by CDO Review Staff | Dec 3, 2018 | Deals
Anyone who has interacted with Alexa, Siri, or Cortana when things get muddled knows how frustrating they can be. Startup Wluper, which recently raised $1.3 million in seed money, believes that you can make conversational AI more effective by simply narrowing its...
by CDO Review Staff | Dec 3, 2018 | Chief Data Officer
Superfans of wristwatches now have their own version of Tinder that will offer up suggestions for a watch that will match their lifestyle and personality. Called WatchTinder (What else?), the app relies upon the database of its developer, WatchAdvisor, to enable watch...
by CDO Review Staff | Dec 3, 2018 | Chief Data Officer
Last September, Uber agreed to pay $148 million dollars to settle claims related to a 2016 data breach that exposed the personal data of more than 25 million American users. This November, Uber was fined an additional $1.17 million by the UK and Netherlands for the...
by CDO Review Staff | Dec 3, 2018 | Deals
Data visualization startup Ptmind has raised more than $10 million in a Series B funding round led by Aplus Capital to bring its total to nearly $30 million. Startups like Ptmind hope to cash in on the rising demand for data visualization tools that can help extract...
by CDO Review Staff | Dec 3, 2018 | Deals
Telecom giant QualComm has launched a $100 million fund that will invest in AI startups.. The QualComm Ventures AI Fund has particular interest in firms developing new technologies for self-driving autos and robot platforms that emphasize lower power processing and...
by CDO Review Staff | Dec 3, 2018 | People
After four years as Philadelphia’s Chief Data Officer, Tome Wisniewski will step down from office in January. The city will not begin a search for Wisniewski’s successor until the current shake-up of the state data operations is finished. Wisniewski said that he will...
by CDO Review Staff | Dec 3, 2018 | People
Despite the rise of data-driven decision making in government, only three US Cabinet-level agencies have appointed Chief Data Officer. The fourth such Cabinet-level agency could be the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) which is currently studying whether to push...
by CDO Review Staff | Dec 3, 2018 | People
Krishna Mohan Mupparaju was recently chosen as Kentucky’s new Chief Data Officer and Chief Technology Officer. He will be reporting to Chief Information Officer (CIO) Chuck Grindle. Mupparaju has worked in the state government for over 20 years. His last post was...
by CDO Review Staff | Dec 3, 2018 | People
Thomas K. Dunlap, a 30-year veteran of the financial services industry, has been appointed Chief Data Officer of the Information Services Division of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). More information on Dunlap’s appointment can be found in this report from...
by CDO Review Staff | Dec 2, 2018 | Deals
GTN is an industry leader in using deep learning AI techniques in shape-based chemistry to search for new drugs. The company now reckons that its efforts in finding new drugs to fight neurodegeneration will be vastly improved by its partnership with C4X Discovery,...
