May 30, 2024
3 Cool Companies - May [#5]
3 Cool Companies - May [#5] 1. Recall - https://www.getrecall.ai/ Recall is an incredibly underrated app that I started using this month. They’re challenging the idea of information overload with a solution that captures, summarizes and organizes the content you view online. It’s a fantastic resource for connecting different topics you...
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April 30, 2024
3 Cool Companies - April [#4]
3 Cool Companies - April [#4] 1. Vizcom - https://www.vizcom.ai/ Vizcom reminds me a ton of Figma. It makes sense that Figma's VP of Sales is an investor in the company. They're using AI to change the way industrial design is done, bridging the gap between a sketch and a visual. Vizcom lets designers create stunning, photorealistic ren...
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March 29, 2024
3 Cool Companies - March [#3]
3 Cool Companies - March [#3] 1. Roboflow - https://roboflow.com/ Roboflow is a startup out of Des Moines that specializes in computer vision. At its core, their platform lets developers integrate vision into applications. It’s a pretty incredible idea, basically: enabling machines to perceive the world around us. With tools to annotat...
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February 29, 2024
3 Cool Companies - Feb. [#2]
1. Placer AI - https://www.placer.ai/ Placer.ai is a locational analytics company that recently hit $100M ARR. They work with big box retailers and municipalities to provide insights on consumer trends, behavior and competitive benchmarks. By leveraging different data streams, they can also analyze things like seasonal customer behavio...
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January 30, 2024
3 Cool Companies - Jan. [#1]
Wanted to start writing more this year. I like keeping up to date on startups and thought it could be fun highlighting three cool companies each month. No specific guidelines or criteria other than finding them interesting and posting on (or around) the 30th. --- 1. CamelQA - https://camelqa.com/ Camel QA is an AI agent that conducts e...
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July 7, 2022
The Importance of Ongoing Technology Assessment in Government
After a disagreeable first term, Ulysses S. Grant stood at the US Capital in 1873 for his second inaugural address and assured the American people that, “The theory of government changes with general progress”. He was proven right when the timely invention of the telegraph and steam engine left the country with a far more promising vie...
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