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Start-up Essentials

Start-up: One Hamsa, Israel, 2016

October 31st, 2019

The Hamsa hand is an ancient Middle Eastern amulet symbolising happiness, luck, health and good fortune. In Hebrew, it also represents the number five....

Start-up: Artomatix, Ireland, 2014

October 29th, 2019

Creative AI is a field that has underpinned Eric Risser’s entire career, he believes his start-up, Artomatix, can solve some of the pain...

Start-up: Axonista, Ireland, 2010

October 22nd, 2019

At the grand old age of nine, Axonista is more of a scale-up than a start-up, but it’s still a significant presence in Dublin’s...

Start-up: Zender, Belgium, 2018

October 22nd, 2019

Hendrik Dacquin has always been interested in the interaction of broadcasting, interactive media and gaming – it’s a confluence he’s been circling for most...

Start-up: Melodrive, Germany, 2017

October 18th, 2019

Two years on from raising a seed-funding round to develop its AI-powered generative music technology, Melodrive is revising both its business strategy and product...

Start-up: Amper Music, US, 2014

October 17th, 2019

Face the music: Drew Silverstein is the co-founder of Amper Music, an AI that composes, produces and performs music

Start-up: MXX, UK, 2015

October 16th, 2019

In this month’s Start-up Alley, we look at music start-ups using AI and sophisticated software development to help video creators produce innovative soundtracks.

Start-up: PlayGiga, Spain, 2013

June 5th, 2019

Based on a mix of deep tech and content curation, PlayGiga’s cloud-based ‘Netflix for gaming’ service is set to disrupt the video gaming industry

Start-up: Videntifier, Iceland, 2007

May 15th, 2019

Founders of Videntifier, Herwig Lejsek and Friðrik Ásmundsson, developed their software over a decade ago, in collaboration with Reykjavík University

Start-up: Pixseller, UK, 2017

April 24th, 2019

For Dr Sepi Chakaveh, a data science lecturer at the University of Oxford, Pixsellar is an accumulation of all her web streaming and AI...