500 Startups Canada tops up Fluent.ai's seed round to $2 mln
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Fluent.ai Announces the Nomination of AI Entrepreneur and Former Amazon Voice Tech Executive William Tunstall-Pedoe to Its Advisory Board MONTREAL, QUEBEC and OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – June 28, 2017) – Fluent.ai Inc., a Canadian artificial intelligence start-up focused on developing high performance speech recognition technology, today announced that renowned British Artificial Intelligence entrepreneur William Tunstall-Pedoe has joined Fluent.ai’s Advisory Board. His unparalleled deep technical knowledge and successful venture capital track record in the field of Artificial Intelligence is a valuable addition to our growing team,” said Niraj Bhargava, CEO of Fluent.ai. “We look forward to drawing on his experience as a senior leader in the team that defined, built and launched what is clearly one of the hottest consumer tech products in the last few years.” After leaving Amazon in 2016, the University of Cambridge computer scientist, entrepreneur and speaker, is now an angel investor. As a full member of Cambridge Angels and a fellow of the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), Mr. Tunstall-Pedoe now spends his time helping and investing in Artificial Intelligence start-ups. At the end of May 2017, the Company completed the final closing of its previously announced oversubscribed Seed A financing with the contribution of 500 Startups Canada, for total proceeds to CA$2 million.
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