Topcoder CEO Mike Morris discusses the gig economy and why enterprises need to embrace new technologies like AI and blockchain to build next-generation solutions that wow customers.

1. Wowing Customers in the Age of AI and the Gig
Economy
Mike Morris – CEO, Topcoder

2. Topcoder
Community
Topcoder is home to the
world’s largest network of
Designers, Developers, and
Data Scientists.
The Topcoder Community
includes more than 1.1
million members from every
country around the world.

3. Community members in
over 190 countries
More engineers than
Microsoft, Facebook,
and Twitter combined
Challenges
per year
New members
per week
Paid to the
community
Active users
90 days
1M+ 5x 10K
200
0
100M 35K

4. by 2020, 30% of CIOs
will include AI in their top
5 investment priorities
1. Blockchain
2. AI is now foundational
3. Intelligent Apps & Analytics
4. Intelligent Things (IoT)
5. Conversational Apps
6. Digital Twin
7. DevOps becoming Security DevOps
8. Edge Computing
9. Immersive Experiences (AR/VR)
10.Event Driven
What we are hearing...
Top 10 Technology Trends

5. Deep
Learning
Artificial
Intelligence
Human
Computer
Interaction
Pattern
Recognition
Data Mining
Natural
Language
Processing
Speech
Recognition
Language
TranslationsSentiment
Analysis
Expert
Systems

7. 2016 Topcoder Open Washington DC "UI Design" Championship
The Topcoder Approach

8. Image description
Value from these types of efforts are
derived from what is learned through
the process and the reaction to the
ideas generated.
Value from these types of efforts
result in tangible outcomes that
can end up being part of a
finished product or service.
EXPLORATORY EXECUTIONAL
What are you looking to do?

9. How Topcoder works
Community members compete over an automated platform to produce multiple deliverables for you to evaluate. Those who submit the
best outputs earn prize money. Wipro clients pay only for the deliverables they want, and not for the hours:

10. Hours
48
Rolling Checkpoint Designs
15
Final Designs
20
Registrants
44
Cendhika Topcoder since 2015
Countries Represented
Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, India,
Philippines, Venezuela, South Africa,
China, United States
9

13. 13
$100,000
5 places
4 special prizes

14. 14
Topcoder + IBM
Watson Case
Study: BlueDot
Dental

15. Topcoders: moulyg '10, dileepa '10, thomaskranitsas '15, adroc '02, nomo_kazza '09, nghi85 '10, leo.ananth '09, hi4sandy '11