“Today was the second half of Y Combinator’s two-day Demo Day for its Winter 2019 class. Over 85 startups pitched on stage yesterday, and another huge batch launched today. Previously held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, this YC Demo Day instead took over a massive warehouse in San Francisco.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/techcrunch.com/2019/03/19/here-are-the-88-companies-that-launched-at-ycs-w19-demo-day-2/amp/ “Askdata: Non-technical…
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Most U.S. consumers would purchase on Amazon before other e-commerce sites, Feedvisor study finds
“Feedvisor, the “AI-first” optimization and intelligence platform for large sellers and brands on Amazon, today released an in-depth analysis on consumer habits and sentiments in a retail ecosystem dominated by Amazon. Two-thirds of consumers (66 percent) typically start their search for new products on Amazon When consumers are ready to buy a specific product, nearly…
The Updated List of Facebook Messenger Chatbot Tools for 2019
“Facebook Messenger chatbot tools have exploded onto the tech scene in the past two years, but as with many cutting-edge startups, some have fallen and others have risen to take their place. In this post, we’ll look at some of the best chatbot tools which are dominating the industry in 2019, and can help you…
Three great product search experiences powered by machine learning
“1) Improved product search for misspelt words On average, 25% of all ecommerce search queries are misspelt, and the modern shoppers won’t take the blame for typing the wrong command Zalando decided to tackle this problem using deep learning. With the help of machine learning, Zalando can now parse 300,000 products in two seconds and…
Pinterest hires Walmart CTO Jeremy King as head of engineering
“Just a few days after VentureBeat reported that Pinterest chief technology officer (CTO) Vanja Josifovski was jumping ship for Airbnb, the game of musical chairs is continuing with news that Pinterest has hired Walmart CTO Jeremy King as its new head of engineering. The announcement comes less than 24 hours after an internal memo revealed…