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Austin: Airbnb “Super City” and Hotspot For Emerging Boutique STR Purveyors

Austin Startup

Most of these companies employ variations of a similar model: they typically lease sizable blocks of apartments in upscale buildings; furnish them in varying degrees of style (but nearly all in a contemporary / modern fashion); and rent them out on a nightly basis, both via Airbnb and other online sales channels.

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning– Explained

Steve Blank

AI applications are already appearing in virtual customer assistants with speech recognition, sentiment analysis, automated/augmented quality assurance and other technologies providing customers with 24/7 self- and assisted-service options across channels. AI in National Security. AI/ML and Ubiquitous Technical Surveillance.