Tag: Start-Ups
AI and IoT snatch almost half of insurtech investment in 2016
Almost half of global investment in insurtech (insurance technology) start-ups involves artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT), according to research from management...
Tryst proposes solar energy as battery replacement for IoT devices
Dutch battery and energy storage start-up, Tryst Energy, has developed a product to power internet-connected devices through solar energy.
The product is known as Light Energy....
Breed Reply CEO says UK remains best start-up market for IoT...
Breed Reply CEO and angel investor Emanuele Angelidis tells Internet of Business why IoT start-ups matter, what he looks for in investment opportunities and how...
Energy: How Eneco transitioned from commodity provider to service provider with...
Fonger Ypma, head of the Smart Energy Lab at Eneco Smart Energy, discusses how the Internet of Things has the capacity to change the...
US start-up datalog.ai introduces AI that talks our language
San Francisco-based start-up, datalog.ai, has introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) platform that supports continuous conversation with a bot via natural language understanding.
The platform, known...
The IoT start-up acid test, according to the man behind Hive
Pilgrim Beart, the man behind the technology for British Gas' Hive thermostats, suggests that IoT start-ups should put themselves through an acid test.
Beart is...
Jersey LoRa network will be a test bed for IoT start-ups
Digital Jersey has teamed up with telecoms firm JT to build Jersey’s first Long-Range (LoRa) Wide Area Network, as it bids to attract Internet...
Start-up of the month: Mothive – ensuring the world’s food and...
IoB spends five minutes with Angelo Monteiro, the managing director and co-founder of London-based start-up Mothive, to talk defence, agriculture and how the Internet...
CES 2017: AI smart assistants line up to do battle with...
The great battle of the AI smart assistants is gearing up nicely as Lenovo, Mayfield Robotics and Emotech launched new products at CES 2017...
Amazon accelerates Alexa development through start-up initiative
Amazon has launched a start-up accelerator program focused on developing and building out its Alexa voice technology capabilities, according to the company blog.
Dubbed the Alexa...
Can the UK government do more to drive IoT growth?
Long read -- The UK Government is typically slow to embrace new technology, with some now questioning if there's more Whitehall can do to drive...
R/GA calls for start-ups to apply for new UK IoT accelerator...
American advertising agency, R/GA, is looking for start-ups to join its 12-week Internet of Things (IoT) Venture Studio UK accelerator program.
The Ventures initiative recently...