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EmTech MIT Brings The Award-Winning Journalism of MIT Technology Review To Life The 16th annual EmTech MIT gathers preeminent thought leaders, researchers and business leaders to examine the most significant themes in emerging technologies, including: – Rethinking Energy – Virtual Reality, Augmented Life – Artificial intelligence – Global Connectivity – Engineering a Healthy Planet – Spotlight talks on the 10 Breakthrough Technologies – Celebration of the 2016 Innovators Under 35 |
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Managing Director, 1776
Incubating Technical Solutions with Global Impact
Engineering Director, Facebook Connectivity Lab
Expanding the Global Impact of Internet Connectivity
Global Vice President of Research, Samsung
Envisioning What’s Next for Virtual Reality
CEO, NextEV
Imagining Clean, Connected Transportation
Gabilan Assistant Professor, University of Southern California
2016 Innovator Under 35
Prize Lead, X Prize
Incentivizing Innovative Approaches & Collaboration in A.I.
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
2016 Innovator Under 35
Executive Editor, MIT Technology Review
Chief Executive Officer, President and Founder, Intellia Therapeutics
The Potential for Genome Editing Technology to Transform Medicine
Postdoctoral Associate, MIT CSAIL
2016 Innovator Under 35
CEO & Founder, Dot Laboratories
2016 Innovator Under 35
Chief Operating Officer, MIT Technology Review
Research Staff Member, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
2016 Innovator Under 35
Director, Clinical Innovations, InnAccel
2016 Innovator Under 35
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and of Computer Science, Harvard University
Building Computer Vision Systems Inspired by the Brain
President’s Distinguished Professor of Information Technology & Management, Babson College
Presented by RAGE Frameworks
CEO, Automobili Lamborghini
Presented by the Italian Trade Agency
Assistant Professor, MIT Media Lab
The Technology Driving Gene Drives
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
2016 Innovator Under 35
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley
2016 Innovator Under 35
Cofounder, Vicarious
Artificial Intelligence At Work
Assistant Professor, University of Washington
10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2016: Power from the Air
CEO, Meta
2016 Innovator Under 35
Cofounder, Ling Robotics
2016 Innovator Under 35
Managing Director, 1776
Incubating Technical Solutions with Global Impact
Member of Research Staff, PARC
2016 Innovator Under 35
Cofounder, President and Chief Scientific Officer, Spark Therapeutics
Gene Therapy: A New Era of Medicine
CEO, Imprint Energy, Inc.
2016 Innovator Under 35
Assistant Professor, University of Rochester
2016 Innovator Under 35
Chancellor’s Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
Addressing the Effects of Climate Change
CEO and Cofounder, nuTonomy
Intelligent Machines: Autonomous Cars
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Robots at Work
Chief Executive Officer, GreyOrange
2016 Innovator Under 35
CTO, Opus 12
2016 Innovator Under 35
Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University
2016 Innovator Under 35
Founder & CEO, Blendoor
2016 Innovator Under 35
Assistant Professor, Singapore University of Technology and Design
2016 Innovator Under 35
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
2016 Innovator Under 35
Engineering Director, Facebook Connectivity Lab
Expanding the Global Impact of Internet Connectivity
SVP, Artificial Intelligence Solutions, RAGE Frameworks
Presented by RAGE Frameworks
Director of Cellular Immunotherapy, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
The Promise of Cancer Immunotherapy
Global Vice President of Research, Samsung
Envisioning What’s Next for Virtual Reality
Editor in Chief and Publisher, MIT Technology Review
Director, MIT Media Lab Camera Culture Group
Presented by Lemelson-MIT
Board Member & Past President, Federmacchine
Presented by the Italian Trade Agency
Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, MIT
Providing Power for a Growing Global Population
Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
The Promise and Limitations of Machine Learning
Assistant Professor, University of Southern California
2016 Innovator Under 35
President, Italian Trade Agency
Presented by the Italian Trade Agency
Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Brown University
10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2016: Robots That Teach Each Other
CEO, Hand Talk
2016 Innovator Under 35
PhD Student, Prion Scientist, Broad Institute
2016 Innovator Under 35
Manhattan District Attorney, Manhattan District Attorney’s Office
Security & Privacy in the Connected Era
Research Scientist, Google DeepMind
2016 Innovator Under 35
Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
2016 Innovator Under 35
CEO, NextEV
Imagining Clean, Connected Transportation
Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
2016 Innovator Under 35
Associate Professor, Tsinghua University
2016 Innovator Under 35
Professor, Nanjing University
2016 Innovator Under 35
Posted in BioTechnology - Venture Creation, BioTechnology - Venture Creation, Venture Capital, Digital HealthCare – biotech & internet joint ventures on May 3, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN
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Google has made nearly 200 acquisitions since 2001. When the company reorganized as a new entity called Alphabet in late 2015, the new structure refocused attention on Google’s non-advertising businesses, including Calico (healthcare), Google X (self-driving cars , robots, etc.), and Nest (smart home), all of which now effectively operate as their own divisions.
We analyzed some of the sectors outside search and digital advertising where Alphabet has made recent acquisitions:
MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT
Google paid $1.7B for YouTube in 2006 in what is widely regarded as one of the most important consumer tech acquisitions of all time. Since then, Google has acquired more video-related companies whose technologies were absorbed into YouTube, including an easy-to-use video-creation tool (Directr), video-rendering tech (Zync), and social video software (Omnisio).
More recently, YouTube has signaled its interest in content, acquiring Next New Networks in 2011 (it became YouTube’s Next Lab to scout talent) and Vidmaker (a kind of Google docs for video editing, used by semi-professional and professional video creators). The rollout of YouTube Red, an ad-free subscription-based version of YouTube, could point to more content-related acquisitions if the model succeeds.
VR is another area of interest for Google. The company acquired Skillman & Hackett, which makes software that allows users to “paint” in virtual reality environments, and also acquired the team from Thrive Audio, which specializes in “positional audio” which will be key for adding a soundtrack to immersive VR experiences. Digisfera, a company that specializes in 360-degree imaging, has use cases in Google’s mapping projects, but could also be useful since 360-degree images are also used in VR content (YouTube has already 360-degree video support for VR enthusiasts).
AUTO TECH AND NAVIGATION
The two fields are interrelated, with Google’s market-leading maps giving the giant a good footing in the race to build autonomous vehicles. Several of Google’s acquisitions helped make Google Maps and its underlying data more robust, including companies focused on satellites (Skybox Imaging) and crowdsourced traffic data (Waze). Google also acquired Lumedyne, a company that creates microsensors, which could be used in various car parts that could help power and refine self-driving cars.
ROBOTICS
Alphabet made more than 7 robotics acquisitions in 2013 as the company continues to make serious forays into the space including a recently filed patents for controlling large groups of robots and creating downloadable personalities. The robotics companies that were acquired develop machines for a wide set of use cases. Boston Dynamics has developed a robotic cheetah, Industrial Perception’s robots are designed to locate objects and move them in warehouse environments, and Bot & Dolly develops robots to assist in filmmaking.
SMART HOME
Google’s largest acquisition ever was for Nest in 2014 for $3.2B, and now operates as one of Alphabet’s divisions under Tony Fadell. The company has made other acquisitions to bolster its home offerings, including Dropcam for home security and Revolv, a smart home hub. While the Revolv product was discontinued, the team helped develop Google’s OnHub, a centralized Wi-Fi and Smart Home device. Alphabet also acquired Flutter, a gesture-recognition company, which would allow for new, convenient ways for consumers to control smart home devices (Project Soli is already using gesture-recognition in really interesting ways).
COMMERCE
Since 2011, Alphabet has bought more than 15 companies involved with powering commerce and small businesses. Many acquisitions helped build “Google Shopping”, which is the company’s foray into ecommerce, and “Google Express”, a gigantic logistics endeavor for product delivery. Google also bought Rangespan and Channel Intelligence, both designed to use data to help businesses sell their goods online. In the past, the company has also purchased daily deals sites (DailyDeal, The Dealmap), targeted coupons (Incentive Targeting, Zave Networks), and loyalty programs (Punchd).
GOOGLE FOR ENTERPRISE/PRODUCTIVITY
Alphabet has several productivity products aimed at least in part at enterprises, including Drive, Hangouts, and Docs. Many of the acquisitions were early (pre-2011) and helped these products come into being, including Urchin Software (acquired in 2005), which became Google Analytics, and Writely (acquired in 2006), which fed into documents. Virtual assistants like Google Now might be enhanced through the recent acquisitions of Timeful (artificial intelligence) and Emu (natural language processing), technologies that could help create smart scheduling features. Alphabet could also be trying to enter the mobile enterprise market with the acquisition of Divide, a company that allows employees to carry a single phone with a “work” mode and “personal” mode.
CLOUD
Google has also made acquisitions to bolster its Google Cloud Platform and help it compete effectively for users and app deployments with Amazon’s AWS Microsoft’s Azure, and other providers. In 2014, Google made 4 acquisitions on this front in the form of Stackdriver, Appurify, Zync Render, and Firebase.
HEALTHCARE
While Google is heavily involved in healthcare through Google X, Calico, and its Life Sciences division, the company has made few disclosed healthcare acquisitions. The most recent was Lift Labs, a company that has developed a stabilizing spoon for people with neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinsons.
Healthcare is also a major investment area for the company’s venture arm, Google Ventures. They’ve invested in several different areas of healthcare, including insurance (Oscar), big data (Flatiron Health), and genomics (23andMe).
PAYMENTS
Google announced Android Pay almost directly after Apple announced Apple Pay. Google’s most notable payments acquisition was Softcard, a contactless NFC based mobile payments solution. originally a joint venture between AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile. In exchange, the carriers have agreed to pre-install Google payment apps on their phones. However, it’s unclear whether the platform has gained any traction.Google has also invested in other areas of fintech, including digital currency, crowdfunding, and more recently insurance.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Alphabet has become directly involved in cell and internet services through projects like Project Fi, Google Fiber, and Project Loon. Google also bought satellite company Skybox Imaging and high-altitude drone company Titan Aerospace. Both are acquisitions that could have possible ramifications for providing connectivity to developing countries, without the need for expensive and logistically complex submarine or terrestrial infrastructure.
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Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN
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After spending nearly two decades as a North Bridge investor, Jamie Goldstein said he launched Pillar with the idea of upending the traditional venture capital structure to make the relationship between founders and investors more equitable and transparent.
To that end, Pillar will purchase shares of common stock in its portfolio companies, as opposed to preferred stock, a class of stock that is ubiquitous in startup investing. Preferred stock often includes clauses like anti-dilution rules that tend to favor venture capitalists over the businesses and entrepreneurs they’re investing in.
The Boston-based firm’s launch is part of a broader “founder-friendly” shift among investment firms to attract founders, as more entrepreneurs weigh the costs of ceding control over their companies to venture capitalists intent on making big returns.
He said Pillar aims to make first-round investments in companies in the areas of big data, machine learning, artificial intelligence, health care and information technology, with a preference toward founders who run their own businesses.
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