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alwaysAI Experiences Rapid Growth Following Series A FundingWelcomed more than 500 developers into its computer vision beta program in less than two months; Announces partnerships with productOps and Seafloor Systems to develop computer vision prototypes and applications; Deepens collaborations with Qualcomm Technologies and NVIDIA to accelerate the development of a wide range of computer vision apps on robots and other IoT devices SAN DIEGO, Nov. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- alwaysAI (www.alwaysai.co), a developer platform that fast-tracks the creation and deployment of computer vision apps on edge devices, today announced significant momentum following the close of its Series A funding earlier this year. In addition to adding more than 500 developers to its beta program and expanding its corporate team, alwaysAI also formed two new partnerships for rapid computer vision prototype development and deepened its relationships with NVIDIA and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “We’ve seen tremendous interest in our computer vision developer platform over the past several months which has led to some exciting partnerships, a successful beta program and the growth of our talented team,” said Marty Beard, co-founder and CEO of alwaysAI. “And through our collaborations with industry leaders like Qualcomm Technologies and NVIDIA, we are innovating new capabilities for our platform at an increasingly rapid pace, enabling even more developers to create and deploy groundbreaking computer vision applications.” New Partnerships “We decided to partner with alwaysAI due to their platform’s ability to enable the rapid creation and deployment of computer vision applications for our client projects,” said Bob Cagle, CEO of productOps. “In addition, our experience in building robust back-end systems will be invaluable for alwaysAI’s clients looking to integrate computer vision and machine learning into a larger system.” Seafloor Systems recently named alwaysAI as the preferred platform of choice for prototyping computer vision at the edge. Known for its innovative application of hydrographic survey sensors and unmanned marine surface vehicle technology for the survey industry, Seafloor Systems will be using alwaysAI’s computer vision platform to develop object detection and collision avoidance apps for the company’s unmanned surface vehicles. “We’re excited to be leveraging alwaysAI to quickly and easily create apps that allow us to add computer vision capabilities to our future fleet of autonomous marine surface drones, ensuring that they avoid collisions with marine life and other boats as they map and monitor the sea floor." said John Tamplin, CEO of Seafloor Systems. Deeper Collaborations “alwaysAI’s deep learning computer vision platform provides robotics application developers a great starting point using cutting-edge vision, computing, and connectivity technologies from Qualcomm Technologies,” said Dev Singh, director, business development and head of robotics, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “Their easy-to-use platform can help robot makers quickly develop and deploy new products and solutions, and we’re excited to deepen our collaboration.” After joining NVIDIA’s Inception accelerator program earlier this year, which provides access to leading AI computing technology and expertise, alwaysAI began deploying its computer vision software onto NVIDIA’s Jetson systems. The combination of alwaysAI's software and NVIDIA's Jetson hardware will provide intelligent sight to devices that run autonomous machines, smart cities and other advanced computer vision applications, while maintaining a high performance. alwaysAI will be releasing this addition to its software in January, which can be accessed by joining the beta program at www.alwaysai.co. alwaysAI Beta Program Success alwaysAI Corporate Team Expansion For more information about alwaysAI, to see our career opportunities or join the company’s beta program visit www.alwaysai.co. About alwaysAI Qualcomm is a trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated, registered in the United States and other countries. Qualcomm Robotics RB3 Platform and Qualcomm SDA845 are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. Media Contact Emily Barnes for alwaysAI (310) 500-6830 [email protected] |