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Technology

Google Partners With Black Harvard Professor To Improve Skin Tone Representation In Technology

Atiya JordanMay 12, 2022May 12, 2022

by Atiya JordanMay 12, 2022May 12, 20221355

In partnership with Harvard professor and sociologist Dr. Ellis Monk, Google is taking steps forward towards improving skin tone representation across its products....

Education Entrepreneurship Leadership

Black Female CEO of EdTech Startup Raised $8M To Fund AI-Powered Program To Manage Truancy In K-12 Schools

Wendy MedinaApril 9, 2022April 9, 2022

by Wendy MedinaApril 9, 2022April 9, 20223672

AllHere, an edtech company founded by Joanna Smith-Griffin, utilizes artificial intelligence through mobile messaging to curb chronic absenteeism...

Technology

BlackUp Tech StartUp Aims To Use a Better Algorithm To Connect and Match Black Professionals With Equitable Jobs

Atiya JordanApril 7, 2022April 7, 2022

by Atiya JordanApril 7, 2022April 7, 2022426

BlackUp CEO and founder, Christabel Agbonkonkon, is bridging the equity gap that Black professionals face in the employment market....

Business

NOEMIS Ventures Launches With $25 Million Debut Fund

BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsFebruary 7, 2022February 7, 2022

by BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsFebruary 7, 2022February 7, 2022540

Simeon Iheagwam's investment in a pilot fund using his life savings after a 10-year career pays off. His company NOEMIS Ventures just closed its debut...

Business Technology

Automate Your Content Creation With This AI-Based Social Media Management Tool

Black Enterprise ShopJanuary 29, 2021January 29, 2021

by Black Enterprise ShopJanuary 29, 2021January 29, 20211525

A lot of people think that running a blog or social media account is all fun and games—until they try it themselves. Underneath the captions,...

Technology

5 AI Trends Profoundly Benefiting Business Bottom Lines

Merilee Kern, MBANovember 16, 2020November 13, 2020

by Merilee Kern, MBANovember 16, 2020November 13, 20203743

Emerging AI methodologies are helping forward-thinking companies achieve and sustain true agility, fuel growth, and compete aggressively....

Entrepreneurship Technology

Meet Mike Bugembe, the Artificial Intelligence Expert Who Helped Boost a Company’s Value to $100 Million

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJune 8, 2020June 5, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJune 8, 2020June 5, 20205396

Mike Bugembe was part of a team that sold a company for over $100 million...

Technology

Elon Musk Says A High School Diploma is Not Needed to Work at Tesla

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonFebruary 5, 2020February 5, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonFebruary 5, 2020February 5, 20202683

Having a high school diploma is not required to join Tesla’s artificial intelligence team...

Technology

The Do’s and Don’ts of Data: How to Keep Your Company Compliant in Today’s Data-Driven World

Karima Mariama-Arthur, Esq.January 15, 2020January 15, 2020

by Karima Mariama-Arthur, Esq.January 15, 2020January 15, 20201931

"Companies should concern themselves with data privacy and protection if they want to remain in business," says data privacy and protection expert Ambler Jackson....

Career

4.5 Million African Americans Could Lose Their Jobs to Automation

Justin BartonOctober 10, 2019October 11, 2019

by Justin BartonOctober 10, 2019October 11, 20193342

McKinsey & Co.'s report, "The Future of Work in Black America," estimates that job losses due to automation could affect 4.5 million African Americans by...