Predictions based on the Black Death — I’m a founder, optimistic, and passionate, but jumping into a new business without understanding what is expected to happen after COVID-19 sounds delusional to me. We love to think we are special, that our lives are unique, and what is happening to us is unprecedented, but guess what? …

8 Lessons Science can teach us about business growth — During the past two months, I’ve witnessed the meteoric rise in revenue of Copy.ai, a startup using Artificial Intelligence (GPT-3) for copywriting. I can only describe the experience with awe: It led me to meditate about growth. In particular, how does growth happen in nature? Most forces in nature, like…

Another stripe to the SecDevOps tiger. — Cybersecurity roles are expected to grow 750% in the next five years [1][2], now, if you are expecting that colleges, companies, and governments bridge the knowledge gap to fulfill those jobs, you’ve learned nothing from tech-history. Those more than 5 million future jobs will be filled by high-driven individuals looking…

A practical guide to improving Software Consultancy — Abstract: Compared to medical treatment, software consulting remains a rudimentary activity lacking standardized practices with predictable outcomes. I will present introductory concepts of Human Pathology to show how software developers and consultants can learn from them. Additionally, I will propose a methodology for applying these concepts to evaluate, diagnose and…

Behind the scenes of a continual-improvement AI model — For the last 3 years, I’ve worked in startups as a Software Engineer. My experience ranges from Full-Stack to DevOps to Tech Lead. In parallel, I’ve been studying Artificial Intelligence in all its flavors for the last decade. So when I joined an AI startup, I was excited to finally…

The path to chronic disease prevention starts with the right financial incentives. — On August 25th, Exxon was removed from the Dow Jones industrial index after 92 years in it [1]. Exxon is one example of the innovator's dilemma, a company that once dominated its market and eventually was outpaced due to innovation. In particular, Exxon failed to adapt as its industry shifted…

And Seven Startup Ideas to get you started! — One image is worth a thousand words. Then, what if we could summarize a 1,000-word document in a single chart? Charts and dashboards are used to model financial and numerical data. They are the preferred tool by analysts and investors to analyze, communicate, and strategize. But until a few years…

An introduction to the AI that powers language understanding — Word embeddings are used in almost every commercial application that involves AI and human language. Some example applications include search engines, social media recommendation algorithms, language translation, speech recognition, market research, automated trading, and language generation. Word embeddings are numerical representations of a word’s meaning. They are formed based on…

Using TensorflowJS, TypeScript, ReactJS & MongoDB — Recent advances in Deep Learning have made it possible to extend the power of Artificial Intelligence into web browsers. Introduced in 2018, TensorflowJS enables web developers to integrate state-of-the-art models in their applications. …