AWS Startups Blog

Industrial wearables startup ProGlove’s philosophy builds upon the pillar of putting the human worker at the center of everything the company does and draws on the belief that a human centered approach allows for better business decisions. Here’s how they’re doing it.

All startups begin with a great idea. Some seek rapid acceleration with venture capital dollars. Some iterate organically until they have a workable product that truly meets a market need, then use venture capital as rocket fuel. Invoiced, an accounts receivable (AR) management startup, is proudly in the latter category.

Founded in 2015, Danggeun Market has built an online platform for communities. From job postings to classifieds, the company is looking to rebuild the sense of local trust that seems to be dwindling in the age of the internet.

Whether you are seeing usage soar because your customers are relying more than ever on your services, or you just want to dial-in your spending for the road ahead, there are things you can and should do to optimize your cloud costs. In this webcast we’ve highlighted six quick cost optimizations every startup should consider depending on workloads and the patterns you are seeing today.

Allie K. Miller the Head of ML Growth, Startups and Venture Capital and Emily Webber, Machine Learning Specialist Solutions Architect, both of AWS, walk through how to create an Amazon SageMaker notebook instance.

Founded in 2006, Seoul-based startup IGAWorks focuses on building proprietary technology within the mobile big data field.

Serial startup founder, angel investor, and college dropout George Burgess founded exam prep startup Gojimo when he was an undergraduate student at Stanford. Burgess was seemingly living the founder dream, but as his dorm-room startup found an audience Burgess found it was too hard to juggle both school and building his company. So, he left Stanford, and that is where his entrepreneurial education really began.

Convoy Inc., a digital freight network, uses machine learning on AWS to help the shipping industry increase its sustainability and reduce CO2 emissions. Aaron Terrazas, director of economic research at Convoy, and Jennifer Wong, head of sustainability marketing at Convoy, recently shared more on the AWS Fix This podcast about shipping, sustainability, and how the cloud powers Convoy’s work. 

Restlessness, resourcefulness, and an ambition to take on the world. This is how angel investor Richard Fearn picks founders from the crowd.

Chris Adelsbach, one of the busiest angels in the U.K., walks us through the noise and the opportunity in the fintech market.