• VC-in-Residence program aims to help underrepresented minorities break into venture capital

    VC-in-Residence program aims to help underrepresented minorities break into venture capital

    There’s a shortage of women, non-binary people and men of color in the venture capital world. That’s why Pipeline Angels, an angel investing bootcamp for underrepresented people in tech, has launched a VC-in-Residence program to help people from diverse backgrounds become managing or general partners at VC firms. While there are some people of color in the VC world, it can be hard… Read More

  • Proxytel wants to help business owners mask their phone numbers

    Proxytel wants to help business owners mask their phone numbers

    Every once in a while, an app comes along aiming to provide users with disposable number. Shuffle emerged a couple of years go do this; Burner has existed even longer. Now, software engineers Chakshu Ahuja and Siddhant Sanyam think they’e come up with a solution for both individuals and small businesses that might not want to give out their number. The friends — who met as… Read More

  • ARAD helps developers get ads in their augmented reality apps

    ARAD helps developers get ads in their augmented reality apps

    ARKit and other augmented reality tools are going to make the experience more and more popular among developers and users — but, like any new platform, there probably won’t be a sophisticated way to monetize them yet outside of paying for a download. A team of developers from Google and Snapchat at the TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017 hackathon are hoping to take the learnings from… Read More

  • Disaster relief hacks dominate the stage at the Disrupt SF 2017 Hackathon

    Disaster relief hacks dominate the stage at the Disrupt SF 2017 Hackathon

    At the Disrupt SF 2017 Hackathon, a massive swath of the 102 companies that took the stage on Sunday presented hacks with disaster relief in mind. From ResQme to ResQMi to RescueMe, if you can think of a phrase with the word “rescue” in it, it probably showed up on stage among the roughly 30 emergency and disaster related hacks. Most of the disaster-related apps that presented… Read More

  • To chat or not to chat? Shakespeare has the answer to your question

    To chat or not to chat? Shakespeare has the answer to your question

    Chatbots are vying to become one of the cornerstones of the messaging world: using AI tools like natural language and machine learning, developers are hoping to tap into the popularity of chat apps as a medium of communication to explore new ways to help you get information, buy things, plan your life and more by letting you converse with intelligent computers instead of humans. In the… Read More

  • Vocalytics analyzes your body language to make you a better public speaker

    Vocalytics analyzes your body language to make you a better public speaker

    Vocalytics, one of the many projects that came out of our Disrupt SF hackathon this weekend, wants to make you a better public speaker. The project uses machine learning to analyze videos of your performances and gives you feedback on your body language. The team trained the system to look for your hand gestures and pose, but the plan is to expand this project to also look at your eye gaze… Read More

  • Alexa Shop Assistant directs you to the right aisle, answers product questions

    Alexa Shop Assistant directs you to the right aisle, answers product questions

    Can Alexa help shoppers in large, retail stores where store associates are spread out and often hard to find? That’s the premise behind the hack, “Alexa Shop Assist,” presented today at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2017 hackathon in San Francisco. According co-creator Lawrence Chang, the idea was prompted by real-world experiences he and fellow team members – James Xu… Read More

  • Park Rangr helps you avoid parking tickets and find your car with AR

    Park Rangr helps you avoid parking tickets and find your car with AR

    If you own a car in a major city, chances are you’ve gotten a parking ticket. Parking signs can get confusing, Park Rangr does the hard work for you in interpreting the signage while also ensuring that you’re leaving your car in a good area where you can find it again. The team built the app during the TechCrunch Disrupt SF Hackathon in 24 hours. It’s a pretty… Read More

  • Crypto Asset Visualizer turns your bitcoin into an AR pile of cash

    Crypto Asset Visualizer turns your bitcoin into an AR pile of cash

    Built in fewer than 24 hours at TC Disrupt SF 2017’s hackathon, CAV, or Crypto Asset Visualizer, does exactly what it sounds like – it makes it easier to visualize your cryptocurrency holdings. Using augmented reality, CAV calculates the USD value of your crypto holdings, then displays a virtual pile of cash on the ground in front of you. Right now it’s a demo – and… Read More

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