Rapido, a Bengaluru-based ride-sharing startup for two-wheelers, has raised $390 million in a Series B funding round led by Westbridge Capital. This increased Rapido's post-money valuation to $1 billion. Founded in 2015, Rapido has 15,000 driver partners and facilitates 30,000 daily rides across 40 Indian cities. The funding will be used to expand Rapido's services to 100 cities and facilitate 1 million daily rides within the next year.
Product matching is the challenge of examining two different representations of retail products (think items that you see on e-commerce websites) and determining whether they both refer to the same product. Tackling this problem requires a mix of NLP (to deal with text data), computer vision (to deal with product images), ontology management and more (to ingest a host of other signals on offer).
I’ve been working on this problem in various capacities for a few years now at Semantics3. During this period, I’ve made a fair number of mistakes which in turn have taught me useful lessons about applying deep/machine learning in an industry setting.
During this talk, I’d like to walk you through 5 specific scenarios in which I attempted to achieve a specific goal in the context of product matching, but ran into an unexpected problem that threw a spanner in the works. I’ll then talk about the root cause that sprouted the problem in the first place and the lesson I learned having made this discovery. Where relevant, I’ll bring in examples from outside the retail domain to broaden the perspective offered.
The goal of the talk isn’t to provide a guidebook for solving the product matching problem — the goal is to give you insight into the ups and downs of working through a specific data-science problem, and in the process, delivering packaged lessons that you could potentially draw on in your own field of work.
Drone delivery is expected to grow as e-commerce sales are projected to increase 61% by 2018. Nearly half of Amazon customers are Prime members, who spend 140% more than non-Prime members. However, half of customers abandon their online carts due to long shipping times. The document discusses regulations for commercial drone use and delivery by drone in 2015.
The document discusses optical computers and their components. It describes how optical computers use photons rather than electric current to perform computations. This allows optical computers to operate at much higher speeds without generating as much heat. The document outlines several key components that could enable optical computing, such as lasers, fibers, and optical memory. It envisions how optical computers of the future may be much smaller, faster, and more powerful than traditional electronic computers.
This document discusses an eye gaze communication system that allows users to control devices and communicate by looking at on-screen keys and menus. It works by using a camera below a monitor to track a user's eye movements as they look at different areas of the screen. Some key points covered include how the system operates, the types of functions and commands it can be used for, requirements for users, and recent advancements in portable eye tracking technologies.
The document describes an eye gaze communication system that allows people with physical disabilities to control their environment and communicate using only their eyes. The system uses a camera and software to track eye movements and determine what the user is looking at on the screen. It then allows them to synthesize speech, type, access computers and the internet, and more. The system has helped many people with conditions like cerebral palsy, ALS, and more to write, attend school, and improve their quality of life.
This document describes the features and functions of a smart pen. It has special paper with invisible dots that the pen detects to synchronize audio recordings with written notes. The pen has a microphone, infrared camera, OLED display and internal flash memory. It works by recording audio and matching it to notes written on dot paper. The smart pen is useful for students and professionals as it allows combining notes, audio recordings and drawings into synchronized files.
Swiggy is an Indian food delivery startup founded in 2014. It began with 25 restaurants and 6 delivery executives in Bangalore and has since expanded to over 35,000 restaurants and 6,000 delivery executives across 8 major Indian cities. Swiggy's business model connects customers to restaurants through its mobile app and website, providing delivery services. It has raised over $465 million in funding from investors. Swiggy competes with other food delivery apps like Zomato and Foodpanda and differentiates itself through its own fleet of delivery personnel and lack of minimum order policies.
Rapido, a Bengaluru-based ride-sharing startup for two-wheelers, has raised $390 million in a Series B funding round led by Westbridge Capital. This increased Rapido's post-money valuation to $1 billion. Founded in 2015, Rapido has 15,000 driver partners and facilitates 30,000 daily rides across 40 Indian cities. The funding will be used to expand Rapido's services to 100 cities and facilitate 1 million daily rides within the next year.
Product matching is the challenge of examining two different representations of retail products (think items that you see on e-commerce websites) and determining whether they both refer to the same product. Tackling this problem requires a mix of NLP (to deal with text data), computer vision (to deal with product images), ontology management and more (to ingest a host of other signals on offer).
I’ve been working on this problem in various capacities for a few years now at Semantics3. During this period, I’ve made a fair number of mistakes which in turn have taught me useful lessons about applying deep/machine learning in an industry setting.
During this talk, I’d like to walk you through 5 specific scenarios in which I attempted to achieve a specific goal in the context of product matching, but ran into an unexpected problem that threw a spanner in the works. I’ll then talk about the root cause that sprouted the problem in the first place and the lesson I learned having made this discovery. Where relevant, I’ll bring in examples from outside the retail domain to broaden the perspective offered.
The goal of the talk isn’t to provide a guidebook for solving the product matching problem — the goal is to give you insight into the ups and downs of working through a specific data-science problem, and in the process, delivering packaged lessons that you could potentially draw on in your own field of work.
Drone delivery is expected to grow as e-commerce sales are projected to increase 61% by 2018. Nearly half of Amazon customers are Prime members, who spend 140% more than non-Prime members. However, half of customers abandon their online carts due to long shipping times. The document discusses regulations for commercial drone use and delivery by drone in 2015.
The document discusses optical computers and their components. It describes how optical computers use photons rather than electric current to perform computations. This allows optical computers to operate at much higher speeds without generating as much heat. The document outlines several key components that could enable optical computing, such as lasers, fibers, and optical memory. It envisions how optical computers of the future may be much smaller, faster, and more powerful than traditional electronic computers.
This document discusses an eye gaze communication system that allows users to control devices and communicate by looking at on-screen keys and menus. It works by using a camera below a monitor to track a user's eye movements as they look at different areas of the screen. Some key points covered include how the system operates, the types of functions and commands it can be used for, requirements for users, and recent advancements in portable eye tracking technologies.
The document describes an eye gaze communication system that allows people with physical disabilities to control their environment and communicate using only their eyes. The system uses a camera and software to track eye movements and determine what the user is looking at on the screen. It then allows them to synthesize speech, type, access computers and the internet, and more. The system has helped many people with conditions like cerebral palsy, ALS, and more to write, attend school, and improve their quality of life.
This document describes the features and functions of a smart pen. It has special paper with invisible dots that the pen detects to synchronize audio recordings with written notes. The pen has a microphone, infrared camera, OLED display and internal flash memory. It works by recording audio and matching it to notes written on dot paper. The smart pen is useful for students and professionals as it allows combining notes, audio recordings and drawings into synchronized files.
Swiggy is an Indian food delivery startup founded in 2014. It began with 25 restaurants and 6 delivery executives in Bangalore and has since expanded to over 35,000 restaurants and 6,000 delivery executives across 8 major Indian cities. Swiggy's business model connects customers to restaurants through its mobile app and website, providing delivery services. It has raised over $465 million in funding from investors. Swiggy competes with other food delivery apps like Zomato and Foodpanda and differentiates itself through its own fleet of delivery personnel and lack of minimum order policies.
This presentation is based on my smart mirror project made by me for my college project. Hope you'll like this and this will help you in your presentation.
This document summarizes an online learning platform called illi that aims to empower self-directed learning through open educational resources. Key features include crowdsourced educational content that students can customize into personalized learning experiences at their own pace. The platform also uses analytics and algorithms to recommend content tailored to individual learning styles. It seeks to make advanced placement curriculum accessible online to more students.
India is witnessing rapid growth in the registration of two-wheeler. Owing to mobility demand, the concept of bike taxi is gaining popularity in India.
Impressão 3D: conceitos, mercado e hardware livreCláudio Sampaio
O documento apresenta uma palestra sobre impressão 3D, abordando seu histórico desde os anos 1980, os conceitos e partes de uma impressora 3D, as etapas do processo de impressão, softwares utilizados e exemplos de aplicações como objetos domésticos, projetos mecânicos e eletrônicos, e até uso em projetos biomédicos.
This document discusses the concept of an invisibility cloak. It describes how optical camouflage works using a retro-reflective cloak, video camera, computer, projector, and special mirror to project background images onto the cloak, creating the illusion of invisibility. Potential real-world applications include use by pilots, surgeons, and drivers. While recent studies have made progress shrinking cloaks to nanoscales, challenges remain in fully cloaking larger objects and scaling the technology to visible light.
CRED is an Indian fintech startup, based out of Bangalore, Karnataka, which was founded in 2018 by Kunal Shah. CRED's main feature is allowing users to make credit card payments through its app for which they get rewarded.
This document provides a summary of the company RedBus, an online bus ticket booking platform in India. It was founded in 2006 by engineers from Birla Institute of Technology and Science. RedBus aims to make travel simple and fun for all. It uses cloud technologies from Amazon Web Services to power its platform and provide reliable and scalable services to over 8 million customers. RedBus has grown significantly and is now valued at over $750 million, with plans to continue expanding its services.
Zomato is an Indian startup that operates a global restaurant discovery platform. It began in 2008 in New Delhi, India as a website collecting restaurant menus. It has since expanded to over 21 countries. Zomato provides comprehensive menus, reviews and contact details for over 384,000 restaurants worldwide. For its expansion to London in 2013, Zomato worked with London & Partners to find office space, recruit staff, and gain market intelligence. With their help, Zomato launched its London operations within 3 months and had over 16,000 restaurants listed within 6 months. Zomato's successful global expansion strategy has been driven by its focus on building a strong content platform and social media presence.
This presentation is based on my smart mirror project made by me for my college project. Hope you'll like this and this will help you in your presentation.
This document summarizes an online learning platform called illi that aims to empower self-directed learning through open educational resources. Key features include crowdsourced educational content that students can customize into personalized learning experiences at their own pace. The platform also uses analytics and algorithms to recommend content tailored to individual learning styles. It seeks to make advanced placement curriculum accessible online to more students.
India is witnessing rapid growth in the registration of two-wheeler. Owing to mobility demand, the concept of bike taxi is gaining popularity in India.
Impressão 3D: conceitos, mercado e hardware livreCláudio Sampaio
O documento apresenta uma palestra sobre impressão 3D, abordando seu histórico desde os anos 1980, os conceitos e partes de uma impressora 3D, as etapas do processo de impressão, softwares utilizados e exemplos de aplicações como objetos domésticos, projetos mecânicos e eletrônicos, e até uso em projetos biomédicos.
This document discusses the concept of an invisibility cloak. It describes how optical camouflage works using a retro-reflective cloak, video camera, computer, projector, and special mirror to project background images onto the cloak, creating the illusion of invisibility. Potential real-world applications include use by pilots, surgeons, and drivers. While recent studies have made progress shrinking cloaks to nanoscales, challenges remain in fully cloaking larger objects and scaling the technology to visible light.
CRED is an Indian fintech startup, based out of Bangalore, Karnataka, which was founded in 2018 by Kunal Shah. CRED's main feature is allowing users to make credit card payments through its app for which they get rewarded.
This document provides a summary of the company RedBus, an online bus ticket booking platform in India. It was founded in 2006 by engineers from Birla Institute of Technology and Science. RedBus aims to make travel simple and fun for all. It uses cloud technologies from Amazon Web Services to power its platform and provide reliable and scalable services to over 8 million customers. RedBus has grown significantly and is now valued at over $750 million, with plans to continue expanding its services.
Zomato is an Indian startup that operates a global restaurant discovery platform. It began in 2008 in New Delhi, India as a website collecting restaurant menus. It has since expanded to over 21 countries. Zomato provides comprehensive menus, reviews and contact details for over 384,000 restaurants worldwide. For its expansion to London in 2013, Zomato worked with London & Partners to find office space, recruit staff, and gain market intelligence. With their help, Zomato launched its London operations within 3 months and had over 16,000 restaurants listed within 6 months. Zomato's successful global expansion strategy has been driven by its focus on building a strong content platform and social media presence.