For the start, let me guide you through a thought experiment: Imagine you are riding a trolley. Suddenly, you see five people ahead standing on your track. You want to hit the brakes to avoid crashing into these people but realize that the trolley’s brakes aren’t working. You then happen to find yourself next to…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can boost productivity and efficiency in companies by shifting the employees’ workload away from monotonous chores to more creative work. Still, many people have fears about this progression in technology. Why? AI aims to have self-determined action in ways only humans are able to accomplish — things like looking through a spreadsheet,…
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to grow in scale and sophistication, the use cases for AI are popping up in all sorts of unexpected places. The newest team to join the AtomLeap High-Tech Accelerator, CleanAI, is combining computer vision and AI to address a universal problem: cleanliness. We sat down with Alistair Cadman, co-founder and…
Artificial intelligence (AI), a term buzzing from its immense potential to transform industries and redefine how we live, work, and think. But, as you may have noticed, we are still far from the hyperbolized visions of the super AI that can undertake complex analytical jobs and form genuine relationships with human beings. So where are…
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is undeniable. From AI-based medical diagnostics to algorithms used in recruitment and self-teaching robots used in logistics and food serving, AI has permeated all aspects of our lives. Its arrival has been long in the making, for scientists have been mulling a superiorly intelligent machine for almost a century.…
If you have been following this blog, you’ve already come across earlier posts regarding Berlin’s booming startup scene. This week’s post is devoted to Artificial intelligence (AI), one of the most promising technologies at the moment and consequently an important part of high tech ecosystems all over the world — including Berlin’s. We hope you…
It was almost 24 years ago that economist and Harvard Business School (HBS) professor Clayton Christensen introduced the concept of disruptive innovation. Drawing lessons from the downfall of then-incumbents like Xerox and Sears, Christensen posited that new market entrants can disrupt established players by tending to the needs of low-end market segments, which the former…
The AtomLeap High-Tech Accelerator has recently welcomed a fourth startup—Motor Ai—in the second round of our program. As is customary, we invited the team members to answer a few questions about themselves and what they do. Happy reading! How did Motor Ai come to be? For several years, we had been reading about how…
Happy New Year, everyone! To ease your way into 2018, we would like to start the year with a forecast of the key trends that will mark the world of tech in the coming months. So if you’re wondering what groundbreaking technological developments are coming our way this year, keep reading. 1. Artificial Intelligence and…
Another week, another post about high tech. On this occasion, we would like to visit the topic of Earth Observation (EO), an emerging niche in the space industry that is also represented in our accelerator program through LiveEO, the startup that we introduced to you on this very blog two weeks ago. The space industry…