AWS Startups Blog
Scape Technologies’ CTO on 3D Cartography and an Autonomy-Driven Future
Huub Heijnen, Co-founder and CTO of Scape Technologies, explains why large scale 3D mapping is critical to the work — creating an image-driven visual positioning system — that the computer vision startup is doing.
Lessons Learned in Scaling Strava’s Infrastructure
Engineering Manager of Infrastructure, Jacob Stultz, and Senior Platform Engineer, Jeff Pollard, of Strava, share how they rely on a robust ephemeral cache in Redis to more quickly and effectively service the majority of their reads.
Dwolla Headlines AWS-Sponsored Monetery Tech Conference
With help from community sponsor Amazon Web Services, Monetery continued to promote diversity in technology and extend its reach in the Midwest tech ecosystem.
Gravity Sketch Bridges the Gap Between Design & VR Tech
CTO Daniel Thomas and Head of Engineering Ke Ren talk about how the UK-based immersive tech startup bridges the gap between design and VR tech, opening up a whole new world of possibilities for artists, designers, and novices alike.
Designing Mindful Machines: Assuming Responsibility for the Mistakes our Machines Make
Whether it’s choosing data, sources, or features to include, all are steps where bias can be introduced to your AI model. Sift CEO Jason Tan unpacks these complexities in a fireside chat.
Fintech Startup Clearbanc Democratizes Access to Growth Capital
Fintech startup Clearbanc’s co-founder and CEO Andrew D’Souza shares how the Toronto-based company hopes to make growth capital more accessible to founders, who Clearbanc’s customers are, and how the business model works.
Developer Tool Gatling Tackles Performance Bottlenecks Head On
Paul-Henri Pillet, CEO of developer tool startup Gatling, shares how the Gatling tool fights performance bottlenecks, what challenges Gatling has faced throughout its journey, and how AWS helped has helped it scale.
Is ‘Black Box’ Tech Enough To Protect Your Digital Transformation?
The information flight recorders, or airplane “black boxes,” provide is invaluable, but retrospective analysis can only do so much for you. It can give you answers to important questions, but it doesn’t have the power to prevent a negative event. But what if those black boxes could analyze the data they collected in real time, predict future events, and deploy an intervention before an accident happened?
French Mobile App Marmelade is Gamifying Your Lock Screen
Julie Brasset, CEO of micro-learning app Marmelade, chats about the origins of the startup, what she’s learned about herself as it scaled, and what’s next in 2019.
Intelligent Design: How UK Startup Wondrwall Makes Homes Smarter
Daniel Burton, Founder of home tech startup Wondrwall, explains how the Manchester-based company uses intelligent sensors to convert standard homes into intelligent homes, how it has pivoted since its inception, and what his best advice for founders is.