The Edge AI and Vision Alliance™ today announced the finalists for the Vision Tank Start-Up Competition, the Alliance’s annual competition that showcases the best new companies solving real-world problems by creating innovations powered by visual AI, Deep Learning, and computer vision are driven. Each finalist will present their company and product to the judges during the Vision Tank Finals, which will be held live on stage at the Embedded Vision Summit on May 24, 2023. The Summit audience selects the winner of the Audience Choice Award. A jury of respected judges selects the Jury Prize. The five finalists are:
GMAC Intelligence – GMAC is building a drive-through automation solution for quick service restaurants (QSRs), solving the labor shortage and churn problem for the US QSR industry. Their solution is QSRBot 247 for drive-through automation that identifies loyal customers, takes their food orders accurately, processes their payments, and delivers groceries quickly. This solution is made possible by the on-device implementation of visual AI, speech recognition, and NLP algorithms.
Lemur Imaging – Lemur Imaging, a UK-based start-up, was formed to address the growing problem of reducing system costs and power consumption while increasing computer vision recognition accuracy. Its perceptually lossless compression core enables computer vision engineers to improve the accuracy of their models while reducing SRAM by 2x and DRAM bandwidth/power consumption by 3-4x.
http://www.lemur-imaging.com
Optimizing Mind – Optimizing Mind has developed a novel technology called Transfer Learning Squared, which performs the transfer learning training much more efficiently and uses 1% of the data samples. This technology overcomes the problem known as catastrophic forgetting and is an easy way to reduce development time and costs.
http://optimizingmind.com
Parrots—Polly is an AI-powered assistive platform that helps people with neurological conditions such as MS, cerebral palsy, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Polly uses AI/ML to provide real-time voice (communication), cognitive support (control), and telecare (care) to people with advanced neurological disorders.
http://flyparrots.com
ProHawk Technology Group—ProHawk Technology Group is a computer vision recovery solution provider that offers state-of-the-art solutions to fix low-quality video. Their mission is to help customers streamline their operations and increase their bottom line by utilizing computer vision restoration technologies.
http://www.prohawk.ai
“The inventiveness and drive of Vision Tank attendees this year was once again inspiring,” said Jeff Bier, Founder of the Edge AI and Vision Alliance. “The breadth of capabilities and applications demonstrated by this year’s finalists is proof that visual intelligence is changing the world faster than ever.”
