Reporting by Helen Popkin, Aayushi Pratap and Nina Wolpow
The Covid-19 pandemic was devastating for many industries, but it only accelerated the use of artificial intelligence across the U.S. economy. Amid the crisis, companies scrambled to create new services for remote workers and students, beef up online shopping and dining options, make customer call centers more efficient and speed development of important new drugs.
Even as applications of machine learning and perception platforms become commonplace, a thick layer of hype and fuzzy jargon clings to AI-enabled software.That makes it tough to identify the most compelling companies in the spaceâespecially those finding new ways to use AI that create value by making humans more efficient, not redundant.
The list highlights the most promising private companies in the U.S. and Canada using artificial intelligence in meaningful ways and demonstrating real business potential from doing so.
December 14th, 1pm-2pm
December 14, 2020 2:00 PM Virtual Meeting
Synopsis of Program:
With this solicitation (NSF-21-533), the National Science Foundation s (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) is launching a new, focused program to support research expansion for Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs). The goal of the CISE-MSI program is to broaden participation by increasing the number of CISE-funded research projects from MSIs. MSIs are central to inclusive excellence: they foster innovation, cultivate current and future undergraduate and graduate computer and information science and engineering talent, and bolster long-term U.S. competitiveness.