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Startup stories March 7, 2022 3 min read

Automating 85% of patient inquiries with Hyro’s COVID-19 virtual assistant

Hyro’s Adaptive Communications Platform leverages innovative natural language understanding to provide meaningful and actionable responses to real-world questions, without the need to build out conversational flows.

Startup stories February 23, 2022 3 min read

CEEK founder Mary Spio wants to make virtual reality universally accessible and enjoyable

Mary Spio is a deep space engineer, tech innovator, published author and entrepreneur.

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Startup stories February 2, 2022 3 min read

ForwardEdgeAI is employing AI for the betterment of humanity

From an app that turns the tables on scammers to a hardware device that can detect the presence of MERSA and COVID-19, Forward Edge AI has no shortage of disruptive ideas to share with the world.

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Startup stories January 31, 2022 4 min read

Working with a client to co-develop your product – Steve Gu, co-founder and CEO of AiFi

AiFi enables reliable, cost-effective, and entirely contactless autonomous shopping with AI-powered computer vision technology that provides an unrivaled experience for retailers and consumers.

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Founder advice January 19, 2022 4 min read

The power of the pivot – Isabelle Ohnemus, CEO of EyeFitU

EyeFitU’s proprietary “Size-as-a-Service” increases conversion and reduces returns for online and in-store retailers delivering a more personalized experience for consumers.

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News January 11, 2022 6 min read

Structural brings innovative workplace discovery features to Microsoft Teams, doubles growth

Structural cofounder Scott Burns was no stranger to startups and the issues they can have working with large, established organizations.

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Startup stories January 11, 2022 6 min read

Growing a global SaaS-company out of Europe – Hartmut Hahn, CEO of Userlane

Userlane provides a seamless support and training experience for large organizations who rely on their employees learning how to work with new software and processes as speedily as possible.

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Startup stories November 15, 2021 7 min read

Meagan Kinmonth Bowman, Founder & CEO of Stonehenge Technology Labs’ unified commerce data super-highway, STOPWATCH™

As founder and CEO of STOPWATCH™, Meagan and her team of world-class engineers deliver a unified solution covering everything from inventory management to real-time pricing.

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News October 15, 2021 5 min read

Troops drives powerful, actionable CRM data and workflows into Microsoft Teams

Increasingly, employees spend their time working in powerful communications and collaboration environments like Microsoft Teams as they accomplish their tasks, follow their schedules, and build the business.