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About dselz

Husband, father, internet entrepreneur, founder, CEO, Squirro, Memonic, local.ch, Namics, rail aficionado, author, tbd...

Why the AI revolution will take time

Posted on 28 May 2020 by dselz

The way most companies today deal with data is equivalent to buying a car, driving it from the dealership back to your garage, and then throwing away the key and never driving that car again. Reflections on why the widespread … Continue reading →

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The clowns are called out

Posted on 26 May 2020 by dselz

The Covid-19 Pandemic has no political bias. It has no notion of itself, it has no notion of its own future, it has not spin doctored route to electoral success. It is a deadly viral bug without political bias. On … Continue reading →

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Autonomous driving is a more than a few years away.

Posted on 18 May 2020 by dselz

Autonomous driving is a long time away. The reason – AI is universal, but requires a finite universe to be effective – is mostly overlooked. Article in German.  

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A different world

Posted on 30 April 2020 by dselz

Covid-19 turned the world upside down. For once available in German.

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A company road trip

Posted on 5 June 2019 by dselz

A few days ago my colleagues and I set out to drive from New York to Connecticut to visit a customer of ours. Our customer has its North American divisional headquarter up there and a big R&D facility. On that … Continue reading →

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Trump will be gone by end 2019

Posted on 27 January 2019 by dselz

Some time ago I offered a simple bet: Trump will no longer be president by year end 2019. Reason: Last chance for Republicans to have a faint chance to retain the presidency. The way to get him out: The Spiro Agnew … Continue reading →

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Digital Transformation coming full circle – 23 years later

Posted on 4 May 2018 by dselz

When asked what we do here at Squirro I talk about AI. AI seems to be everywhere. Our version is all about Augmented Intelligence. Then people often go: “Interesting, but (not yet) for me.” 23 years ago, 1995, I joined … Continue reading →

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Artificial Intelligence to power the next wave of enterprise apps

Posted on 20 December 2017 by dselz

What is behind the rise in enterprise apps and why has the apps market suddenly been alerted to the analytic power and automation of processes that AI offers? Despite the hype, vendor noise and press column inches, artificial intelligence (AI) … Continue reading →

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Data: The world’s most underused valuable resource

Posted on 1 December 2017 by dselz

The cover story of the May 6th, 2017 issue of The Economist boldly proclaimed data as “the world’s most valuable resource,” which is a new reality that has taken shape over the years. Technology used to be all about products, … Continue reading →

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RIP enterprise search – AI-based cognitive insight is the future

Posted on 23 November 2017 by dselz

Earlier in 2017, The Economist declared that the ‘world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data’. Few would argue with this. Data and information are at the heart of the modern enterprise, empowering knowledge workers with the insight … Continue reading →

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