Facebook acquires Mapillary: 5 cool things to know about Swedish crowdsourced street-level map creator
While there was a time we could get around holding a physical map to figure out the route, it is no longer the norm.
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French startup Monk that detects car damage through AI gets €2.1M funding
In the latest development, French startup Monk that has developed an AI-based inspection and detection system for car damages has raised €2.1 million in a seed round led by Iris Capital, alongside Plug and Play and key business angels including Patrick Sayer, Yannis Yahiaoui, and Arthur Waller.
Here’s why German automaker Volkswagen invested €2.3B in this Pittsburgh-based self-driving startup
The automobile industry is on the verge of the self-driving vehicle revolution.
Coronavirus tracking: France using AI to monitor to check whether passengers are wearing face masks
A few days back, French research institute INRIA launched a voice assistant "AlloCovid" in an attempt to help callers experiencing…
Conversational AI for customer support: Omilia raises €18.4M funding
Omilia, an advanced AI platform for call centres that makes automated customer service has raised its first venture investment of $20 million (approx €18.4 million) from Grafton Capital after bootstrapping for 18 years.
This inventive anti-fraud tech startup from Czech grabs €2.51M funding from Index Ventures and Credo Ventures
With the increased reliance on AI, malicious actors are actively exploring vulnerabilities which, because of the very nature of AI, are much harder to detect.
Codota: Israeli AI startup that autocompletes developers' code scored €11M funding
Based out of Tel Aviv, Codota is an AI pair programmer that helps developers create better software, faster by providing insights learned from all the code in the world.
Want to keep a tab on coronavirus’ effect on businesses? Check out Amsterdam startup Owlin’s COVID-19 Impact Tracker
Most countries worldwide are taking stringent measures to limit coronavirus’ spread by imposing nationwide or state-wise lockdowns.
Two of Sweden's hottest startup rivals merge, Bokio raises €7.4M funding to expand
In March 2020, Silicon Canals revealed during an exclusive interview with Viktor Stensson, CEO & co-founder of Bokio, that the AI-based bookkeeping tool is looking to raise funding this year.
AI could cure coronavirus: London-based BenevolentAI enters clinical trials
The entire world is desperately trying to find ways to slow down the spread of the coronavirus and to find effective treatments.
Tackling corona crisis with online hackathon: These are the 4 winners of Hack the Crisis in Netherlands
The Dutch edition of the global movement created by the Estonian accelerator Garage48, Hack the Crisis, recently concluded.
German AI startup Luminovo raises over €2M in pre-seed round to reinvent processes in electronics industry
Munich-based AI company Luminovo has raised over €2 million in a pre-seed financing round with support from venture capital firms including Cherry Ventures and La Famiglia.