Walmart is striving to be the leader of omni-channel strategy in retail. Data is at the center of this vision. Walmart is leveraging both internal data (e.g. in-store data, online data) as well as external data (e.g. social media, weather, Nielsen) to improve the customer experience, enhance decision-making and improve operations.
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Unilever partners with HelloAva to change the face of the beauty industry
HelloAva is the AI-powered technology that Unilever has tapped to drive digital purchase of its beauty products.
Nuance: an AI solution physicians love
Nuance has developed AI solutions that physicians love, captured a significant portion of the U.S. health care market, and is primed to be a major player going forward in the clinical recommendation and diagnostics space.
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182-year-old P&G enters Big Data with Start-Up Pampers and Smart Diapers
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WHILL: revolutionizing personal mobility with autonomous-driving wheelchairs
The current mobility market is biased in favor of able-bodied users. WHILL is here to address the gap!
Chorus.ai: Conversational Intelligence
Your phone just rang. It was from a salesperson of XYZ company who was trying to sell you a product, but all you hear was his monotone voice. You hung up, frustrated by the thirty seconds you just wasted. On […]
AstraZeneca: AI in Drug Discovery & Development
Currently, it takes a staggering 10-15 years and costs $2.6 billion to develop a new drug, and an astonishing proportion of this is lost in the 90% of candidates that fail. AstraZeneca is one of the world’s largest Pharmaceutical companies and is incorporating AI in every step of the R&D chain from drug discovery to launch to make this process safer, quicker and less costly.
Walmart: Using machine learning to reduce food waste
Food waste is a major problem across the globe. Grocery retailers incur significant costs from this wastage, particularly in the produce category. Walmart is taking this problem head-on with analytics using ‘Eden’: a machine learning algorithm that screens produce for quality and freshness. This post explores Walmart's attempts to improve their food waste process with Eden.
Affectiva: building AI that reads human emotions
As the amount of data we collect increases, companies are leveraging advanced analytics to drive insights also from the most unusual sources of data, including people facial expressions or speech. In fact, an interesting application of artificial intelligence (AI) and […]