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Podcast Highlight – This Week in HPC: Better Predictions in Financial Services
Listen to 1:12 – 5:50 A great highlight of Thomas Thurston’s presentation on Growth Science’s MESE(tm) computing system applied to venture capital at WR Hambrecht + Co. Addison Snell is
Reflections on Deep Learning, DNNs, and AI on Wall Street
In this special guest feature, Bob Fletcher from Verne Global reflects on the recent HPC and AI on Wall Street conference. “While obviously the New York financial community was the
How Hambrecht Uses Machine Learning to Up its Venture Hit Rate 3X
Venture capital is a “hit business.” The relatively few hits pay for the flops. And it’s the tantalizing possibility of a mega-hit that animates the industry, that keeps investors dreaming,
Hambrecht Ducera Growth Ventures leads $15M funding round for Buoy Health
Boston-based online diagnostic platform Buoy Health has recently announced the details of its Series B funding round. Buoy is a revolutionary health platform powered by advanced AI and offers users
Corporate Innovation – The Science of Luck
“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.”― Niels Bohr In my previous role leading front end innovation in a large company, I routinely gave talks to corporate groups about
Thomas Thurston, Venture Capitalist, Data Scientist and CTO at WR Hambrecht Ventures to Give Invited Talk at HPC and AI on Wall Street
The newly refreshed HPC & AI on Wall Street conference has selected WR Hambrecht Partner and Chief Technology Officer, Thomas Thurston to give an invited talk titled, “Using Data Science
Augmenting Innovation Decisions With Data Science
As a venture capitalist/data scientist, I’ve spent over a decade arguing that other venture capitalists and innovators can improve their decision making (a lot) through data science. While the idea
China, Unicorns and the Battle for Global AI
Guest Post by Angelina Cheok Back in 2015, China’s economy appeared to be at a crossroads. Its slowing growth seemed to herald a death knell for the country’s start-up boom,