{"id":1225,"date":"2020-01-15T20:51:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T20:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tidy-millennium.flywheelsites.com\/fuel2020cohort\/"},"modified":"2024-01-29T17:25:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T22:25:24","slug":"fuel2020cohort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startupjunkie.org\/es\/fuel2020cohort\/","title":{"rendered":"El primer acelerador de inteligencia artificial y aprendizaje autom\u00e1tico de Arkansas se lanzar\u00e1 en enero con un grupo de 14 empresas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cohort of 14 U.S. and international startups to relocate to Bentonville for 12 weeks<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n

PRESS RELEASE \u2013 The first-ever Arkansas-based artificial intelligence and machine learning accelerator will launch later this month, with the goal of helping a cohort of startups within these fields connect to regional enterprise partners. <\/p>\n

The Fuel Accelerator<\/a>, in its second iteration, will provide regular, hands-on education and workshops to a cohort of 14 companies from across the United States, Europe and Asia.  <\/p>\n

These 14 companies will make their way to Northwest Arkansas, at the foot of the Ozark Mountains, for a 12-week, enterprise-ready accelerator that will provide them with access to other startup founders, industry experts, institutions of higher education, and public policy officials.<\/p>\n

Fuel launched in late 2018 with eight startups participating in a supply chain-focused, 16-week program. The program helped its first cohort nurture relationships with key Fortune 500 companies through feedback sessions, training, pilots and demos. The accelerator is sponsored in large part by the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC<\/a>) as a part of the state\u2019s ongoing efforts toward promoting data science. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Fuel Accelerator is a great way for entrepreneurs to gain valuable contacts and skills needed to advance their companies through growth and expansions,\u201d said AEDC Director Mike Preston. \u201cAnd, in turn, it allows us to promote Arkansas as the ideal location for up-and-coming tech companies to call home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fuel returns with a cohort of startups utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning. <\/p>\n

\u201cArtificial intelligence, machine learning and data science are some of the most disruptive technologies in the world today. They are critical enablers of many transformative opportunities having direct consequence to the enterprise,\u201d said Director of Machine Learning Colin Shaw, of RevUnit, the digital transformation partner to some of the world\u2019s largest enterprises and one the nation\u2019s fastest growing companies according to Inc<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor Fuel to cultivate these technologies and help some of the most innovative startups in the space bring their ideas to the enterprise is very powerful and a great opportunity for everyone involved.\u201d <\/p>\n

The companies included in this year\u2019s Fuel Accelerator, along with location of operation:  <\/p>\n

\u2022 Cognitive Talent Solutions<\/a> \u2013 New York City, New York <\/p>\n

\u2022 Commerce.AI<\/a> \u2013 Sunnyvale, California<\/p>\n

\u2022 Curie<\/a> \u2013 Seattle, Washington <\/p>\n

\u2022 DriveTrust<\/a> \u2013 Rennes, France <\/p>\n

\u2022 Inferencery<\/a> \u2013 Bentonville, Arkansas <\/p>\n

\u2022 issac.ai<\/a> \u2013 Little Rock, Arkansas <\/p>\n

\u2022 Journey Foods<\/a> \u2013 Chicago, Illinois <\/p>\n

\u2022 Sorcero<\/a> \u2013 Washington, D.C. <\/p>\n

\u2022 SummerizeBot<\/a> \u2013 Latvia\/Belarus\/South Korea<\/p>\n

\u2022 swivl<\/a> \u2013 Denver, Colorado <\/p>\n

\u2022 TPS Engage<\/a> \u2013 New York\/Romania\/Dubai\/South Korea<\/p>\n

\u2022 Truckish<\/a> \u2013 Memphis, Tennessee <\/p>\n

\u2022 Unmanned Life<\/a> \u2013 San Francisco\/London <\/p>\n

\u2022 Vocinity<\/a> \u2013 Martinsburg, West Virginia <\/p>\n

 \u201cThese 14 cohort companies have technology ranging from food innovation to digital commerce, customer success, human resource, AdTech, supply chain optimization, legal, and automated insight discovery,\u201d said Taylor Hasley, Startup Junkie consultant and director of the Fuel Accelerator. <\/p>\n

 \u201cWe are confident the cohort will bring exponential gains to our enterprise partners from the efficiencies created in these areas,\u201d he added. “The diversity and geographic reach of this cohort echo the level of opportunity and lifestyle Northwest Arkansas has to offer on a global scale.\u201d<\/p>\n

 Fuel is led by RevUnit<\/span><\/a> <\/span>and Startup Junkie<\/span><\/a>. Curriculum for the accelerator is developed by RevUnit. The Bentonville-based company recently received a significant investment from Mountaingate Capital, a leading private equity firm based in Denver. The accelerator is facilitated by Startup Junkie, the Fayetteville-based, mission-driven entrepreneurial resource organization servicing the Arkansas community.<\/p>\n

 Arkansas has seen tremendous growth in the investment in data sciences and technology-centered accelerators. In the last year, Startup Junkie was joined by Plug and Play out of San Francisco and the Center for Advancing Innovation out of Bethesda, Md., all three of which are funded in part by the Walton Family Foundation, the Bentonville-based charitable organization led by the family of Walmart founder Sam Walton. <\/p>\n

 \u201c[The Fuel Accelerator] is exciting for the entire state of Arkansas because it illustrates that we are accomplishing a strategic plan, that we\u2019re carrying out our desire to increase not only businesses that can excel in technology but also supply the existing industries here with the talent and technology that\u2019s needed,\u201d said Gov. Hutchinson at a September press event. <\/p>\n

 \u201cThe Fuel Accelerator has had success,\u201d he added. \u201cThe second cohort will be from across the country, top-level companies. We\u2019re going to be able to land some great companies that will stay right here when they see what all Arkansas has to offer.\u201d <\/p>\n

 In 2017, the Arkansas General Assembly allocated $2 million to be used for accelerator programs. The goal, he said, was to recruit startups from across the nation to Arkansas to be mentored and build their company. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis accelerator program has exceeded all of our expectations,\u201d Hutchinson said. \u201cThese programs have resulted in Arkansas becoming a micro hub of technology and startup companies. We\u2019re looked at, nationally, as a leader because of these accelerator programs.\u201d  <\/p>\n

For more information about Fuel Accelerator, visit fuelaccelerator.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

COMUNICADO DE PRENSA \u2013 El primer acelerador de inteligencia artificial y aprendizaje autom\u00e1tico con sede en Arkansas se lanzar\u00e1 a finales de este mes, con el objetivo de ayudar a un grupo de nuevas empresas dentro de estos campos a conectarse con socios empresariales regionales. <\/p>\n

El Acelerador de Combustible, en su segunda iteraci\u00f3n, brindar\u00e1 educaci\u00f3n pr\u00e1ctica y talleres regulares a un grupo de 14 empresas de Estados Unidos, Europa y Asia.  <\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/startupjunkie.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/startupjunkie.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/startupjunkie.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startupjunkie.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startupjunkie.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/startupjunkie.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1432,"href":"https:\/\/startupjunkie.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225\/revisions\/1432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startupjunkie.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/startupjunkie.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startupjunkie.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startupjunkie.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1225"}],"curies":[{"name":"gracias","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}