Monotonicity constraints in machine learning
In practical machine learning and data science tasks, an ML model is often used to quantify a global, semantically meaningful relationship between two or more values. For example, a hotel … Read More
Year: 2018
Arduino adds two boards to its MKR family of products for new use cases
Arduino’s MKR family of products got two new wireless connectivity boards added to its range of products. These include MKR WiFi 1010 and MKR NB 1500, both aimed at streamlining … Read More
Siemens to acquire smart lighting control company Enlighted Inc. for an undisclosed sum
Siemens Building Technologies division announced it will acquire Enlighted Inc., a smart IoT building technology provider. The transaction is expected to close in Q3’18. Enlighted Inc.’s core element is an … Read More
Smart lock company LockState closes $5.8M Series A to fast track sales & partnerships
Smart Lock Company LockState raised $5.8M Series A in new investment to fund its aggressive sales and marketing and partner development plan. The company previously raised $740K seed round and … Read More
Smart baby monitor Nanit closes $14M Series B investment
Smart baby monitor company Nanit raised a $14M Series B round led by Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP). Other investors that participated include existing investors Upfront Ventures, RRE Ventures, Vulcan Capital … Read More
Microsoft buys conversational AI company Semantic Machines for an undisclosed sum
Microsoft announced it has acquired Semantic Machines, a conversational AI startup providing chatbots and AI chat apps founded in 2014 having $20.9 million in funding from investors. The acquisition will … Read More
Amber Solutions raises $3.3M Series A to fast track sales of its smart electrical products
Amber Solutions, an IoT product company that sells smart outlets, switches and circuit breakers closed Series A Preferred Stock round of financing that equals $3.3M in gross proceeds. Amber will … Read More
Vesper closes $23M Series B for its sensor-based microphone: Amazon Alexa Fund among investors
Vesper, the maker of piezoelectric sensors used in microphone production and winner of CES Innovation Award 2018 raised a $23M Series B round. American Family Ventures led the investment with … Read More
Sensor-based baby sock Owlet banks $24M Series B
Owlet, a connected-baby care company raised a $24 million Series B investment from Trilogy Equity Partners, with participation from existing investors, including Eclipse Ventures, Broadway Angels, and Enfield Ventures, and … Read More
Intel to spin-off and sell Wind River Software to TPG
Wind River, an IoT and industrial operating system owned by Intel will be acquired by TPG, global alternative asset firm. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Intel had bought … Read More
Salesforce and other tech giants invest $24M in IFTTT to help it expand in enterprise IoT
IFTTT (If This Than That), a web-based software that automates and connects over 600 online services/software raised a $24M Series C led by Salesforce. Other investors include IBM and the … Read More