Archive: machine learning
Startup Insider: Gryphon Sees Supercharged Sales Growth
By Early Investing on October 17, 2022
When we first recommended Gryphon in 2018, we were impressed by the company’s innovative product and excellent team. The company makes arguably the most secure and functional wireless internet router on the market. The Gryphon router uses artificial intelligence and machine learning technology to help guard against malicious attacks. It also includes parental controls, expanded networking capabilities and a mobile app. In short, Gryphon brings high-level cybersecurity features to everyone’s home internet.
Startup Insider: 20/20 GeneSystems Pivots, Builds New Partnership
By Early Investing on September 19, 2022
20/20 GeneSystems has been busy. We first recommended the company in December 2017 when we learned about its incredible cancer detection technology. 20/20 GeneSystems identifies cancer risk early on by using tumor antigen markers. It can improve cancer detection by up to 30%…
Startup Insider: This Software Startup Is Making Drastic Changes for the Better
By Early Investing on January 31, 2022
Marketing is both an art and a science. Companies are constantly trying to better understand their customers’ innermost desires. And it’s up to marketers to come up with creative ways to tap into those desires. But marketers are working with very limited information. They don’t…
New Pick: Invest in the Uber of the Apparel Industry
By Andy Gordon on January 13, 2022
Passenger drones – AKA flying cars – are technological marvels. But science fiction has been promising flying cars for decades. So seeing them become reality now feels right. But apparel startup Sene feels like it’s been ripped from the future. It has made a commercially thriving…
Amazon’s Fake Review Problem Is an Opportunity for Disruption
By Adam Sharp on March 5, 2021
Like a huge portion of Americans, I use Amazon a LOT these days. And with a 50% market share, it absolutely dominates online sales in the country. But lately I’m frustrated with it. I’ve bought a few items recently that were…
Startup Insider: Cortex Co-founder on Machine Learning and Marketing
By Andy Gordon on February 1, 2021
In December, Andy Gordon recommended Cortex as a potential startup investment. Cortex uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to help predict how people will respond to videos or pictures before they’re shot. This is a massive step…
New Pick: The Startup That’s Revolutionizing Visual Marketing
By Andy Gordon on December 14, 2020
DEAL DETAILS Startup: Cortex Security type: Preferred Stock Round size: Up to $1.07 million Valuation: $8.42 million Minimum investment: $250 Investment portal: Wefunder Deadline: February 15, 2021…
New Pick: Invest in Efficient Energy Use
By Andy Gordon on October 15, 2020
Deal Details Startup: COI Energy Security type: Crowd SAFE Discount: 20% Valuation (cap): $18 million Minimum investment: $100 Where to invest: Republic Deadline: December 1, 2020…
How Startups Can Help Protect Our Elections
By Andy Gordon on September 16, 2020
We’re in the midst of a presidential election. Along with the campaigning, speeches and crowds is the inevitable increase in disinformation. I hate it. It gets in the way of an honest national discussion on issues that engage us and divide us. …
Invest in a Bootstrapping Startup With Good Taste
By Adam Sharp on June 10, 2019
Taste is a bootstrapping startup that offers TV and movie recommendations using sophisticated algorithms and machine learning. Here’s why we like it.