, automation, visualization tools, and GPU cluster management. Co-founders Evan Sparks and Neil
Datasets are a critical part of machine learning. Any company of sufficient size will have unique domain-specific data in which they can create private datasets. The right data is helpful in building effective AI models that can improve efficiencies and
AI research startup RealityEngines.AI is in the midst of introducing an AI cloud-based service focused on helping organizations deploy machine learning. The startup stands out for three reasons. First, Eric Schmidt is an investor, along with Ram Shriram (early Google
The graphics card in the computer (“AI workstation”) is the key to maximizing the computing performance of an AI model. The AI workstation is available as DIY (build your own), in the cloud, or both. For organizations that have embraced
Los Alamos National Lab spinoff Descartes Labs just raised $20M in Series B, bringing its total $58M. Also, DARPA is one of the organizations backing the startup, having provided $7.2M in 2018. The startup refers to itself as a data
The vision AI industry is growing rapidly. There are more than a hundred startups in this segment, with more coming out of stealth mode regularly. These startups are classified as vision AI, machine vision, or computer vision AI. Regardless of
Limelight Networks has officially launched its edge computing product line. It joins Cloudflare, Fastly, StackPath, and CenturyLink in this new segment. In our industry, edge computing is defined as having the capabilities to ingest, process, store, and deliver data from
The AI startup ecosystem is thriving. Find any problem in any industry, whether it’s in eCommerce, manufacturing, insurance, medicine, airlines, or anywhere else, and there are likely to be a dozen AI startups that can address the problem in some
Rafay Systems has raised $8M in Series A and is now generally available to the public. The company provides lifecycle management for containerized applications. Lifecycle management is the process of managing the deployment and ongoing operations of containerized apps running
2019 has turned out to be an epic year for the CDN industry. The top news, Cloudflare joins Akamai and Fastly as publicly-traded multi-billion dollar companies. In other news, some vendors are modernizing their tech stack, incorporating edge computing capabilities
