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Microsoft announced that it has acquired Lobe, an AI startup that helps developers make deep-learning models without coding. Lobe, a platform that can understand hand gestures, read handwriting, and hear music, will continue to develop as a standalone service. Lobe was founded in 2015 by Mike Matas, Adam Menges, and Markus […]

Microsoft buys AI startup Lobe


On this blog, we routinely look at two ends of the spectrum, startup success stories and review of failed startups. An interesting article in the New York Times reviews startups that are generating ‘mega-round’ investments; essentially large-scale fund raising of more than $100 million. The article in NYT – 100 […]

For a Start-Up, 100 Million Was Once Big Money. Now, ...


A while ago, we blogged a detailed writeup – What is the Amazon’s franchise program? How do I become a Franchisee? Amazon has been pushing forward on the program by extending its Delivery Service. In June, Amazon announced that it was rolling out its Delivery Service Partner program  to increase its package delivery […]

Amazon extends franchise model by ordering 20,000 Mercedes-Benz



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In recent times, we have highlighted opportunities in design and development of light-apps, mobile Apps and voice based technologies in the Smartphone industry. Here is another interesting idea for entrepreneurs: why not develop your own branded smartphone? It apparently costs only $70 to design and make small batches of smartphones! […]

Startup opportunity: How to Build Your Own Smartphone – for ...