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Boxtal: Shipping-as-a-service Solutions with Boxtal
Samuel Guérin, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Boxtal, explains how the company switched to the cloud to accommodate the growth of their business, and to implement new features and solutions at a faster, more efficient pace.
Read MoreHow FinTech LendUp Strives for (And Achieves) Precision
LendUp builds technology, credit products and educational experiences for the 56% of the US population who are shut out of, or mistreated by, mainstream banking because of poor credit or income volatility. We want to provide anyone with a path to better financial health.
Read MoreAmazon Web Services and the UK FinTech Scene
Learn more details about how TransferWise, OakNorth, Funding Circle and Monzo all leverage the benefits of the AWS cloud.
Read MoreHow Do You Say ‘JSTOR’ in Arabic? How ADRI is Translating Arabic Academic Literature at Scale
Ali Mazraeh was working toward his masters’ degree in Strategic Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, in New Zealand, when he got a taste for how hard it can be to access academic content in Arabic online. Originally from Iran and resettled in New Zealand by the UNHCR, Mazraeh was working hard to create a new future for himself.
Read MoreHow Peloton Rolls Out New User Features Using AWS
Peloton is a New York-based company that has developed a line of tech-enabled exercise equipment, as well as a deep library of classes that users can work through either in the comfort of their own home or at the gym.
Read MoreSpeed Matters: How Unleash Live Uses AWS to Help Wildfire Recovery Workers
Unleash live, a platform that connects media captured through aerial drone cameras, other robotics cameras, and sensors to the cloud via AWS for artificial intelligence, partners with emergency services such as fire services to bring an intelligent remote vision to an emergency unfolding in real time.
Read MoreDepop on How It Evolved from a Data Swamp to a Data Lake on AWS
Founded by Simon Beckerman, the co-founder of PIG magazine and RETROSUPERFUTURE sunglasses, in 2011, London-based startup Depop provides a social marketplace where customers can buy, sell and discover unique items based on what their friends and favorite influencers are digging at the moment.
Read MoreLiveLike Uses Virtual Reality to Bring the Fun of Live Sports to Your Home
Although Virtual Reality (VR) was born out of the gaming industry, the up-and-coming technology has since expanded to a variety of markets; consumers can now watch movies, go on tours, and even view sporting events in new, immersive ways. One of the companies on the forefront of this movement is LiveLike.
Read MoreHow Emily Kennedy and Cara Jones, Co-Founders of Marinus Analytics, Are Using AI to Battle Sex Trafficking
The European trip she took at age 16 gave her not only perspective, but purpose. It put her on a career path she likely never would have gone down: combating human trafficking. She does this through her company Marinus Analytics, which provides law enforcement with tools that utilize artificial intelligence to help identify victims and their exploiters.
Read MoreCan robots and humans work together? ProGlove CTO Valentin Sawadski Says Yes.
Sometimes tech advancements and our burgeoning robotic future can be scary. Will robots replace the human worker? According to Valentin Sawadski, the CTO at ProGlove, a leader in the tech wearables industry, there is no need for human workers to fear the robot.
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