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Identifying and scaling AI startups for SDGs



                  11.6  Innovation Factory Live pitching session


                  Online, 28 September 2021
                  Moderator: Josh Choi, Program Lead at AI for Good, ITU

                  Startups:

                  •    TestAlng: TestAIng's AiEnsured is a complete testing suite for AI products, the world’s first
                       comprehensive testing product for privacy, ethics, and security.
                  •    Paylend: Paylend aims at providing financial solutions to communities in Africa. As an
                       innovative fintech company, Paylend is a platform that facilitates credit management and
                       easing the supply chain.
                  •    Delft Imaging: Delft Imaging dreams of a world where healthcare is a universal right, not
                       a privilege. Through reliable, cost-effective diagnostic imaging solutions and AI software,
                       Delft Imaging is driving global health transformations, aiming for a universally healthier
                       future with each innovation.
                  •    TechTics: On two entrepreneurs’ initiative, a team from TU Delft built a prototype of a
                       beach robot, the BeachBot. The robot is specially made to help keep the beaches clean,
                       by cleaning up small litter.The prototype uses a trained image recognition algorithm for
                       machines and can already recognize cigarette butts.

                  Judges:

                  •    Mickaël Mesbauer; Program Manager, Hatch CoLab
                  •    Joseph K. Hopkins; Senior Managing Partner, The IPRESTIGE Emerge Fund LLC and CEO,
                       Fallingst Technologies LLC
                  •    Melissa Sassi; Global Head of IBM Hyper Protect Accelerator, IBM


                  11.7  AI for Good Innovation Factory Live pitching session

                  Online, 31 August 2021

                  Moderator: Josh Choi, Program Lead at AI for Good, ITU

                  Startups:

                  •    Talov Studio: Talov designs accessible technology for everyone, especially for people
                       with disabilities. Talov’s apps are: SpeakLiz, a powerful AI communication tool, designed
                       as a complete solution for the worldwide deaf community. Vision, using AI in real time to
                       identify objects, money, colors, approximate distances, read text, and more; all through
                       a phone's camera and optimized for working with VoiceOver and TalkBack in up to 48
                       languages. Read more here.
                  •    Fieldy: Fieldy combines satellites, ML, and unique ground data to make reliable predictions
                       and enable informal market’s integration into global agricultural chains.
                  •    Ninjamoba: Ninjamoba provides conversational AI consulting tailored to empower social
                       initiatives. Their unique approach combines user-friendly chatbots and media adoption
                       programs, enabling you to effectively leverage our tools for maximum impact.
                  •    Orbisk: Orbisk is a startup on a mission to make the world’s food system more sustainable
                       by using progressive and innovative technology to tackle one of today’s biggest
                       challenges: food waste. Their solution provides hospitality organizations with a complete
                       insight into their food waste and helps them cut it in half. For this, Orbisk makes maximum
                       use of recent developments in computer vision and AI.
                  •    SmartHelio: SmartHelio, based in Switzerland, is an innovative leader in Predictive Solar
                       Analytics, dedicated to improving the health and efficiency of solar plants worldwide.




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