Starmind International

Starmind International
Incorporated Company
Industry Computer software
Founded Zurich, Switzerland (June 4, 2010)
Headquarters Küsnacht (ZH), Switzerland
Key people
 Pascal Kaufmann (Founder)
Marc Vontobel (Founder & CTO)
Peter Waser (CEO)
Martin Korbmacher (President of Board)
Website www.starmind.com/ Edit this on Wikidata

Starmind International is a private software company based in Küsnacht, Switzerland.

Product & Technology

The Starmind software was developed with the intention to provide employees answers from top experts within their company, on any subject. The Software uses self-learning algorithms to build company expertise networks.

These algorithms use neuroscientific principles, such as Hebbian Learning. Founder Pascal Kaufmann has stated his goal is to create machines which work like the human brain [1].

The software identifies experts within a network and connects them to employees in need of that expertise via a text based interface [2].

History

Starmind was founded by Pascal Kaufmann and Marc Vontobel at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the University of Zurich in 2010. The algorithm was developed using insights from Artificial Intelligence and neuroscientific research from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich and is based on virtual neural tissue and self-learning neural networks studies. In 2012, Siemens Awarded Starmind with the title “company to watch”,[3][4] which resulted in extensive media coverage.[5] In 2013, Starmind was nominated for various awards in Switzerland as well as internationally.[6]

Starmind was won a total of six awards since its founding:

  • 2013: Swiss ICT Newcomer Award[7]
  • 2014: Red Herring Europe Award[8]
  • 2015: Finalist EY Entrepreneur of the Year[9]
  • 2016: Citi Digital Workplace Challenge- Employee's Choice and Mash up Award[10]
  • 2017: Alconics: Best AI Breakthrough Award[11]
  • 2017: Finalist Spark Award, Deutscher Digital Preis[12]

Offices

Starmind has three global offices in Switzerland, Germany and the United States of America. The company is headquartered in Küsnacht, Switzerland.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ibtimes.com/where-ai-meets-neuroscience-how-human-brain-will-make-robots-smarter-2571474
  2. ↑ http://www.ciodive.com/press-release/20170815-starmind-cognitive-computing-technology-goes-mobile-with-ios-and-android-ap/
  3. ↑ How companies know what they know, Page 64 (PDF; 3,7 MB). Siemens Industry Journal, Production of the future. Veröffentlicht Februar 2012.
  4. ↑ Wie Unternehmen wissen, was sie wissen (PDF; 378 kB). Siemens Industry Journal, Production of the future. Veröffentlicht Februar 2012.
  5. ↑ Wie machen Daten Sinn?, Page 19. IBM-Think. Veröffentlicht Januar 2012.
  6. ↑ World Summit Award National Nominees 2013 (PDF; 67 kB). Website World Summit Award. 14. August 2013.
  7. ↑ http://www.swissict-award.ch/de/Preistraeger/2013
  8. ↑ http://www.redherring.com/events/red-herring-europe/2014winners/
  9. ↑ https://www.eycom.ch/de/Galleries/EOY-2015/Winners/
  10. ↑ http://www.citigroup.com/citi/news/2016/160314a.htm
  11. ↑ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/starmind-wins-the-aiconics-best-ai-breakthrough-award-300473724.html
  12. ↑ http://award.handelsblatt.com/the-spark/?lang=en
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