Few would doubt that modern-day organizations are working in an extremely competitive business environment. There is more choice of providers, products, and services than there has ever been. Consumers and businesses alike can switch quickly and easily between providers should standards fall short of what is...

Asset management is unquestionably one of the most lucrative areas in Financial Services (FS). In late 2018, The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) published the 10th Edition of its Asset Management Report. It revealed that the total Assets under Management (AuM) in Europe increased by...

Believe me, there are many challenges that come with running a start-up. Fundraising, scaling, recruiting the best people, addressing customer concerns, building and developing a great product – all of this and more have arisen at various stages during the Squirro journey. Perhaps the one issue...

Interview with Dorian Selz, CEO, Squirro 1) What is SIGHTS? SIGHTS 18 is Squirro’s Global Augmented Intelligence Conference. During 2 days delegates from around the globe will deep dive into the most inspiring and innovative AI techniques and technologies. This is a unique opportunity to share...

Banking organisations and insurance companies, financial services in short, are an industry that is both fast-paced and highly competitive. It’s no exaggeration to state that there is more data in FS than most other industries can even contemplate, let alone use in any meaningful sense. The...

In its 7th edition, the 2017 AI Summit took place this year at the Metropolitan West in New York City. This is a large, two floor event space located across from the Intrepid Museum. At any given moment of the two-day event, from Dec. 5th to...

The cover story of the May 6th, 2017 issue of The Economist boldly proclaimed data as “the world’s most valuable resource,” which is a new reality that has taken shape over the years. Technology used to be all about products, but the 1990s brought about the...

Salesforce Ventures announced a $50 million fund to encourage startups to build AI-fueled applications on top of Salesforce. “The goal of the Salesforce AI Fund is to accelerate the development of transformative AI solutions on Salesforce,” Matt Garratt, VP at Salesforce Ventures told TechCrunch. The first...

Only 8% of businesses make more than 50% of their decisions based on data4. Yet all businesses create vast amounts of data. Why do businesses of all sizes make so little use of data? At a recent Swiss Cognitive event a group of executives met to discuss this challenge...

NEW YORK, June 19 –Squirro and fin|searches announced the launch of a new analytics platform that provides first-of-its-kind insights into the institutional asset management space. The new platform, fin|analytics, takes the in-depth research on North American-based institutional investors compiled by fin|searches and combines it with the...

Helvetia Insurance is a Swiss all-lines insurance company with operations throughout Europe. Over the past years Helvetia has significantly expanded its market position. As part of a comprehensive strategy review Helvetia defined the strategy 2020. Built around two notions – customers are becoming more individual and...

  It was a sunny spring day. I just received my coveted birthday present. A Sony Walkman. It was revolutionary. Small, lightweight, beautiful, it was music on the go. And it was the essence of Japanese ingenuity. W. Edward Deming knew a few things about counting:...