Unicorns, universities and unbridled opportunity
Unicorns, universities and unbridled opportunity: why Cambridge is the best home for tech start-ups The UK tech sector achieved its best year ever in 2021, with more investments, more unicorns and more jobs than ever. In fact, the UK’s tech ecosystem is now valued at $1 trillion, a milestone only achieved by China and the […]
Mining Data Not Diamonds
Mining Data Not Diamonds The mining sector generates huge volumes of data on a daily basis; a single drill hole can produce up to 200GB of data, with data points being generated from thousands of sensors and instruments deployed in all areas of raw material exploration and extraction. However, this data is frequently stored on […]
iKVA launchpad for new Apollo lift-off
20 May, 2022 – 11:32 By Tony Quested, Business Weekly iKVA, a Cambridge-based creator of AI-enabled knowledge management software solutions, has launched a new search solution for users of Apollo – The University of Cambridge’s Institutional Repository housed at Cambridge University Library. iKVA, a Cambridge-based creator of AI-enabled knowledge management software solutions, has launched a new search […]
How iKVA enables digital transformation with AI insights
Read the article on AI Magazine Jon Horden, CEO and Founder of iKVA outlines how his company supports its customers’ digital transformation journey through data, analytics and AI insights Can you tell me about iKVA? iKVA is an early-stage company creating AI-enabled knowledge management software solutions relevant for organisations in multiple sectors. The company was founded out […]
Heavy hitting AI technology makes light work of data discovery
Heavy hitting AI technology makes light work of data discovery -Jon Horden, CEO, iKVA, a Cambridge-based AI-enabled knowledge management software solutions company Cambridge is well recognised as a UK business hub, fostering a culture of growth across areas including technology, science and manufacturing; the most significant growth being in knowledge-intensive companies in the science […]
Data discovery and financial outcomes: Mott MacDonald and iKVA
One of the biggest challenges facing organisations today is the volume of information being created on a daily basis, in different formats and repositories. Accessing, and using, the data to make efficient business decisions is essential and iKVA’s solution uses vector mapping technology to index highly unstructured data from multiple systems, in multiple formats, and […]
Shaping the future of investment: Mott MacDonald and iKVA
How can we seek out the new technology that will address the changing demands in infrastructure? This was the question that global engineering, management and development consultancy Mott MacDonald Ventures asked when it partnered with iKVA to create the infrastructure industry’s first ever AI web-tool. Since 2021, Mott MacDonald Ventures has used iKVA’s AI-powered solution to […]
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: preventing financial fraud
Data from UK Finance shows that a total of £753.9 million was lost through fraudulent activity in the first half of 2021 alone, an increase of 30% compared to the same period in 2020. Fraud represents a real hazard for the financial sector and has only escalated during the pandemic as criminals have sought to […]
iKVA founder, Professor Jon Crowcroft, on making AI greener
Artificial intelligence promises both to combat the ill effects of climate change and to make the emergency worse with excessive energy use. How can AI be made greener? Got to start somewhere One option is to give AI models a starting point or structure, according to Jon Crowcroft, Professor of Communication Systems at The University […]
iKVA’s Founder on AI and Fraud Detection for Finance Derivative
Money laundering costs the UK economy £24bn each year, according to The National Crime Agency, whilst the UN estimates that up to $2tn is moved illegally each year via large, multinational banks. The surge in financial crime, triggered by the pandemic, has huge implications for the finance industry, as areas such as Anti-Money Laundering (AML) come under […]