Industry Computer software Headquarters Zürich, Switzerland | Website www.starmind.com Type of business Incorporated Company | |
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Key people Pascal Kaufmann (Founder & CEO)Marc Vontobel (Founder & CTO)Martin Korbmacher (President of Board) Founded 5 June 2010, Meilen, Switzerland Founders Pascal Kaufmann, Marc Vontobel | ||
Starmind International is a software company based in Küsnacht, Switzerland. Starmind supplies a productivity tool, allowing mapping and visualizing know-how within a company.
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Starmind provides self-learning know-how networks for companies. Based on insights from artificial intelligence, an algorithm analyzes content and activity and automatically forwards questions to experts within companies. Starmind can be accessed through a web browser and smart phones, thus providing organizations real-time access to their internal expertise. Within companies Starmind is also labelled as "The Brain”, "Ask the Brain" or "Company Brain". This know-how management is based on Brain Technology.
History
Starmind was founded by Pascal Kaufmann and Marc Vontobel at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of Zurich University. The algorithm was developed using insights from Artificial Intelligence and neuroscientific research from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich and is based on virtual neural tissue and self-learning neural networks studies. In 2012, Siemens Awarded Starmind with the title “company to watch”, which resulted in extensive media coverage. In 2013 Starmind was nominated for various awards in Switzerland as well as internationally. On November 12, 2013, Starmind International AG won the Swiss ICT Award in the Newcomer Category.