Sentient.io launches pay-as-you-go AI services
Singapore-based startup Sentient.io aims to bring the majority of software developers into the artificial intelligence (AI) fold with AI-as-a-service. Its AI and Data Platform, "built by software developers for software developers", allows developers to pick from a growing number of pretrained AI microservices to create smart applications. This allows businesses to build AI-enabled apps quickly, without the need to train, model and code AI algorithms from scratch. Potential applications include real-time speech transcription in a Singapore-accented English, automatic English subtitling and voice-enabled chatbots which can search a knowledge base using natural language processing. Christopher Yeo, founder and CEO, Sentient.io and a serial entrepreneur called AI a leveller of capabilities and wealth. He said, "We have a goal of benefiting 1 billion people with the use of AI. We beleive that if we can use our AI-as-a-service platform to reach out to 1 million developer...