Ultimate.ai nabs $1.3M for a customer service AI focused on non-English markets

For customer service, Ultimate.ai‘s thesis is it’s not humans or AI but humans and AI. The Helsinki- and Berlin-based startup has built an AI-powered suggestion engine that, once trained on clients’ data-sets, is able to provide real-time help to (human) staff dealing with customer queries […]

Blippar picks up $37 million hoping to become profitable in the next year

Blippar, the AR startup that launched in 2011, has today announced the close of a $37 million financing led by Candy Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures. The company started out by offering AR experiences for brand marketers through publishers and other real-world products, letting users unlock […]

Milano, rapinava i minimarket puntando il coltello alla gola dei gestori: inchiodato dai video

Quattro rapine ai danni dei minimarket bengalesi, in pochi giorni, sempre con la stessa tecnica: coltellino puntato alla gola del gestore e via con l’incasso. Forse prendendo di mira i negozianti stranieri pensava di riuscire sempre a farla franca, ma dopo la quinta volta è […]