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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
the media vertical) more profitable. A May 2011 investment memo [cowritten with former colleagues Sunil Nagaraj (MBA 2009) and David Cowan (MBA 1992)] had this to say: Peter and his team were “pioneering the use of machine learning and natural language processing View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Vision: To Go-Go
the risk of placing one big bet on a single location or food concept. The model can scale up simply by adding more kitchens, and offerings can be tweaked rapidly in response to data-driven insights. For its part, Foodology uses machine-learning View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Data-Driven Diligence
By 2011, it had raised $166 million, allowing their unique model to finally take shape. While a traditional VC might back 15 to 20 companies over a decade, Correlation’s algorithms helped them make that many investments in as little as... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Faculty Q&A: Price Check
How did you come to focus on algorithmic pricing? In my doctoral work at MIT, I was studying optimization, probability, and machine learning, which are essentially mathematical tools that enable us to use data to make better decisions.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Eyes in the Skies
machine-learning algorithms running on massive on-demand cloud-computing platforms like Amazon Web Services. At the same time, a trifecta of trends—namely, the widespread reliance on just-in-time inventory management; the ongoing... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
@Soldiers Field
arm might lift a barbell.” The 229 RCs who signed up for lunch roulette were connected with three perfectly randomized HBS classmates. Hosted by the Student Association and the Digital Initiative, the project used an open source computer View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
A Safer—and Speedier—Way to Name Your Startup
employing an engineering team to create a web application that applies natural language processing, machine learning, big data, and data visualization algorithms to make conflicts with trademarked names immediately visual, accessible, and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 10 Oct 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
percent. Give low- and middle-income customers access to low-interest-rate loans by using a predictive algorithm that uses nontraditional data to measures creditworthiness. “There’s a spectrum of behavior,” says Ayala. “On the one extreme... View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- News
Don’t Be Afraid of AI
they're really disassociated from the brain and the brain's neuroanatomy. They are very focused on what is really decades old algorithms that they have advanced and applied data and applied technology to solve some very big problems. But,... View Details
- 03 Nov 2020
- News
One Paramount Priority
adversary for a range of reasons. “We have a divisive president—and the extremes get the air time, both among our political leaders and the media. The algorithms created by our social networks fuel the fire even more. This all reinforces... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Source Code
data to find patterns and build an algorithm based on that data. But even with the seeming data dominance, the toddler who’s seen a few dogs has an advantage over the algorithm that has seen millions, says... View Details
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream
threatening cash flow issues. On the flip side, new questions arise, such as what is in the algorithms being written and who owns a customer’s data? How we choose to use and share our financial data will be the key regulatory questions of... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Preparing Leaders to Leverage Artificial Intelligence
Lakhani, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration. He co-wrote the forthcoming book, Competing in the Age of AI: Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World. Lakhani believes HBS has an... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
The Western Front
things to bring to the table,” says Hendrickson. “If we can present them with a data set and algorithms that they just can’t get anywhere else, that’s interesting to them.” Entrepreneurs are also interested in capital, of course. The... View Details
Keywords: Jason Feifer
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Big Business of Little Loans
the US Small Business Administration and now on the faculty at HBS. The situation worsened during the 2008 financial crisis, and lending to the sector has never really recovered. Armed with proprietary algorithms and can-do attitudes,... View Details
Keywords: Nancy Miller
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: Auto Pilot
increase shared rides? The match rate increases the more people use Lyft. We are also creating better matching algorithms and incorporating walking into the service to reduce the number of detours necessary and to increase matches. Cities... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
bakery cranks out cookies—New York now holds a demonstrable lead over Silicon Valley in terms of fintech investment in the United States. According to CB Insights, a New York startup that uses algorithms to collect and analyze data on... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Star Search
Also, how do you screen résumés more effectively and build better algorithms for that process so that you can respond to prospective applicants sooner? How do you remain competitive in retaining talent, and what is most difficult about... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 18 Mar 2020
- News
Leading Change
the deployment of digital networks, data, and AI in a company can create major strategic advantages around scale, scope, and learning while minimizing growth restraints. But they also explained that AI creates major challenges such as View Details
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?
fairly homogeneous top performer set, and again, if we want to just think about the trend, it's usually males and oftentimes Caucasian males. And so that was the first time we kind of thought, OK, well if we're just profiling a very limited demographic sample, it could... View Details