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5 machine learning essentials nontechnical leaders need to understand

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We’re living in a phenomenal moment for machine learning (ML), what Sonali Sambhus , head of developer and ML platform at Square, describes as “the democratization of ML.” Snehal Kundalkar is the chief technology officer at Valence. She has been leading Silicon Valley firms for the last two decades, including work at Apple and Reddit.

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Escorts Kubota enlists AI to reinvent railway, construction, and agriculture

CIO

CIO Anil Kakkar is heading up an ambitious transformation agenda at Escorts Kubota, in which the Indian multinational conglomerate seeks to reinvent its three traditional business lines: agricultural products and implements, construction equipment, and railway equipment and parts.

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Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar industry

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In the wake of COVID-19 this spring, construction sites across the nation emptied out alongside neighboring restaurants, retail stores, offices and other commercial establishments. Amidst the chaos, construction firms faced an existential question: How will they survive? Construction is a massive, $1.3

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Social services provider uses artificial intelligence to provide genuine help

CIO

In addition, the incapacity to properly utilize advanced analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) shut out users hoping for statistical analysis, visualization, and general data-science features.

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AI-powered construction management platform Buildots lands $60M

TechCrunch

In the construction industry, managers can become disconnected from what’s happening on-site — particularly when dealing with pandemic-related disruptions. One study found that 85% of construction projects over the course of a 70-year period experienced cost overruns and just 25% came close to their original deadlines.

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a16z leads $6.5M seed round for Adaptive, a construction software and fintech play

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In the construction business, time is money. But with so many moving parts, it can be extremely challenging for construction companies to manage the administrative aspects of their finances. Adaptive , an 11-month-old startup that has set out to give construction teams better tools to manage their back offices, has raised $6.5

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Computer vision startup Chooch.ai scores $20M Series A

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Using the pandemic as an example, Gultekin says you could use his company’s software to identify everyone who is not wearing a mask in the building or everyone who is not wearing a hard hat at construction site. “It means dummy or idiot, which is what artificial intelligence is today. “We’re immigrants.