Tag: Startups

Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing in Defence Systems

“An unmanned systems future, really for almost every facet of our life, is inevitable.  It is not going away, so we need to deal with it head-on” says Brigadier General Frank Kelley, and I concur. Kelley, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy’s unmanned systems put forward his idea that the unmanned drones are on… Read more Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing in Defence Systems

Silicon Valley: the NIMBYland

It is a well-known fact that, much like the treacherous waters surrounding Alcatraz Island, the housing market in the Bay area is a cold and unforgiving place to be if one doesn’t have the means to stay afloat. The price of housing has been increasing steadily over the last few decades, following the boom of… Read more Silicon Valley: the NIMBYland

AI: misconceptions and myths

  Artificial intelligence has been the biggest trend in startups in the last years, it has gotten into a point that AI is no longer a differentiator between competitors.  Carl Eschenbach from Sequoia Capital even joked in his talk at our class that whenever they listen to a pitch that does not mention AI or… Read more AI: misconceptions and myths

Cyber Security

Cyber threat refers to a person who attempts to gain access into a computer system or information without proper authorisation by the use of a data communication pathway. Cyber threats are no unknown devil in the 21st century, private information being shared and leaked around the world is now normal, armies of countries and companies… Read more Cyber Security

Hic Sunt Dracones

The Space Race started with an early lead by the Soviet Union, which managed to reach a stable orbit with the first ever artificial satellite, the Sputnik 1. This impressive achievement started the so-called “Sputnik Crisis” in the United States, as the West feared that the USSR had surpassed it in space-related technologies, which had obvious… Read more Hic Sunt Dracones

Ethics in Venture-Backed Startups

Ethics in venture-backed startups got me thinking from the presentation on Friday.  Admittedly, I have no experience with startups, but I do invest in the stock market and love reading the latest news on certain companies.  I have seen public companies let go of CEO’s for missing profit expectations, or for stretching the truth when… Read more Ethics in Venture-Backed Startups

Unicorn Poop is a Tobacco Flavor

I run by this ad at a bus stop near my home several times a week. I’d never given it a second thought until Sequoia Capital partner Carl Eschenbach’s presentation to our class during Week 1. One distinctive of venture firm Sequoia is that eighty percent of their limited partners are non-profits and charitable foundations.… Read more Unicorn Poop is a Tobacco Flavor

No Credit Score? No Problem. Using Tech to Initiate Upward Social Mobility

A case study of Grameen Bank and Tala Sequoia Capital brings to mind a startup idea of my own that I’ve recently been building on. Two particular success stories, namely Grameen Bank and Tala serve as role models for my experience. Let’s say we want to buy a home, start a business or otherwise improve… Read more No Credit Score? No Problem. Using Tech to Initiate Upward Social Mobility

Algorithmic Bias: Challenges and Solutions

A recent article in The Guardian described the issue of discrimination by algorithms with a few examples: “There was the voice recognition software that struggled to understand women, the crime prediction algorithm that targeted black neighborhoods and the online ad platform which was more likely to show men highly paid executive jobs”. When I worked on a fraud analytics project… Read more Algorithmic Bias: Challenges and Solutions

Artificial Intelligence helps create startups to solve different problems

Last week, I enjoyed hearing about how Machine Learning helped Pinterest start up and scale to support the needs for millions of users, by Jure Leskovec who is the Chief Scientist at Pinterest and an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. His talk inspired me to look at the current landscape of artificial… Read more Artificial Intelligence helps create startups to solve different problems