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How Timehop developed the world class ad platform, Nimbus, with support from AWS
We recently sat down with the Timehop and Nimbus CEO, Matt Raoul, as well as two talented team members, David Leviev, VP of Programmatic Product Development, and Mark Laczynski, Senior Cloud Architect to discuss the obstacles the company has faced using third-party ad serving platforms that led to the in-house creation of Nimbus. They shared their challenges and revealed how they leveraged AWS solutions to optimize the development of Nimbus within Timehop, and not only improved the quality of ad servicing to their users, but also increased overall ad revenue.
How Clarity AI uses AI & machine learning on AWS to quantify sustainability
How does “sustainability” of a company translate into numbers? With millions of potential data points on any given company, compiling and analyzing the metrics that are most significant can be a daunting task. Clarity AI uses artificial intelligence (including machine learning) and AWS to radically streamline and improve the process of measuring the impact of investments and organizations.
VC perspectives on generative AI for Latino startups
AWS had the great privilege of partnering with SomosVC, an extraordinary group of Latino investors, for a panel discussion on building with generative artificial intelligence (AI). Panelists from the venture capital industry share their insights on how to secure funding for your startup, when to incorporate generative AI into your product, and the competitive advantages of being a startup in the generative AI industry.
AWS Startups declares week of November 6th Women’s Demo Week
AWS Startups is excited to announce the inauguration of a global movement, AWS Startups Women’s Demo Week, set to take place annually from November 6th – 10th.
Sign-Speak builds with AI on AWS to create accessible experiences
Sign-Speak is an innovative startup whose language software recognizes American Sign Language (ASL) and translates it into spoken words (and vice versa) with machine learning. Their platform offers real-time ASL recognition, avatar, and transcription to facilitate communication with Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals. Sign-Speak leveraged the AWS Impact Accelerator Latino Founders cohort to gain technical and business support as they make the world a more accessible and inclusive place.
Compute for Climate Fellowship to fund new tech solutions addressing the climate crisis
Applications for the Compute for Climate Fellowship are open now! Submit your application before August 31 to be considered and maybe have the opportunity to be showcased at AWS re:Invent conference in November 2023. Applications submitted after September 1 will be considered for development in 2024.
Applications are open for the AWS Global Fintech Accelerator
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching its first Global Fintech Accelerator, giving fintech founders the support and mentorship they need to bring smarter financial services solutions to the market by leveraging the power of AI/ML and the cloud.
Selecting the right foundation model for your startup
When startups build generative artificial intelligence (AI) into their products, selecting a foundation model (FM) is one of the first and most critical steps. Everything from user experience and go-to-market, to hiring and profitability, can be affected by selecting the right model for your use case. Learn about the most impactful aspects to consider when selecting a foundation model to meet your startup’s needs.
How startup CFOs can integrate the cloud into their long-term success strategy
Welcome to “The evolving role of the startup CFO” series, which features perspectives from prominent players in the startup ecosystem. These blog posts tackle critical questions, including: What does the role of today’s startup CFO entail and how will it evolve over the lifecycle of a startup? How can we most effectively support CFOs as the cloud increases its dominance within the organization and balance sheet? And can the CFO better navigate—and ultimately enable—the relationship between technical leaders, CTOs, and engineering teams?
Read on to learn from Danel Dayan, investor at Battery Ventures, a global, technology-focused investment firm
Why Guild CFO Chris Garber believes lifelong learning is the key to startup success
The Evolving Role of the Startup CFO” features perspectives from prominent players in the startup ecosystem to help CFOs better navigate—and ultimately enable—the relationship between technical leaders, CTOs, and engineering teams.
Leading our second spotlight is Chris Garber, Guild’s CFO.