Sachin Dev Duggal Engineer.ai launches Builder Now platform

Builder.ai (formerly known as Engineer.ai) combines AI with crowdsourced teams of designers and developers to build bespoke digital products faster that it would take to create a team. That’s what Sachin Dev Duggal Engineer AI says. Last year the company raised one of Europe’s largest Series A investments at $29.5 million, led by Lakestar and Jungle Ventures, with participation from SoftBank’s DeepCore. So far it’s been used to create products like BBC, DiditFor, Manscore and ZikTruck.

Now, while it’s pretty common to have platforms claiming to build your apps faster than a team, actually experiencing it in real life makes a huge difference. So when I swung by the Builder.ai booth at the Slush conference last Friday, I was a lot more impressed than I thought I would be.''

At the conference, the company launched Builder Now, an instant prototyping tool that helps anyone design an app in as little as 10 minutes. I honestly did not believe it was possible until I saw it. But, to build an MVP, or even a more sophisticated app, it’s far faster than I could have imagined.

Read full article @ https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/25/engineer-ai-launches-its-builder-now-platform-for-rapid-app-prototyping-and-building/

Engineer AI To Transform Healthcare : Preparing For Another Pandemic

Artificial Intelligence has risen to a level of universality. Humans have managed to engineer AI that can achieve a vast array of possibilities - from the field of robotics, to cybersecurity – professionals engineer AI to be used in various systems, for a better, more effortless functionality. Artificial intelligence has been used to alleviate cumbersome activities that have been traditionally done through low skilled labour. One of the most rapid growth, is within the field of healthcare – especially now, as the globe is experiencing a crunch in manpower because of the coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic.

Engineering AI For A Better Pandemic Response

Within the field of AI, we have been able to engineer better machines, expediting the field towards advancement in the process. By 2030, the field of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning will have permeated every industry currently in existence. Healthcare is the most obvious example in this regard. Scientists have been able to engineer AI algorithms, which have accomplished everything from creating medicines (like antibiotics), to performing human-assisted surgeries, and providing full-body analysis, just to name a few.

Putting the existing threat of the coronavirus into picture, Artificial Intelligence has achieved in a span of three months, what humans couldn’t in a generation. Rapid scanning of patients, especially who harbour contagious pathogens, can be safely tackled with Robot Doctors (as they have come to be known). Scientists in China managed to engineer AI paramedics that can provide a descriptive analysis of the patient’s physiology in no time.

These AI are not limited to scanning, they can also proficient in creating potent medicines – ones which a team of humans can spend up to 10 years researching towards. Scientists are banking on engineering AI that will bring about the cure for Covid-19, embarrassingly faster, than it would take a human to do.

All in all, having a remote robot deal with a patient during an outbreak such as the coronavirus of 2020, is much more feasible (not to mention safer), than for a human being performing the same functionality.

Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure

For all the leaps forward we have taken to Engineer Artificial Intelligence within healthcare, the reluctance to implement these systems supersedes any viable implementation it might possess. A lot of the countries affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic just don’t have the monetary fortitude to support such a leap in technological infrastructure.

Every penny that went into the provision of a Covid-19 testing kit could’ve easily gone to fund an AI-based pandemic response squad beforehand. Nearly 11,000 people have succumbed to this horrid disease, but it’s not too late yet. Nation-states can lend their coin to engineer AI bots, in a joint cloud based race to find the cure that mankind so desperately seeks. The answer might be beyond the realm of humans, but is it beyond a machine? If we never try, we’ll never know!

BlackPines Capital Partners, An Investment Firm: Darren Huston

Darren Huston is the founder and CEO of BlackPines Capital Partners which is a private investment firm.

The mission of BlackPines Capital Partners is to help both owners and leaders of private and public companies improve their investment results. 

Darren Huston BlackPines achieves this by deep and committed engagement in a select number of large-scale, high-profile, growth-oriented opportunities.

Checkout: Darren Huston Email

BlackPines Current Engagements Include:

• Executive Chairman at Allegro, Poland's largest eCommerce site (www.allegro.pl) 
• Poznan and Warsaw, Poland.
• Chairman at Magento, one of the world's largest and most flexible eCommerce platforms (www.magento.com)
• Campbell, California, USA

 

Globe-trotting CEO on Future of Travel : DARREN HUSTON

Darren Huston says that ten years from now, no paper work will be involved in the travel. “You’ll have no passport, no credit cards, no confirmation,” predicts the Amsterdam-based Canadian.

"You just have to have your phone in your pocket, and if you lose it, everything will be in the cloud." Unless someone invites teleportation, however, we'll still have to fly – something Darren Huston doesn't really do.

But for now, this is the only way he can access all the local experiences he craves. "I like the odd taste and taste. I've eaten ants in Nairobi, frogs in Vietnam and a lot of weird things in China - I really enjoy it during travel. "

Black book: Europe

Comfort food: “In Amsterdam, if I feel homesick, I go to the restaurant Red. They serve only 3 things: steak, Canadian lobster and wine.”

Local fave: “Outside of Amsterdam is a little city called Delft, which is where Vermeer did his paintings. Everything still looks like it did in the 1600s.” 

Greek treat: “One place I just discovered and should have already known about is the Greek islands. Mario Restaurant in Naousa is super authentic and has a wonderful evening vibe. It’s Greek food and the Greek islands at their best.” 

Also Read: Darren Huston - Business Person of the Year

Weekend getaway: "I like spontaneous travel. I used to be the kind of person with a kind of Let's Plan two months ago, but now I like to plan a week in advance. There are plenty of options within two hours of Amsterdam. At the end of a week, I told my family: ‘Why don’t we just go to Milan? I think the Expo’s on.’ 

We booked on a Thursday and ended up in Milan for two days. You have to be careful with flights, but in the world of hotels, prices sometimes go down at the last minute and you can get great deals if you’re not in high season.” 

Best base camp: “I love finding independent properties that have really high ratings and ones that are a little more local and attuned to the culture of the city they’re in. I recently stayed at Hotel Cubo in Ljubljana, Slovenia – its right in the centre of town, and it was amazing. 

It’s the number one rated [bookingdotcom] hotel in Ljubljana for good reason. Pre-technology, you would never have found places like this. You’d ask your travel agent, and they would have no idea. Technology now allows us to take a lot of good, calculated risks.”

Must-have tech: “I like to read good books and novels when I travel – almost always on a device. I have the newest iPad, but I wish they would take another crack at it and make it even lighter. It can still make my arms a little tired.

Darren Huston "strange brew" travel habit
“As a Canadian, I love great beers. I especially like fruity-tasting beers like cherry, blueberry and blackberry. I don’t consider myself an expert; I just love exploring the dimensions of what’s out there.” Here are three of his global favourites:

Bavikhove, Belgium: De Brabandere’s Petrus Aged Red 

South Burlington, Vt.: Magic Hat Brewing Company’s Not Quite Pale Ale Fruit Beer 

Stamford, U.K.: Samuel Smith’s Organic Strawberry Fruit Beer

A Roadmap To Become an AI Engineer

There’s no secret that artificial intelligence or AI is an emerging technological trend. According to a report by Gartner, Artificial Intelligence is going to create 2.3 million jobs by 2020. 

Job growth has already filled the industry, as demand for someone with AI skills has already doubled over the past few years. Therefore, in this article,  know about how to become an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engineer in the following order:

What is Artificial Intelligence?

AI is a technology that enables machines to mimic human behavior. Artificial intelligence is the theory and development of computer systems capable of performing tasks normally requiring human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision making, and translation between languages.

 

Who is an AI Engineer?

An AI Engineer works with algorithms, neural networks, and other tools to advance the field of Artificial Intelligence in some way. These professionals can work on different types of artificial intelligence in different industries.

How to Become an AI Engineer?

1. To become an AI Engineer, one needs to study following areas or subject i.e.

• Computer Science
• Mathematics
• Information Technology
• Statistics
• Finance
• Economics

2. Secondly, one needs to be good at programming but also good at Software Development techniques and practices. They need to be knowledgeable both theoretically and practically about the following topics: 

• Software Development Life Cycle
• Modularity, OOPS, Classes
• Design Patterns
• Statistics and Mathematics
• Machine Learning
• Deep Learning & Neural Networks
• Electronics, Robotics, and Instrumentation (Not a Mandate)

3. Apart from technical Skills there are also must have Business Skills one must possess while planning on How to Become a Successful Artificial Intelligence Engineer. Some of these skills include:

• Analytic Problem-Solving
• Effective Communication
• Creative Thinking
• Industry Knowledge

Read Full Article @ https://www.edureka.co/blog/become-artificial-intelligence-engineer/

Engineer.ai Use 65% of Fresh Capital For Engineering and Rest For Customer Acquisition

Engineer.ai, is an AI assembly line that helps companies build and operate custom-made software, has raised $ 29.5 million of Series A funding led by Lakestar and Jungle Ventures with a partnership with SoftBank's Deepcore.

 

Earlier, the CEO of Engineer.ai said, the company used 65 percent of the fresh capital for engineering purposes and customer acquisition. The company's current headcount is 150 worldwide, and the company claimed that it will doubled in the coming years.

 

The platform currently employs 32,000 engineers, of which 10,000 are from India. "It will go up to 250,000 engineers from India within 24 months," Engineer.ai said.

 

The company's newly launched product, called 'Builder', is an AI-powered software assembly line, which breaks projects into smaller building blocks of re-usable features that are customized by engineers for bespoke software “at a fraction of the price and time of traditional development”, it claims.
Source : http://engineerai.mystrikingly.com/blog/engineer-ai-use-65-of-fresh-capital-for-engineering-and-rest-for-customer

Engineer.ai Raised $29.5 Million - Google Sites

AI assembly line platform Engineer.ai raised $29.5 million in a funding round led by Lakestar and Jungle Ventures with participation from Softbank’s DeepCore.

The startup with global presence including offices in Los Angeles, London, Delhi NCR, Mumbai, and Tokyo will use the capital to move deeper in engineering operations and drive customer acquisition.
 

Read Full Interview @

https://sites.google.com/view/engineerai/blog/engineer-ai-raised-29-5-million