http://linkedin.com/in/dotkhan Verishop – https://www.verishop.com “Imran Khan, who spent three years at Snap (ie SnapChat) as chief strategy officer, has created a new retail company, Verishop, which aims to “bring joy back to online shopping, and do it at scale with the ease of online purchasing and fast delivery we’ve all come to expect.” Well, Verishop has officially launched,…
Month: June 2019
“I’m a Pepper, You’re a Pepper, Wouldn’t You Like to Be a Pepper, Too?”
Day 1 of the Digital Banking Conference hosted by the ABA is complete, and the biggest draw of the day was…Pepper the robot from SoftBank Related story: Rise of the robots: Bank deploys ‘Pepper’ to assist customers “Beginning Thursday, Pepper will greet customers at HSBC Bank’s Brickell branch in Miami, and later, possibly other locations…
Udacity launches nontechnical AI product manager nanodegree
“Enrollment for the first program begins today and consists of 6 lessons and 3 projects, and lasts about 2 months. The AI product manager course is just the latest such offering from Udacity, a company made popular in part by the draw of founder Sebastian Thrun’s Stanford University machine learning course.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/venturebeat.com/2019/06/18/udacity-launches-nontechnical-ai-product-manager-nanodegree/amp/
Here’s How Much Companies Are Spending on Artificial Intelligence
>”50% the respondents said they oversee an annual A.I. budget of at least $51,000. 13% said they control A.I. budgets of $251,000 to $500,000, an amount that reflects a modest commitment and likely small staff. 5% said they’re spending over $5 million.” http://fortune.com/2019/06/18/business-leaders-artificial-intelligence/
Walmart “Delivery Unlimited” Subscription
“TechCrunch noticed that Walmart is now taking on services like Instacart, Shipt, and Amazon Prime Now with its own grocery delivery subscription service called “Delivery Unlimited.” The $98 annual price point makes Delivery Unlimited competitive since Shipt charges $99 for a similar service and Target also recently announced that Shipt shoppers can pay a per-order…