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Identifying and scaling AI startups for SDGs

Startups:

• Voiceitt: Voiceitt has developed speech recognition for non-standard speech: opening the
world of voice technology for people with speech disabilities, aging adults, and accented
speakers. Read more here.
• Relearn: ReLearn is an innovative company which aims to turn waste into a resource using
AI. Using NANDO, their first zero-waste monitoring tool, you can track and measure the
waste produced, putting your community at the center of your environmental footprint
reduction. Read more here.
• SoundX: SoundX combines AI with vibration packs to deliver real time sound treatment
with no sensible latency. Pushing back the limits of accessibility, the d/Deaf community
can now open the doors of any concert hall, cultural center, stadium, and gaming.
• Intrare: Intrare is a platform that helps companies maximize their revenue by efficiently
managing recruitment processes. It is the AI product that automates personnel selection
and helps recruiters fill vacancies with great speed and offering the best experience to
candidates.
• Nobi: Nobi is AI-driven, life-saving care technology disguised as a stylish lamp, which
detects, prevents and predicts falls, providing peace of mind for everyone.

Judges:
• Jaqueline Kigma; Investment Associate, FINCA Ventures
• Sarah Storelli; Worldwide Public Sector Marketing Leader, AWS
• Stephen Ibaraki; Chairman & Managing General Partner, REDDS Capital
• Carlo Tortora Brayda di Belvedere; Executive Chairman, National AI and Cyber Security
ISAO
• Joseph K. Hopkins; Senior Managing Partner at The IPRESTIGE Emerge Fund LLC, and
CEO, Fallingst Technologies LLC

8.4 Meet the Robotics for Good startups advancing sustainable
development – 2nd session

Online, 20 February 2024

Moderators:

• Matt Oguz, Founding General Partner, Venture Science
• Guillem Martínez Roura, AI and Robotics Programme Officer, ITU

Startups:

• Bioniks: Bioniks is a social enterprise striving to facilitate humanity in every field of life. It
is a symbol of hope for the individuals with disabilities – giving them a helping hand in the
form of prosthetics. Artificial limbs or prosthetic limbs produced by Bioniks are the most
advanced available in Pakistan. Read more here.
• Tatum Robotics: Tatum Robotics is a leading assistive technology company dedicated to
bridging the communication gap for DeafBlind individuals, an underserved population in
the assistive tech space. Deafblindness, a combination of hearing and vision loss, affects
more than 2-3 million people in the United States. The T1, Tatum’s signature product, is
the first-of-its-kind robotic hand that translates English text communications into tactile
American Sign Language (ASL).
• Valkim Technologies: Valkim Technologies was created to support technology adoption
in a safe, reliable manner with an emphasis on the inspection industry. With more than
25 years of leadership in business development for Fortune 500 companies, Valkim has
a proven history of successfully discovering and cultivating new market opportunities,

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