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The epidemic-monitoring company Metabiota determined that Thailand, South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan had the highest risk of seeing the virus show up more than a week before cases in those countries were actually reported, partially by looking to flight data. Metabiota uses natural-language processing to evaluate online reports about a potential disease, and it’s also working on developing the same technology for social media data.

Metabiota, an AI-driven company, has successfully made correct predictions regarding the spread of the coronavirus to areas such as Hong Kong about one week before the authorities detected new cases in the area.

NEW YORK, Nov. 15, 2019 — Velocidi, the customer data platform for direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands, was awarded the title of “Best Customer Data Platform” at the Digiday Awards Gala on November 14, 2019. The Digiday Technology Awards is an annual …

We are pleased to announce The Software Report’s third annual Top 50 SaaS CEOs awards.  In 2019, we received an astounding number of nomination submissions that provided meaningful insight into the inner workings of some of today’s most successful SaaS …

Perthera, Inc., along with UVA and EVMS, has been awarded a $500,000 Matching Grant by Virginia Catalyst to advance the delivery and effectiveness of Precision Medicine and the care of cancer patients in Virginia.  The turn-key Perthera Precision Oncology Platform …

Pilot Growth Management LLC, a technology-focused growth equity firm, today announced the full deployment and final closing of Pilot Growth Equity Fund II, LP (“PGE II”). The total amount of new capital in PGE II is $45 million. Pilot Growth …

Private-equity firms often employ herds of junior employees to comb through and cold-call companies to source deals. But technology-focused Pilot Growth Equity Partners has found that a system using artificial intelligence can do the job just as well. The San …

RIDGEFIELD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 21, 2019– r4 Technologies Inc., the leading provider of cross-enterprise AI software, today announced the launch of XEM(TM), its cloud-based AI product that delivers breakthrough business outcomes. Working across industries including CPG, retail, financial services, talent management …

Bizzabo, the New York and Tel Aviv-based events management platform, has raised $27 million in Series D funding. Leading the round is Viola Growth, along with new investor Next47. We’re also told that previous backers, including Pilot Growth, followed on. …