Airbnb: Utilizing Machine Learning to Optimize Travel
Airbnb utilizes machine learning to personalize search rankings for guests and to optimize pricing for hosts.
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How Machine Learning can help Loblaw beat Amazon in Canadian Grocery
How Salesforce is using machine learning to unlock more value for its customers (and their customers)
In recent years, machine learning has become a paramount technology for CRM products, and Salesforce is currently working on implementing an innovative machine learning strategy to fuel its future growth.
Additive Manufacturing at GE in the Midst of a Turnaround (797 words)
GE has been a leader of additive manufacturing in aerospace. How will they keep innovating while facing pressure from investors?
Eli Lilly: Improving R&D Through Open Innovation
Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly uses its open innovation platform to encourage collaboration with the broader scientific community in the early-stage development of new drug therapies.
SpaceX – Surviving Enrico’s Paradox
SpaceX is in an epic effort to make humans a multi-planetary species, and escape the trap of Fermi's Paradox. To achieve this the Company has been adopting 3D-printing to gain efficiencies and reduce costs. Will it be enough?
Walmart Fights Fire with Fire: Traditional Retail in the Age of Machine Learning
Omni-channel retail is the battleground of the future. Walmart fights back against e-commerce giants like Amazon by using machine learning to roll out competitive product offerings in a race to omni-channel supremacy.
As 3D printing drugs in rural hospitals becomes a reality, what are the opportunities and threats for AstraZeneca?
In rural hospitals, critical drugs are often not in stock. Desperate patients and their families are further pushed into prolonged suffering. Feeling they have nothing to lose, some resort to DIY solutions.
As additive manufacturing is applied to drug production at patients’ closest point of sale, we can imagine a world where rural patients purchase out-of-stock drugs within a few hours of visiting a local hospital. What if the hospital had a 3D printer? What if CAD files from global pharmaceutical companies like AstraZeneca were available?
Can Walmart Machine Learn its Way to the Top?
In a war between Amazon and Walmart for the e-commerce crown, who will ultimately win?
Blended Learning: The Rise of Machine Learners
In 2010, only 54% students from grades 9-11 in the Dallas Independent School District (DISD) passed the math portion of the assessment test. In contrast, ~80% students from grades 3-6 met the minimum standard on Texas’s assessment test. That means […]