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Artificial Intelligence Startups Make a Splash in New York

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Artificial intelligence is set to challenge traditional technologies in financial services, if the startups that demoed at BBVA Open Talent in New York today are any indication. Today’s event is one of three regional finals, from which a few Read More. The BBVA Open Talent Challenge is part of Next Money NYC.

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IBM Puts $2B In NY AI Research Center

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IBM is planning to invest over $2 billion to help establish an “AI Hardware Center” at the SUNY Polytechnic Institute campus in Albany, as well as boost its high-tech footprint throughout New York State. IBM will also expand and extend its partnership with SUNY Poly for the Center for Semiconductor Research (CSR). “AI

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Innovative Ecosystem Draws FinTech Firms To Toronto

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Toronto is a powerhouse for financial innovation in Canada: The city has the most sizable ecosystem for FinTech in the country, with 185 startups per one count. NorthOne , a FinTech firm that focuses on small business owners, is one of the companies that call the city home. Funding rounds and exits have followed suit.”

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Mastercard On Helping Retailers Strike The Right Innovation Balance

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The question for the 2020s, and the focus of her remarks at the big show in New York last week, is about innovations itself — what is truly leading in innovation and what constitutes being a laggard? The latter is innovative; the former is, well, just a tweak. Testing Innovation .

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WeWork Makes Its Pitch As An Innovation Enabler

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The innovation economy requires more than caffeine and collaboration for fuel. WeWork also wants to make a bigger name for itself as an enabler of innovation. Innovation Program. The startup put its new Seattle employees “in the Westlake WeWork in Seattle for the time being,” with a “full office [possible] in the coming years.”.

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Ex-Uber Jump Manager Joins Amazon's eBike Unit

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Amazon has poached former Uber manager Alex Vickers and Justin Ginsburgh , known for starting New York's Citi Bike bikeshare service, to helm its eBike delivery team, CNBC reported. The move shows Amazon potentially moving more into last-mile delivery innovations, with the bikes a possible source of deliveries.

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Top 5 Emerging Fintech Hotspots in 2018 [Page 1]

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The number of financial technology companies is on a rise, and every year many of these new companies as well as established ones choose to situate themselves in cities that are not San Francisco or New York. In some cases, the establishment of one powerful player in a region automatically turns a place into a […].