Scotland’s innovation centre for data and AI, The Data Lab, is set to host leading figures in the AI and data industry at its annual flagship conference, Data Summit 2021, this November. With data proving to be a vital component
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Glasgow’s New Open Data Hub Offers Insight into how the City Operates
Data within Space
Female-led Scots Reusable Packaging Firm Gets £312k for Climate Fight
World’s First Robotic Squash Coach Being Developed in Scotland
A social robot from the National Robotarium has become the world’s first squash coach to explore if performance improvements and motivation levels can be increased during a player’s solo practice. The project will involve research on court between a real player practising a variety
British AI tech firm Kortical beats Google as it helps drive revenues for business
Success: Kortical has improved the success rate of machine learning implementation 10x for business David vs Goliath: Kortical is configuring machine learning algorithms faster and making them learn better than Google’s Vertex, helping companies with first mover advantage Growth: Kortical to raise an
Data capturing vs data hoarding
Data Centre Provider Pulsant Acquired by Antin Infrastructure Partners
Hybrid cloud specialists Pulsant has been acquired by Antin Infrastructure Partners for an undisclosed fee. The acquisition of Pulsant from Oak Hill Capital and Scottish Equity Partners will see additional investment focused toward developing Pulsant’s existing platform and network footprint, according to Antin Infrastructure Partners. This
Edinburgh University AI Accelerator Accepts Fresh Scale-ups
An AI Accelerator from the University of Edinburgh is accepting fresh applications from data-driven AI scale-ups to secure one of twelve places. The accelerator, financed by the Scottish Funding Council through the Data Driven Innovation (DDI) programme, will be open to companies
