Category: Startup

BuzzFeed launched in 2006 with the intention of focusing exclusively on viral content from around the web. But its daily traffic and ambition quickly led the site to set its goals higher. In 2011, BuzzFeed launched its own news division, hiring investigative journalists, breaking news, and publishing deeply reported articles alongside more traditional news outlets. Over 200 million monthly visitors click on BuzzFeed for an array of content, from serious news to lists that will make you LOL.

While data is extremely important in all technology industries, this importance is perhaps taken to another level with autonomous driving. Autonomous vehicles, for example, will generate roughly four to five terabytes of data an hour, meaning a fleet of 2,000 cars will generate more data a day than Facebook. That’s per Chris Heiser, Co-Founder and CEO of Renovo, a startup built to help companies process these new streams of data.

“People sometimes underestimate lawyers because we are annoying, and we come there, and we just create problems. It’s not necessarily true,” says Fordham University School of Law Professor Paolo Cioppa. “Good lawyers solve your problems earlier on and create legal documentations that are going to help you effectively manage your business.”

Join us for an inside look into FinTech startups building on AWS! We will be joined by some startups from the financial industry, including Betterment and Even Financial, to discuss how they got their start, their company missions, and how Amazon Web Services helped them accomplish their architectural goals.

Transfix is hauling the trucking industry into the 21st century. They’ve built a digital freight marketplace that matches and connects shippers with carriers based on a number of key variables like location, success rate and pricing. Critical to that success is Amazon SageMaker.

Founded in Berlin in 2016, Elinvar offers an e-commerce model that combines business to business (B2B) and business to consumer (B2C).

On Wednesday, March 27th, Startup Central will be setting up shop at the AWS Summit – Santa Clara! See what startups will be speaking.

Maral Kalajian, Marketing & Communications Manager at Watty, talks about how the Stockholm, Sweden-based startup makes tools to help people understand what is happening in their home in real-time. 

Join us for an inside look into Food and AgroTech startups building on AWS! We’re joined by some startups from the food industry, including Parsley, to discuss how they got their start, their company missions, and how helped them accomplish their architectural goals.

In today’s complex, internet-driven consumer marketplace, it’s nearly impossible to purchase goods that haven’t spent some time on a truck. With that kind of reach, the logistics industry has a considerable ripple effect on the environment and on the cost of consumer items. When trucks burn more fuel, they increase global pollution and shipping costs, which leads to higher prices at the register for the goods we buy every day.