CMO of Coyote Logistics. Christina joins the show to talk to Scott how Chicago-based Coyote is meeting the challenges of 2020. Since the coronavirus took hold and kept most of us sheltering in place, there’s no question supply chain, delivery and online fulfillment workers have been the unsung heroes that have helped make life and…
Founder and CEO of Arturo. Looking at famous people’s houses is not the most productive use for the tech in Google Maps. Insurance company Arturo is using it to determine quotes. A spinout of American Family Insurance, Arturo uses artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning to evaluate images of buildings and assess risk factors. The…
Arturo, a spinout of American Family Insurance, uses artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning to evaluate images of buildings and assess risk factors. The technology makes the underwriting process faster and more accurate. Google Earth and Google Maps offer untapped value for businesses that need information about a certain area and don’t want to…
Planning a road trip used to mean digging out the crumpled Rand McNally atlas from your trunk, or printing out turn-by-turn directions from MapQuest. If you were right on the cutting edge in the middle aughts, you might have had a sat nav that occasionally guided you into large bodies of water. Google Maps debuted…
Not every startup is about reinventing the wheel — or creating a car that doesn’t even have wheels. To take the car part analogy further, some startups are looking at reinventing the oil — the stuff that makes those existing parts run together more smoothly. Sean Chou not only came up with such a company,…
Chicago-based startup Aegis AI is using technology to create a workaround that allows people to protect themselves regardless of what the government or anyone else does about gun control. Essentially, the company’s AI software hooks into a building’s existing security camera infrastructure and automatically detects a firearm the moment it’s visible on screen.…