Machine Learning

Aircraft maintenance costs major U.S. airlines billions every year. Every time there’s a maintenance delay (and a lot of grumpy passengers), the airline feels the impact immediately on its bottom…

After more than a decade as a teacher, Dr. Jamey Heit came to a sobering realization about his ability to teach his students how to write. “I wasn’t able to…

Raleigh-based drone technology provider PrecisionHawk today announced a $32 million investment from a variety of investors, including Millennium Technology Value Partners, Third Point Ventures, Eastward Capital Partners, and others.  The…

With the recent announcement of $4.7 million in seed funding secured from Hyperplane Venture Capital and six other investor groups, North-Carolina-based predictive forecasting and risk management platform Allstacks is ready…

In 2013, Duke University athletes Ivonna Dumanyan and Gabrielle Levac both found themselves sidelined by sports-related injuries. During their rehab, they commiserated over the constant onslaught of preventable injuries they’d…

After more than 20 years leading marketing and sales teams at companies of all types and sizes, Alex Krawchick realized a secret: many of those teams didn’t actually know how they were…

Supply chain technology company Blue Ridge has acquired price optimization and analytics startup Prolific Virtue. The acquisition’s financial terms were not disclosed. “Pricing is inherently complementary to supply chain planning since…

When Mike Prorock decided to move back to his former home state of North Carolina after living in the northeast, he purchased a farm that he intended to operate. But, he had…