On Thursday, April 12 at The Vision Show in Boston, the AIA hold its Startup Competition, in which companies utilizing vision and imaging technologieswill compete for a chance to win $5,000.
Five semi-finalists will have five minutes each to pitch their technology to a panel of investors and vision experts. In addition to leveraging vision and imaging products, companies should have been around for five years or less, raised less than $2 million since launching, and not be affiliated with a larger group. The five finalist companies at this year’s show are as follows:
- Fastree3D: A company developing next generation LiDAR designed for intelligent automation for vehicles and machines. (Booth 1130)
- Logograb: A company that provides a logo recognition API to detect company logos in large volumes of images and video. (Booth 1031)
- Photius: A company developing "disruptive inspection and mapping solutions" for infrastructure and construction management. (Booth 1033)
- Socialmap: A company developing a social behavior intelligence platform for education and workplace settings. (Booth 1035)
- Vtrus: A companydeveloping autonomous robotic inspectors that can "quickly extract information out of the analog world." (Booth 1134)
The judges for the 2018 Startup Competition are as follows:
- Julian Counihan, Partner, Schematic Ventures
- Vivjan Myrto, Managing Partner, Hyperplane Venture Capital
- Steve Wardell, Director, Imaging, ATS Automation & Vice Chair of AIA
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