Gamalon Named as 2018 Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 21, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --

•  World Economic Forum on Thursday announced its selection of the world's 61 most promising Technology Pioneers 2018, the most diverse class of such pioneers ever.
  
• Companies were selected for their potential to "transform society and industry" and "shape the Fourth Industrial-Revolution," Fulvia Montresor of the World Economic Forum said.
• Gamalon's Idea Learning technology, which empowers enterprises to read, understand and interact with billions of customer messages, made it to the selection for its contributions in the field of artificial intelligence.
• The full list of recognized Technology Pioneers can be viewed here: https://www.weforum.org/communities/technology-pioneer.

Gamalon, creator of next-generation artificial intelligence technology for natural language, was selected as one of the World Economic Forum's Technology Pioneers, a group of the world's most innovative companies. Using Gamalon's Idea Learning AI platform, enterprises can listen, learn and respond to customer messages at scale. Gamalon enables simultaneous, one-on-one personal conversations with millions of people.

The World Economic Forum's Technology Pioneers community are early-stage companies from around the world that are involved in the design, development and deployment of new technologies and innovations, and are poised to have a significant impact on business and society. The 61 technology pioneers that made it to the final selection are active in artificial intelligence, augmented reality, autonomous vehicles, biotechnology, blockchain, cybersecurity, the internet of things, and other pioneering technologies.

"It's an honor to have Gamalon named as a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum," said founder and CEO Ben Vigoda. "Gamalon's mission is to accelerate human understanding by combining human and machine learning. The fundamental problem we're tackling is to enable humans to teach machines and learn from them through an exchange of ideas rather than just data. This recognition inspires us to continue to innovate and solve this problem."

"We welcome Gamalon in this diverse group of technology pioneers," says Fulvia Montresor, Head of Technology Pioneers at the World Economic Forum. "Gamalon and its fellow pioneers are front and centre in shaping the ongoing Fourth Industrial Revolution and we believe they will be transforming society and industry in a positive way in the years to come."

The Technology Pioneers were selected by a selection committee of more than 60 academics, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and corporate executives. The committee based its decisions on criteria including innovation, potential impact and leadership. Past recipients include Airbnb, Google, Kickstarter, Mozilla, Palantir Technologies, Spotify, TransferWise, Twitter and Wikimedia.

More information on past winners can be found here: https://www.weforum.org/communities/technology-pioneer.

About Gamalon
Gamalon uses artificial intelligence to help companies drive action from the millions of customer communications they receive, improving customer experience and retention. Gamalon's breakthrough platform represents the next wave in machine learning: teaching computers actual ideas. Unlike rules-based systems or deep learning techniques typical in most natural language solutions, Gamalon's Idea Learning technology provides accurate, editable, and explainable processing of customer messages and other free-form data. Gamalon was founded in 2013 by Ben Vigoda, an MIT PhD with over 25 years of AI experience. Gamalon received the largest grant DARPA has ever given for development of next generation AI platforms and has been recognized by the MIT Technology Review as one of the "50 Smartest Companies" for 2017. Learn more by visiting http://www.gamalon.com

About World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of the world, is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. (http://www.weforum.org).

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