AI AND DATA
ADA
With help from GPT4, Ada is automating customer service for the likes of Meta, Verizon, and Shopify. GITHUB
Copilot, Github’s Ai-powered coding assistant, is expanding into more parts of the coding process and integrating with popular development tools such as Visual Studio. NVIDIA
As the chipmaker at the center of the AI boom, Nvidia has come up with its own image-creation models, optimized for its GPUS. RUNWAY
This startup is looking beyond AI images to create entire videos from text and image prompts at increasingly higher quality and longer durations. SONY
Sony’s Aitrios platform uses power-efficient sensors to process computer-vision data locally before feeding it into AI models, so there’s less dependence on the cloud. SOURCEGRAPH
Some of the largest tech companies are training Sourcegraph’s AI on their own code bases, giving them a coding assistant that integrates with their proprietary data. APPS ADOBE
Among the many new AI features Adobe is bringing to Premiere Pro, editors can now remove unwanted objects from videos with just a few clicks. CAPTIONS
With its video editor for influencers, Captions can automatically censor expletives, generate colorful subtitles (or dubbing) for videos in 28 languages, and simulate eye contact.
FISKL
This automated finance management software can categorize bank transactions, match them with invoices, and generate financial reports. An AI financial planner is next.
VETSTER
With its telehealth platform for pets, Vetster connects owners with vets for video consultations, partnering with Petmeds and Purina to complete the healthcare cycle.
BUILDINGS AND REAL ESTATE ACRETRADER
Buying a plot of land? Acres offers troves of data on things like crop history and vegetation indexes, all on an easy-tounderstand map.
BUILDOTS TECHNOLOGY
By equipping construction project managers with 360-degree helmet cams, Buildots can analyze walk-through footage with AI and make sure it matches the design plan.
JLL
With Carbon Pathfinder, companies get data on their real estate portfolios’ energy use and efficiency, along with ways to invest in decarbonization.
KOJO
Kojo’s software removes hassles for construction contractors by automating price and inventory comparisons, delivery tracking, and data entry.
COMPUTING, CHIPS, AND FOUNDATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AYAR LABS
Ayar’s TERAPHY “chiplets” can shuttle bits back and forth at far greater speeds than permitted by conventional means, addressing I/O bottlenecks in microchips.
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE
Capable of performing 1 billion billion calculations per second, HPE’S Frontier supercomputer is used to analyze COVID-19 mutations, design laser-based electron accelerators, and more.
IONQ
With its use of trapped-ion architecture, Ionq’s Aria quantum computing system delivers highly accurate results while operating at room temperature.
PHASECRAFT
Quantum computing requires a whole new approach to writing software, so Phasecraft is developing algorithms with leading names such as Google and IBM.
WILIOT
Wiliot’s IOT Pixels are the size of a postage stamp and require no battery, enabling an array of low-cost applications in areas such as food products and vaccine vials.
CONSUMER DISPLACE
In a literal act of cordcutting, Displace’s completely wireless television attaches to the wall with vacuum suction and uses swappable batteries for power.
LENOVO
Though it looks like a regular laptop at first, Lenovo’s rollable concept PC has a screen that can expand upward, equaling the space of two vertically stacked monitors.
L’ORÉAL
For those with disabilities, the Hapta concept lipstick applicator can detect and