Athena L.L.C., a Santa Monica-based Business Intelligence ("BI") venture, announced the launch of Athena, a next-generation BI and self-service data visualization platform. Athena's analytics are augmented with the Real-Time Adaptive (Data) Mining "RTAM" engine, patented by Rule 14, an artificial intelligence company. AI-Powered Analytics By leveraging the RTAM engine, Athena users gain access to AI-powered insights immediately, without having to depend on a data scientist. After the user defines a topic of interest,…

With Thanksgiving and Christmas Just Around the Corner, Airports Are Turning to AI Companies like Zensors to Help Relieve Passenger's Travel Stress Air travel, whether for business or pleasure has become a regular part of millions of Americans' lives and so has the hassle and stress that flying through crowded US airports poses to travelers. From the mad dash for parking at the airport to the long lines at security checkpoints to navigating long crowded airport concourses air travel is not for the faint of heart.…

NinthDecimal Expands Closed-Loop Planning & Measurement Capabilities Through Inscape Partnership Today, NinthDecimal, the leading omni-channel marketing platform and Inscape, the leading provider of smart TV viewing data, announced a strategic partnership that will enhance NinthDecimal’s portfolio of TV measurement and audience solutions. The combination of Inscape’s 12M+ smart TVs with NinthDecimal’s consumer offline behavior from over 200M devices allow marketers to quantify the impact of their television advertising…

Company Will Use IP Data to Help Protect Assets for More Than 100 Million Financial Accounts Throughout the LATAM Region Digital Element, the global geolocation data and services provider, announced today that SmartSoft will incorporate its NetAcuity IP datasets to enhance solutions developed for the prevention of fraud, money laundering and risk within the Latin American financial industry. “Significant fraud losses, large amounts of false positives, and serious adverse effects on customers’ experiences are the results…

Atos, a global leader in digital transformation launched its Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab at its North American Headquarters in Irving, Texas, as part of a global partnership between Atos and Google Cloud to provide clients and businesses access to the latest analytics technologies. The Atos AI Lab in North America is the latest lab and a part of a global network with other labs in London, Paris and Munich. Atos Artificial Intelligence Lab The Dallas-area lab offers…

Report is first in research series that will form the cornerstone of Blis’ evolution to delivering  real-world intelligence that provides real, actionable insights for businesses to deeply understand their customers Blis, the global leader in real-world intelligence, launched the first of its quarterly insights series, ‘Real-world intelligence: how the world eats’. The series, powered by the Blis Smart Platform, examines the patterns of behaviour from over 2.5 million consumers in 133,000 locations globally. The ‘How the…

March Networks, a global video security and video-based business intelligence leader, is pleased to introduce new capabilities available in its powerful Searchlight software. Used by leading banks and retail organizations worldwide to extract valuable information on customer service, merchandising, operations, compliance and more, March Networks Searchlight™ helps businesses improve performance and profitability. Integrating clear surveillance video, relevant business data and highly accurate analytics, the software also…

Precision Address Certification from Loqate, a GBG Solution, Accelerates Identity Trust, Cuts Costs and Drives Operational Efficiency IDology, a GBG company, announced that ExpectID, the industry's leading identity verification and anti-fraud platform, will integrate leading-class address verification intelligence from Loqate, the premier provider of global address verification and geocoding technology. Bringing together Loqate's high-quality address verification data with ExpectID will give customers the improved ability…

Xie Danming, Vice President of iQIYI, Inc., was invited to AITalk, a pre-conference event of the 2019 World Artificial Intelligence Conference ("WAIC") Shanghai West Bund Forum. WAIC is China's first high-level conference that focuses on artificial intelligence ("AI"). At the event, Xie delivered a keynote speech titled "Making Art More Creative in the AI Era", sharing his understandings on the role AI plays in entertainment and artistic creation. In his speech, Xie used iQIYI as an example to explain how AI is applied…

Leader in Omnichannel Low-code Platform Now Enables Businesses to Deliver Applications with Intelligent Conversational Interfaces to Support Human and Digital-based Engagement New disruptive technologies such as Conversational Artificial Intelligence (AI) are transforming how businesses deliver enhanced, personalized consumer experiences. To enable developers to build more engaging web and mobile applications, Kony, Inc., the fastest-growing, cloud-based digital application and low-code platform solutions company,…

AI-Powered Dashboards Deliver Intelligence and Insights Across All Franchise Locations FrontdeskAI, the leading developer of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for small business and the wellness industry, including FrontdeskAI for Salons and Spas and FrontdeskAI for Fitness, announced the launch of FrontdeskAI Multi-Location Dashboard for its franchise and multi-location customers. Franchises are an essential element of the American small business machine with more than 450,000 franchised businesses in the US, of…

Genesys Contrasts Key Findings from Separate Employer and Employee Opinion Surveys Artificial Intelligence (AI) is moving full steam ahead in the U.S. workplace. By 2022, 60% of U.S. companies expect to be using AI or advanced automation to support efficiency in operations, staffing, budgeting or performance. Currently 24% of companies are using AI or advanced automation with an additional 36% planning to use it within three years — and half of those (18%) within the next year alone.…

25% of Senior Marketing Leaders Still Don’t Know How to Apply Location-Based Data Blis, the global leader in real-world intelligence, has revealed that 68% of Australia’s marketing C-suite said that difficulty evidencing ROI is their main challenge when using location data, as part of a new global study into digital marketing preferences. The study also highlighted knowledge gaps within the Australian marketing community, with 25% of respondents stating that they do not know how to apply location data to their brand.…

Acqui-hire Strengthens Vonage's Expertise in Conversational AI Vonage, a global business cloud communications leader, today announced that it will acquire certain assets from Over.ai, a Tel Aviv-based Voice and Conversational AI provider for enterprise communications. Vonage is acquiring Over.ai's technical team and intellectual property from i.am+, an AI technology platform co-founded and co-owned by musician will.i.am. With this talent acquisition, Vonage gains significant technology talent and expertise in…

If you’re debating where to place your marketing, here’s what you need to consider. If you’re keeping tabs on how major brands are working their marketing, you probably haven’t missed the in-house marketing trend that is upon us. The past year has seen a slew of brands claim back their marketing from outsourced agencies. HP is undergoing a major process of in-housing, and so is the Radisson Hotel Group, citing its bid on in-house marketing as a way to take back control of its target market and the customer journey from…

HERE Technologies, a global leader in location platform services, announced a partnership with SoundHound Inc., the leading innovator in voice-enabled AI and conversational intelligence technologies, to add a voice-first navigation experience to SoundHound Inc.’s Houndify voice AI platform. The partnership provides Houndify developers the ability to apply real-world location data from HERE Technologies to their applications to improve the driver experience and enhance safety. Drivers will be able to activate navigation by…

AI Retail Analytics Leader Leverages New Funds to Focus on US Footprint, Expanding Product Portfolio and Growing Sales & Marketing Team Retail analytics and pricing intelligence leader Intelligence Node announced the successful close of its Series B funding round with new participating investment partners Cornerstone Fund (CSVP Fund) and Calibre Ventures. Existing investors, MegaDelta Capital Advisors (erstwhile NEA India funds) and Orios Venture Partners are also participating, leading the company to its total…

New partnership with ReTech Labs provides Symphony RetailAI customers with cutting-edge image recognition and artificial intelligence technology to address category performance and compliance gaps in real time Symphony RetailAI, the leading global provider of AI-enabled revenue growth management solutions and customer-centric insights for retailers and CPG manufacturers across the entire value chain, announced the launch of Symphony RetailAI Shelf Intelligence, a software solution that empowers retailers to quickly and…

Comprehensive Analytics Platform Earns Prestigious Industry Recognition TIBCO Software Inc., a global leader in integration, API management, and analytics, won the Best Business Intelligence Reporting & Analytics Solution of 2019 for TIBCO Spotfire®, by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Awards. The prestigious CODiE Awards recognize companies producing the most innovative business technology products across the country, and around the world. The win adds to the Spotfire® solution's many…

Adds Competitive SEO and SEM Intelligence to Its Portfolio of  MarTech Solutions TapClicks, the global leader in marketing intelligence, analytics, reporting, workflow and orders management, announced it has acquired iSpionage, a Silicon Valley-based developer of SaaS-based competitive intelligence solutions for search marketing, SEO and paid search advertising. The iSpionage acquisition follows a number of recent acquisitions by TapClicks, including StatX, Raven Tools and several other marketing analytics and reporting,…