Discover how these winning AI startups are impacting the world through accurate biomagnetic imaging, cybersecurity enhancement, construction safety, and more.

1. INCEPTION AWARDS
SIX AI STARTUPS
CHANGING THE WORLD

2. INCEPTION IS A VIRTUAL ACCELERATOR PROGRAM THAT
DEVELOPS AI STARTUPS DURING CRITICAL STAGES OF PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT, PROTOTYPING, AND DEPLOYMENT.

3. “TEN YEARS AGO, WE STARTED A JOURNEY OF CREATING A NEW COMPUTING
PLATFORM SO THAT YOU GUYS COULD DISCOVER THINGS AND MAKE A
CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN
IMPOSSIBLE.”
-JENSEN HUANG, CEO AND FOUNDER, NVIDIA

4. THE PROGRAM CURRENTLY HAS 1,300+ MEMBERS
REPRESENTING MULTIPLE INDUSTRIES.

5. THIS YEAR AT GTC 2017, THE INCEPTION AWARDS CELEBRATED
THE TOP AI STARTUPS AFTER SEEING PITCHES BY 14 AI STARTUP
FINALISTS LAST MONTH.

6. Shu Nyatta
Investor, SoftBank Group
Prashant Sharma
Global CTO, Microsoft Accelerator
Tammy Kiely
Goldman Sachs, Global Head
Semiconductor Investment Banking
Gavin Baker
Portfolio Manager, Fidelity Investments
Thomas Laffont
Senior MD, Coatue Management
Jensen Huang
CEO, NVIDIA
WINNERS WERE SELECTED BY AN ALL-STAR PANEL INCLUDING
EXECS FROM GOLDMAN SACHS, FIDELITY INVESTMENTS, SOFTBANK,
MICROSOFT, AND COATUE MANAGEMENT.

7. JUDGES SELECTED WINNERS AND RUNNERS-UP IN THREE
CATEGORIES – BEST SOCIAL INNOVATION, MOST DISRUPTIVE,
AND HOTTEST EMERGING.

8. AND THE
WINNERS ARE …
• Best Social Innovation
• Winner: Genetesis
• Runner-Up: Bay Labs
• Most Disruptive
• Winner: Deep Instinct
• Runner-Up: Smartvid.io
• Hottest Emerging
• Winner: Athelas
• Runner-Up: Focal Systems

9. Genetesis is running clinical trials for
CardioFlux, a non-invasive biomagnetic
imaging system that measures the chest’s
weak magnetic fields. Powered by GPUs, it
generates a 3D map of the heart’s electrical
performance in just 90 seconds, giving
doctors a fast way to diagnose blocked
arteries and pinpoint their location.
SOCIAL INNOVATION WINNER
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Genetesis
“Winning this award is incredible. To have this
platform for introducing this at a global level
means everything.”
-Peeyush Shrivastaa, CEO, Genetesis

10. San Francisco-based Bay Labs wants to
combat heart disease by putting an
inexpensive ultrasound scanner in the hands
of every general practitioner. By training its
GPU-accelerated deep learning software to
recognize ultrasound images, it aims to make
scans easier to interpret. The company said
its solution can reach eight times more
people than existing ultrasound devices and
bring down the cost from $400 to $50 per
scan.
SOCIAL INNOVATION RUNNER-UP
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Bay Labs

11. The Israeli company’s GPU-accelerated deep
learning software detects malware in real
time. Trained on hundreds of millions of
files, the neural network learns to detect
more threats and then uses its experience
to predict new attacks.
MOST DISRUPTIVE WINNER
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Deep Instinct
“Winning this prize is the ultimate recognition
from the deep learning industry because deep
learning and NVIDIA are synonymous.”
-David Eli, CEO and Co-Founder, Deep Instinct

12. Construction is the world’s second-largest
industry. It’s also among the most
dangerous, comprising 20 percent of U.S.
worker deaths. Safety experts inspect sites,
but there aren’t enough to go around,
according to Mike Perozek, vice president of
sales and marketing at Smartvid.io. The
Cambridge, Mass., company has created an
AI inspector that detects danger in videos
collected at construction sites.
MOST DISRUPTIVE RUNNER-UP
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Smartvid.io

13. Using deep learning and machine vision, the
machine identifies leukemia, infections,
inflammations and other conditions in
minutes from just a drop of blood. Athelas
founder Tanay Tandon said the $500 device
would lower the costs of blood tests. The
technology, which is undergoing FDA
clearance, is already available to clinics and
home users.
HOTTEST EMERGING WINNER
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Athelas
“It’s great that a company like NVIDIA defined
the industry and is continuing to define it will
help startups.”
-Tanay Tandon, Founder, Athelas

14. Focal Systems is bringing AI to the grocery
store. With GPU servers on the aisles and a
grocery cart rigged up a tablet computer
and cameras, the Menlo Park, Calif.,
company’s deep learning algorithms help
shoppers find products, spot sales and pay
for groceries without stopping at the
checkout counter. The same setup alerts
retailers when products are out of stock.
HOTTEST EMERGING RUNNER-UP
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Focal Systems

15. THESE LEADING COMPANIES HAVE JOINED US IN CELEBRATING
THE AI STARTUP COMMUNITY AND AWARD WINNERS.

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