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.…
Without getting into the cryptocurrency stuff, my natural instincts tell me that blockchain technology is about identity. We work, spend, invest, and socialize digitally, but when it comes to some of the most important stuff of life –– birth certificates, passports, driver’s licenses, titles, deeds, college transcripts –– we revert to analog. The ways…
Chicago-based ActiveCampaign is absolutely crushing it in the CRM, sales, and automated marketing space. But it didn’t come out of nowhere –– the company is a 13-year “overnight” success story. When he started back in 2003, Jason VandeBoom was just trying to pay for college. For more than a decade, he and his small…
“As travelers, we focus on the journey,” says Jeff Katz of his new travel startup, Journera. “None of us are just focused on the flight or the hotel. It’s about the entire journey, whether it’s for work or for play.” Jeff’s own journey has spanned nearly 40 years in travel and tech. An…
“There were a million babies born to Millennials last year, and that number’s growing,” says Elizabeth Harz, CEO of Sittercity. (I happen to know this firsthand). “Digital natives are used to running everything from their phones and expect a data-centric, efficient, beautiful user experience to manage their whole lives. “There’s also a sense of…
Leadership Greater Chicago CEO Maria Wynne joins Scott in-studio at WGN Radio to discuss the issues that face the Chicago community, from education to technology. LGC brings together Chicago’s leaders to explore key challenges and develop solutions. This episode is sponsored by Salesforce, Bank of America & Jones Lang LaSalle. Now you can listen to Technori on Spotify!
Why do we — humans — use tech? So we can get food delivered to us in half an hour and so the children in Tonga can upload their Minecraft videos to YouTube. No, seriously, why do we? Because we want to solve real-world problems; we want to ensure that what we want is what…
Chicago Entrepreneur Scott Kitun and Kin founder Sean Harper tackle why many startups from the Midwest keep getting burned by similar startups from the coasts (hint: it’s not a talent issue). Kin is a fast-growing, tech-first, property insurance company co-founded by Sean Harper. Harper goes into the weeds when it comes to finding what impacts…
Have you recently sent an important email to someone and are currently waiting for a response back? Maybe it’s taken longer than three days for them to respond. Maybe five days, maybe an entire week. You were probably just trying to meet up for a coffee, set up a phone call, or get your foot…
Technori’s own Mr. Sean Froelich gives his take on the exciting innovations at this year’s Chicago Auto Show. Find out what you missed or relive the excitement!