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Essential AI Raises $56.5M Series A to Build the Enterprise Brain

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화요일, 12월 12, 2023

Essential AI today announced it has raised a $56.5 million Series A funding round led by March Capital including participation from AMD, Franklin Venture Partners, Google, KB Investment, NVIDIA, and Thrive Capital.

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Essential AI today announced it has raised a $56.5 million Series A funding round led by March Capital including participation from AMD, Franklin Venture Partners, Google, KB Investment, NVIDIA, and Thrive Capital.
To reinvent how enterprises work, Essential AI is developing full-stack AI products that quickly learn to increase productivity by automating time-consuming and monotonous workflows.
“We are thrilled to invest in Essential AI as it drives innovation at the intersection of enterprise adoption of AI and the emergence of enterprise-grade LLMs,” said Jamie Montgomery, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of March Capital and a board member of Essential AI.
“We look forward to partnering with the Essential AI team and leveraging March Capital’s industry expertise and global network to support Essential AI’s continued growth.”
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Experienced Financial Services Executive and Former CEO of Caliber Home Loans, Sanjiv Das, Named President of Pagaya Technologies

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목요일, 10월 5, 2023

Pagaya Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: PGY) (the “Company” or “Pagaya”), a global technology company delivering artificial intelligence infrastructure for the financial ecosystem, today announced the appointment of Sanjiv Das as its new President.

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Pagaya Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: PGY) (the “Company” or “Pagaya”), a global technology company delivering artificial intelligence infrastructure for the financial ecosystem, today announced the appointment of Sanjiv Das as its new President.
Most recently, Das served as CEO of Caliber Home Loans, a NewRez-owned residential mortgage lending company.
There, Das leveraged his deep financial expertise, consumer experience, and thought leadership to deliver record year-over-year growth in the non‐banking sector.
Vaswani will continue to serve as an advisor to Pagaya to help ensure a smooth and successful transition for Das.

National Science Foundation Awards Docugami $1 Million Grant to Advance Its Industry-Leading Generative AI for Business Documents

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수요일, 6월 28, 2023

Docugami, the Seattle-area startup using Generative AI to unlock the data from business documents, announced today it has received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to support the company’s efforts to advance the science of identifying, analyzing, and understanding the semantic relationships between various elements of long-form documents to create a Document XML Knowledge Graph.

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Docugami, the Seattle-area startup using Generative AI to unlock the data from business documents, announced today it has received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to support the company’s efforts to advance the science of identifying, analyzing, and understanding the semantic relationships between various elements of long-form documents to create a Document XML Knowledge Graph.
Docugami’s approach to Contextual Semantic Labels is domain independent, meaning Docugami is effective across virtually any industry segment or company type.
“These innovations have enabled the scalable domain-agnostic semantic representation of documents as data, which is at the core of Docugami’s work.
This new grant from the National Science Foundation will support our efforts to continue scientific progress in this vital area.”
This latest grant builds on a previous grant Docugami received from the National Science Foundation.

Miko Expands Consumer Robotics Portfolio With Square Off Acquisition

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목요일, 10월 6, 2022

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --It's a match made in consumer robotics heaven: Miko, a global leader in AI robots for kids, has acquired a majority stake in Square Off, a startup known for AI-driven automated board games.

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With the acquisition, Miko will expand its product line beyond the AI robot companions that put it on the map.
The move is a natural fit for two companies that share a passion for robotics and learning, says Sneh Vaswani, Miko co-founder and CEO.
Square Off's interactive boards, which build cognitive skills via games such as chess, use robotics and AI to adapt to the player's level of expertise.
Founded in 2015, Miko is a consumer robotics company passionate about bringing the best of technology to young learners everywhere.

Miko and Kidoodle.TV® Collaboration Delivers Immersive Kids Experience

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수요일, 4월 27, 2022

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 27, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The world's leading kids' streaming platform has just arrived on the little robot loved by millions of children around the globe.

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With the just-announced collaboration between Miko and A Parent Media Co. Inc. ("APMC") (owner of Kidoodle.TV), families can explore Kidoodle.TV's ever-growing kids' content catalog on their Miko 3 robots.
With the just-announced collaboration between Miko and A Parent Media Co. Inc. ("APMC") (owner of Kidoodle.TV), families can explore Kidoodle.TV's ever-growing kids' content catalog on their Miko 3 robots .
The arrangement is a natural fit for the two innovative kids' tech companies, said Sneh Vaswani, Miko co-founder and CEO.
"Kidoodle.TV and Miko share a passion for innovation and a commitment to providing a safe, interactive tech experience for kids," Vaswani said.

Miko Announces Premium Kids' Content Partnerships Just In Time For Holidays

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수요일, 11월 17, 2021

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With its new premium partnerships, Miko is bringing the world's best children's content to its Miko 3 robot just in time for the holidays.

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With its new premium partnerships, Miko is bringing the world's best children's content to its Miko 3 robot just in time for the holidays.
"I'm thrilled to give young learners access to such a wide range of content on their Miko 3."
Together, these partnerships bring more than 50,000 hours of new content experiences to the Miko platform.
A single Miko Max subscription gives kids unlimited access to Miko's robust, ever-growing premium content library.

Survey: 3 in 4 Employees Consider Voluntary Benefits as a Deciding Factor for Whether They Work for and Stay with an Employer

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월요일, 9월 20, 2021

The survey found that according to HR professionals, voluntary benefits improve retention and employee engagement and help attract new talent.

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The survey found that according to HR professionals, voluntary benefits improve retention and employee engagement and help attract new talent.
Employees increasingly recognize that voluntary benefits play a major factor in their decision to work for and/or stay with an employer.
Voluntary benefits are increasingly affecting employees decision to work for and/or stay with an employer.
Today, three in four employees (76%) said voluntary benefits would impact their employers ability to retain them compared to 68% in 2020.

Toast Appoints Anisha Vaswani as Chief Information Officer

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수요일, 3월 3, 2021

Toast , the fastest-growing restaurant management platform, today announced the appointment of Anisha Vaswani to the newly created position of Chief Information Officer, effective immediately.

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Toast , the fastest-growing restaurant management platform, today announced the appointment of Anisha Vaswani to the newly created position of Chief Information Officer, effective immediately.
View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210303005146/en/
Toast Appoints Anisha Vaswani as Chief Information Officer (Photo: Business Wire)
Were thrilled to welcome Anisha as Toasts first CIO.
Vaswani joins Toast with more than 20 years of experience in the IT space, having most recently served as the Chief Information Officer at Box.
Vaswani noted, I am delighted and honored to join Toast as its first CIO at such an exciting time in the companys history.

Corestream CEO and Co-Founder Neil Vaswani Provides Expert Commentary on Voluntary Employee Benefits Administration

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월요일, 11월 26, 2018

Employee benefits, Vaswani

TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Corestream , the leading platform for connecting employees with voluntary benefits, today announced the participation of CEO and co-founder Neil Vaswani at the William Blair Benefit Technology Conference held in NYC on November 14.

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TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Corestream , the leading platform for connecting employees with voluntary benefits, today announced the participation of CEO and co-founder Neil Vaswani at the William Blair Benefit Technology Conference held in NYC on November 14.
Vaswani was an expert panel participant for the "Alternative Individual Products" panel in which he described how leading industry insurance carriers, brokers and employers are using technology to scale the administration of voluntary and supplemental benefits.
"Increasing the variety of benefits offered and the adoption rates of these benefits by employees is crucial in attracting and retaining the best and brightest workforce," said Vaswani.
"The Corestream platform is uniquely designed to scale to meet the needs of even the largest employers, regardless of how many voluntary benefits they add to their employee offering over time."