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Understanding AI startups

February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 maxversace AI, startups

I recently came across this nice article by Martin Casado and Matt Bornstein from Andreessen Horowitz. I actually had the chance to chat with Matt a few months ago around the very same topic — challenges and opportunities in AI & SaaS — this post focuses on.

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How an STTR to Develop AI for Mars has Improved our Life on Earth

February 6, 2020February 6, 2020 maxversace AI, mars

Neurala is on a mission to make artificial intelligence more applicable and useful in the real world. Its core technology allows

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Neurala, AviSight team up for AI-powered drone inspections

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020 maxversace AI, avisignt, drone inspections, drones, neurala

Drone inspection system will be integrated with artificial intelligence software to speed inspection processes. JANUARY 23, 2020 RBR STAFF BOSTON

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It from Bit: how AI is shaping our physical world

January 11, 2020January 11, 2020 maxversace AI, artificial intelligence, digita, physical

Is AI only a ‘digital thing’, or is it radically changing our very physical world?

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The Next Frontier in AI: Nothing

December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 maxversace AI, anomaly detection, dnn, ldnn, neurala

How an overlooked feature of deep learning networks can turn into a major breakthrough for AI

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How AI is Changing the Way We Work

December 10, 2019December 10, 2019 maxversace AI, deep learning, mit, technologyreview

Max Versace, Neurala December 2, 2019 | Future Compute From esoteric tech to AI, visual analysis and deep learning

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AI in Manufacturing: 5 myths

November 25, 2019November 25, 2019 maxversace AI, artificial intelligence, industrial, manufacturing

Can artificial intelligence work in manufacturing, and what does it take to turn myth into reality? This article originally appeared

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When DNNs become more human: DNNs vs Transfer Learning vs. Continual Learning

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 maxversace AI, l-dnn, lifelong DNN, lifelong learning

As new approaches to deep neural networks (DNNs) and deep learning continue to emerge, it’s important to understand the differences

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Damned AI!

October 21, 2019October 21, 2019 maxversace AI, armageddon

Misinformation on AI… this clears it up

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The story of Neurala

October 21, 2019October 21, 2019 maxversace AI, neural networks, neurala, story

The story of Neurala, the AI startup rooted in pioneering work done with DARPA and NASA, today’s deployed in 45M+ devices.

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I am the co-founder and CEO of Neurala Inc., a Boston-based company building Artificial Intelligence emulating brain function in software. Neurala’s deep learning tech makes robots, drones, cars, consumer electronics, toys and smart devices more useful, engaging and autonomous. Neurala stems out of 10 years of research at Boston University Neuromorphics Lab, where as AI Professor I have pioneered the research and fielding of brain-inspired (also called Deep Learning, or Artificial Neural Networks) algorithms that allow robots and drones to perceive, navigate, interact and learn real-time in complex environments.

Over my academic and industrial career, I have lectured and spoken at dozens of events and venues, including TEDx, keynote at Mobile World Congress Drone Summit, NASA, the Pentagon, GTC, InterDrone, Los Alamo National Lab, GE, Air Force Research Labs, HP, iRobot, Samsung, LG, Qualcomm, Huawei, Ericsson, BAE Systems, AI World, Mitsubishi, ABB and Accenture, among many others.

My work has been featured in TIME, IEEE Spectrum, Fortune, CNBC, The Boston Globe, Xconomy, The Chicago Tribune, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Nasdaq, Associated Press and many other media.

Career and company awards include: CB Insights 100 Most Promising AI Companies, Draper Venture Network Most Innovative Company, Disruptor Daily 100 Most Disruptive Companies, Edison Award Best New Product in Social Innovation.

I am a Fulbright scholar, hold several patents and two Ph.Ds: Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University; Experimental Psychology, University of Trieste, Italy.