Category: Startup

Ben Sanders, CTO of Proof, talks about how the Toronto-based startup helps cut through governmental red tape by streamlining approvals. He also shares his thoughts on cloud technology simplifying government processes, and what’s next in 2019.

Co-founders Shane O’Sullivan and Oran Mulvey break down how Glimpse uses computer vision to analyze the demographics of those who approach physical ad spaces. They also discuss the makeup of their customer base, the importance of privacy in ad tech, and how AWS has helped the startup grow. 

Jamie Sutherland, CTO of Scottish e-commerce startup Mallzee, explains how the platform acts as both Tindr-style product aggregator and a predictive analytics tool for retail businesses. He also shares why machine learning is critical to Mallzee’s success.

Founded in 2013, Canopy offers account aggregation, portfolio analytics, and client reporting to firms that manage the money of high net worth individuals (HNIs), family offices, and external asset managers (EAMs). CTO Amit Gupta sat down to tell us more.

Huub Heijnen, Co-founder and CTO of Scape Technologies, explains why large scale 3D mapping is critical to the work — creating an image-driven visual positioning system — that the computer vision startup is doing.

Engineering Manager of Infrastructure, Jacob Stultz, and Senior Platform Engineer, Jeff Pollard, of Strava, share how they rely on a robust ephemeral cache in Redis to more quickly and effectively service the majority of their reads.

With help from community sponsor Amazon Web Services, Monetery continued to promote diversity in technology and extend its reach in the Midwest tech ecosystem.

CTO Daniel Thomas and Head of Engineering Ke Ren talk about how the UK-based immersive tech startup bridges the gap between design and VR tech, opening up a whole new world of possibilities for artists, designers, and novices alike. 

Whether it’s choosing data, sources, or features to include, all are steps where bias can be introduced to your AI model. Sift CEO Jason Tan unpacks these complexities in a fireside chat.

From machine learning to “cloud food,” startups bring their ideas and their questions to AWS Summit in Sao Paulo, Brazil.