Farewell GenAI 101…
In early 2024, Tim Smith and Alejandra Vergara built a five-week generative AI course for Bee founders. Thousands took it. Here’s why we’re retiring it; the answer is the best part of the story.
Machine Learning
The Promise of Smart Manufacturing
CEO and Co-Founder Jordan Kretchmer, along with CTO and Co-Founder Ruddick Lawrence, believe that machines will win, as do we. In an interview, the former discusses how America’s manufacturing industry is in desperate need of innovation. Recent macroeconomic trends are highlighting bottlenecks within the manufacturing supply chain (e.g., labor shortages), perfectly outlining one of our … Read more
SynthesisAI: Fall 2023 Release
Easier, faster, more powerful. Introducing Synthesis Humans & Synthesis Scenarios Our mission here at Synthesis AI has been the same since our initial launch: To enable more capable and ethical AI. Our unique platform couples generative AI with cinematic CGI pipelines to enable the on-demand generation of photorealistic, diverse and perfectly labeled images and videos. … Read more
Rapid Robotics x Kira x TechCrunch Live
The two are experts on selling technical services, and during this TechCrunch Live event, they walk through their processes.
Skycatch’s Drone-Enabled Data Collection Takes On New Territory
Bee Partners portfolio company Skycatch, which recently closed a $25M raise with support from ABD Ventures and Wavemaker, doesn’t consider itself a drone company at all. That’s why, when Founder and CEO Christian Sanz talks about Skycatch, he talks less about the drones Skycatch deploys, and more about the problems being solved by the computer-vision … Read more
Bee Portco Crowdbotics Closes on $22M to Help Any Business Make Custom Software
With nearly half a million developer jobs empty right now, and another half million engineers soon to retire, custom software that is made on time and under budget is getting harder to find. Yet many businesses – maybe most businesses – really need it. Who’s going to fill that need? Crowdbotics, a Bee Partners portfolio … Read more
45 Billion Connected Cameras By 2022 Will Require More Data Processing Than Humans Can Deliver. Synthesis AI Has a Solution
Synthesis AI founder and CEO Yashar Behzadi will waste no time telling you there will be 45 billion connected cameras in the world by 2022. This is over one-and-a-half times the 27 billion cameras operating today and a 216% increase since 2017. Why does the global number of connected cameras matter to Behzadi? He knows the only … Read more
Congratulations, SugarCRM, on the Acquisition of Node.io
Big congratulations to the smart thinkers at SugarCRM who have picked up Node.io. You can read the news in TechCrunch. Node’s AI-as-a-service platform augments sales, marketing, and human resources teams with machine learning-powered customer predictions and lead recommendations, enabling users to connect with better sales leads and potential customers. That’s right in SugarCRM’s sweet spot … Read more
The Case for Intelligent APIs
Imagine two different bars. They’re both in the same part of town, and they both have identical crowds, decor, and alcohol choices. One bar has a menu of drinks with each ingredient listed, so you order knowing full well every component that will go into it. At the second bar, you simply tell the bartender … Read more
IoT and Edge Intelligence
Moving to the Edge for Speed and Autonomy Making Decisions at the Edge WHAT IS EDGE COMPUTING? How quickly what’s new becomes commonplace. Cloud computing has been one of the biggest conduits for innovation over the past 10 years and will remain an important part of the computing infrastructure for the foreseeable future. But as … Read more