Google has introduced an AI model called HeAR (Health Acoustic Representations), designed to detect early signs of disease using acoustic data. This innovative technology is part of Google’s broader efforts to leverage generative AI for healthcare applications, moving beyond its typical use in creative and productivity tools. Accessibility and Cost-Effectiveness:...
Y Combinator's Ralston Bullish on India Startups
Every year, the Mountain View, CA-based seed stage accelerator Y Combinator accelerates two startup batches and invests $150,000 each in them. In this year's summer 2019 batch of startups the company inducted 12 Indian startups out of the 140 that they interviewed. Company president Geoff Ralston said that India is...
Y-Combinator Portfolio Co Guarantees a Job Offer
Chennai, India-based Skill-Lync, an online education company is developing a service that helps India’s estimated 1.5 million mechanical engineering graduates to further develop their education into the skill sets that employers in the U.S. seek. The company is part of the Y Combinator, a startup fund based in Mountain View,...
Walmart Acquires India's Dataturks for IT Talent
Mountain View, California-based Walmart Labs, the product development arm of Walmart, acquired its third Indian startup, Bangalore-based Machine Learning and Data Annotation Platform, Dataturks. Dataturks’ software-as-a-service tool enables teams to annotate text and image data using machine learning. The 5-member team of Dataturks will join Walmart’s merchant technology team for...
Google Uses AI for Indian Language Content
To make it easy for "print publishers to create mobile-friendly web content," Mountain View, California-based Google launched Navlekha, (New Writing) a platform to help Indian language publishers get on the web. It will use artificial intelligence to render any PDF containing Indian language content into editable text. Navlekha has begun...
Symantec Expands Security Operations Center in India
Mountain View, CA-headquartered cybersecurity company Symantec Corporation announced the expansion of its Security Operations Center (SOC) in Chennai, India. This expansion will enhance access to global threat intelligence, advanced analytics, and 24X7 monitoring services to support customers in India and globally. "Symantec continues to heavily invest in our global SOC...