Marketing research often relies on chosen subjects’ opinions within a controlled environment. But what happens if they stretch the truth, if they feel off that day, or if they’re not connecting properly with the product? Your company will get incomplete, misleading feedback. With North Carolina-based Tanjo‘s digital animated personas — essentially an AI-driven simulated personality — […]
Before moving to Atlanta for a job leading engineering with Career Builder, Atlee Breland found herself with a very short timeline and a house to sell in Jackson, MS. “Real estate has been part of my professional life for a long time,” says Breland. “When we relocated to Atlanta, it happened very fast and we […]
In 2015, an estimated $800 million worth of crops in Georgia — a number that amounted to about 13.8 percent of the state’s total crop value — was lost to plant disease, according to the University of Georgia. Worldwide the percentages are even larger, especially in developing countries where treatments are less plentiful. Artificial intelligence pioneer […]
Nashville-based personality startup Crystal has raised a $5 million Series B round from Birchmere Ventures, Falmouth Ventures (formerly CEB Ventures), HubSpot and Salesforce Ventures. Since launching in 2015, the machine learning platform has added over 2,000 customers. “We spent the last three years focused on product and technology,” says founder and CEO Drew D’Agostino. “We built a very solid […]
As with many startup founders, Rayford Davis‘ inspiration for his own came from someone close to him. Davis’ niece has special needs and he noticed that her school wasn’t supporting her academically to the degree that was needed. She’s one of nearly 7 million students in the U.S. with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) plan, a required […]