Crowdcube FAQ

Please find answers to common questions we’ve been asked below. Feel free to ask more by emailing contact@ikva.ai and as we get more we will add them to this FAQ! What is an ASA? An ASA – Advanced Subscription Agreement – is a financial instrument that allows people to invest in a company early, ahead […]

Team Spotlight Nick Davidson

This week we’re extending our warmest welcome to our new Senior Engineer, Nick Davidson… Tell us about your background?I’ve done  a wide range of things over a nearly 20 year career in software, including building medical devices for the disabled, writing load balancers in C++, leading a team of 10 building a next generation Kubernetes […]

To boldly go where no search tool has been before

Here at iKVA we are going on our own journey of discovery building, learning, iterating and improving our products and platform to deliver solutions that enable the best use of your data.  Our mission to provide the right information to the right people at the right time is well under way so I thought it would […]

Wouldn’t It Be Nice If Technology Actually Did What It Says On The Tin?

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As we all know there are some heavily promoted solutions to information management problems that sound amazing, but when it comes to actually getting these solutions into use there are significant challenges to be overcome and getting the value and getting it fast can be hard.  I wanted to discuss some of these challenges and explain […]

The Benefits of a Discoverable Knowledge Base

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The practical value of your knowledge base lies not having it but in being able to use it. A knowledge base shouldn’t just be a place where your teams store information, it should bring business advantages. If you’re able to access and exploit your knowledge effectively, the benefits will ripple through the entire organisation.  Here […]

Remote Working And The Cost of Inefficient Knowledge Sharing

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Remote teams are becoming more common in the workplace. This is because of the growth of remote work, which has been on the rise since the pandemic began. The problem with remote teams is that they can’t always share knowledge effectively. This can lead to a lot of problems, such as lack of communication and misunderstandings.  […]

There’s nothing artificial about the benefits of AI

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The data challenge The business benefits of data analytics are clear to most organisations – in fact, a recent survey found that 90% of business users agree that data and analytics are central to their digital transformation initiatives and to ensuring that they remain competitive. The challenge with ‘Big Data’ is that the datasets are too large, […]

iKVA announced as one of Deeptech Labs Spring Cohort

We’re delighted to announce that we are one of Deeptech Labs’ Spring 2022 cohort.  Founded in 2020 by ARM, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Martlet Capital, Ewan Kirk and the University of Cambridge, Deeptech Labs is an accelerator programme and VC fund. The accelerator supports deeptech companies like us to move from prototype and proof of concept to […]

SharePoint

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SharePoint: Can you afford to maintain a document Graveyard?   As I hit the SharePoint upload button, I can’t help thinking: RIP, sweet marketing spreadsheet – will anyone caress your columns or revisit your rows again? Sleep well little cell…  And, as it turns out, I’m not the only one. Despite SharePoint’s traction and maturity, it […]