Startup Of The Week

Top 24 AI Startups To Meet At VivaTech 2017

The Innovator chose a selection of under- the-radar to late-stage startups disrupting business.

AUTO

OSR ENTERPRISES

SWITZERLAND

WHAT IT DOES: Developed an AI ”brain” to control and manage autonomous driving and the Internet of Vehicles. Its AI system can port multiple electronic control units into a single system, while giving each domain its own AI functionality.

www.osrenterprises.com

AUTO

NAVYA

FRANCE

WHAT IT DOES: Makes a 100 % electric driverless AI-powered shuttle that can transport up to 15 passengers and safely drive up to 45 km/h. There will be some vehicles on hand at VivaTechnology to transport people.

https://navya.tech

CYBER SECURITY

D.DAY LABS

ISRAEL

WHAT IT DOES: Helps prevent data theft on end points, mobile devices and cloud services. It uses advanced machine learning to automatically classify sensitive data, enforce data security and demonstrate compliance.

www.ddaylabs.com

HEALTH

ZEBRA MEDICAL VISION

ISRAEL

WHAT IT DOES: Teaches AI-powered computers to automatically read and diagnose medical imaging data, allowing healthcare institutions to identify patients at risk of diseases like emphysema and coronary artery disease and offer preventative treatment.

www.zebra-med.com

HEALTH

GYANT

UNITED STATES

WHAT IT DOES: Uses AI to power a multilingual health robot that asks people about their symptoms and then hones in on a probable cause.

www.gyant.com

FINTECH

KABBAGE

UNITED STATES

WHAT IT DOES: Combines machine learning algorithms, data from public profiles on the Internet and other factors to rate people and then loan them money for their small businesses.

www.kabbage.com

ROBOTICS

HEASE ROBOTICS

FRANCE

WHAT IT DOES: Makes robots for use in retail and customer relations. Heasy, its robot, uses machine learning, emotional intelligence and navigation skills to welcome, entertain and aid clients in shopping malls, airports or train stations.

http://heaserobotics.com/

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

DATASINE

UNITED KINGDOM

WHAT IT DOES: Help banks build meaningful relationships with their customers. Its algorithms use a unique combination of machine learning and psychology to help banks understand their customers, serve them better and improve engagement.

https://datasine.com

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

DESTYGO

FRANCE

WHAT IT DOES: Destygo is a platform that allows travel companies to automate customer relations on Messenger, Skype or on a Web Plugin. Airlines, travel agencies, airports and railway companies can have a tailored chatbot that will assist travelers in real time on their favorite messaging apps.www.destygo.com

ANALYTICS

PREDICTIVE LAYER

SWITZERLAND

WHAT IT DOES: Predictive Layer’s automated artificial intelligence machine learning platform extracts know-how embedded in an enterprise’s internal Big Data and all the available open data about the industry to generate accurate and reliable predictions

www.predictivelayer.com

ANALYTICS

QOPUIS.COM

FRANCE

WHAT IT DOES: Its artificial intelligence engine can automatically detect products from an image of an entire store section and in 10 seconds provide actionable analytics about whether products are present or out-of-stock, space used, share of each brand and more.

www.qopuis.com

CYBER SECURITY

THETARAY

ISRAEL

WHAT IT DOES: Uses the power of AI to provide real-time detection of unprecedented and unknown threats using Big Data analytics that simul- taneously monitor data from all sources within an organization.

www.ddaylabs.com

LAW

DONOTPAY

UNITED STATES/UNITED KINGDOM

WHAT IT DOES: Uses AI to challenge parking tickets, demand compensation for delayed trains and planes, help the homeless apply for emergency housing aid, settle landlord tenant disputes and help refugees fill in immigration applications.

www.donotpay.co.uk

HEALTH

BENEVOLENT AI

UNITED KINGDOM

WHAT IT DOES: Uses AI for science innovation, including helping researchers to use existing research to explore how particular compounds might be used to cure disease.

https;//benevolent.ai

ROBOTICS

HANSON ROBOTICS

UNITED STATES

WHAT IT DOES: Develops and manufacturers humanlike intelligent robots. Its goal is to cultivate kindness and empathy in artificial intelligence through meaningful interactions between robots and humans.

www.hansonrobotics.com

ENERGY

UPSIDE ENERGY

UNITED KINGDOM

WHAT IT DOES: Uses machine learning and distributed artificial intelligence methods to manage a portfolio of storage assets to provide real-time energy reserves to the electric grid.

www.upsideenergy.co.uk

ROBOTICS

GROUND DRONE

(ROBBOSAVVY) — UNITED KINGDOM

WHAT IT DOES: Developed an artificial intelligence and control framework that transforms human- operated mobile machines into autonomous intelligent robots that can be used in industry.

http://mov.ai

LUXURY AND FASHION

HEURITECH

FRANCE

WHAT IT DOES: An AI solution for the luxury, fashion and beauty sectors. It virtual assistant can detect trends worldwide to help design and launch new collections or manage purchases, product range and stocks.

www.heuritech.com

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

SNIPS

FRANCE

WHAT IT DOES: Its AI platform enables hardware companies to add voice capabilities to their devices. Customers include the automaker Renault-Nissan.

https://snips.ai

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

RECAST.AI

FRANCE

WHAT IT DOES: Offers an end-to-end platform for enterprise bots. More than 10,000 developers from 50 countries use it.

https://recast.ai/

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

SMARTLY.AI

FRANCE

WHAT IT DOES: An all-in-one platform for voice and chatbots. Smartly.ai handles the most popular voice and chat platforms for you.

www.smartly.ai

ANALYTICS

DACO

FRANCE

WHAT IT DOES: Its high-end strategic tools, which are based on deep learning technology, help retailers track their competition and give them actionable analysis and relevant recommendations.

ww.daco.io

MARKETING

NEXTUSER

UNITED STATES

WHAT IT DOES: Uses artificial intelligence to deliver the next level of personalization to enable the delivery of the right marketing message to the right person at the right time.

www.nextuser.com

MARKETING

BEYABLE

FRANCE

WHAT IT DOES: Applies its machine learning technology to numerous sectors, including retail, media, insurance and industry, to help adapt marketing in real time to websites and mobile in order to generate more leads and sales.

www.beyable.com

About the author

Jennifer L. Schenker

Jennifer L. Schenker, an award-winning journalist, has been covering the global tech industry from Europe since 1985, working full-time, at various points in her career for the Wall Street Journal Europe, Time Magazine, International Herald Tribune, Red Herring and BusinessWeek. She is currently the editor-in-chief of The Innovator, an English-language global publication about the digital transformation of business. Jennifer was voted one of the 50 most inspiring women in technology in Europe in 2015 and 2016 and was named by Forbes Magazine in 2018 as one of the 30 women leaders disrupting tech in France. She has been a World Economic Forum Tech Pioneers judge for 20 years. She lives in Paris and has dual U.S. and French citizenship.