#LATechWeek | AI Titans Panel by USC ISI

AI Titans: Two LA Companies that Advanced AI from Lab Research to Market Revolution World-renowned USC Information Sciences Institute (ISI) opens its doors to reveal the story of two spinoff companies that took AI technologies from its labs and turned them into growing multi-million dollar markets. We will hear from the founders of Language Weaver, which was founded in 2002 to commercialize automated machine translation and was acquired by the largest human translation company for $42.5M and continues to flourish today. We will also hear about Second Spectrum, an ISI spinoff to use data science and AI techniques to analyze sports data about players and teams that was acquired in 2021by Genius Sports for $200M. How does one identify market opportunities among all the ideas in AI research? What makes an exciting AI research idea transform into a commercially viable idea? What are the best paths to identifying partners for an AI startup? What market studies and customer responses can help shape the growth of an AI company? Enjoy the views from Malibu to Catalina from the top of ISI’s Marina del Rey tower while meeting the panelists and ISI’s AI researchers. Parking available onsite, or simply ride in from the South Bay bike path across the street. You may book meeting space before or after the event https://partiful.com/e/MOerqJx82mfrMjfrOM0X. And consider participating in other events hosted by ISI https://linktr.ee/usc_isi. SPEAKERS: Host: Craig Knoblock is Keston Executive Director of the USC Information Sciences Institute and Vice-Dean of Engineering at USC, and has been a leading AI researcher for four decades and is co-founder of several successful spinoffs on AI and data technologies. Moderator: Yolanda Gil is Senior Director of AI and Data Science Strategy and Fellow at ISI, and has a distinguished career of AI research, standards, and community leadership with recognitions and awards for interdisciplinary work on AI for climate, neuroscience, and health. Panelists: Kevin Knight is an academic and entrepreneur, and was Co-Founder of Language Weaver and a researcher at USC/ISI for 26 years. https://kevincrawfordknight.github.io/ Daniel Marcu is VP of Artificial General Intelligence at Amazon, and was Co-Founder of Language Weaver and a researcher at USC/ISI for 20 years. https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-marcu-9505864/ Bryce Benjamin is a successful angel entrepreneur and was Founding CEO and Chairman of Language Weaver. https://www.linkedin.com/in/brycebenjamin Yu-Han Chang is Chief Operating Officer of Second Spectrum, a successful company that he co-founded to apply his AI and data science research at ISI to tracking performance of sports teams and players. Location: USC, Information Sciences Institute Address: 4676 Admiralty Way Marina Del Rey Ca 90292 Check in at Reception: 10th Floor Recommended Marina Del Rey Lots, $6 per day/vehicle: Lot 4 : 13500 Mindanao Way, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292 https://maps.app.goo.gl/LPdBxT6rZvJxvjpf7 Visitor parking at USC, ISI, $25 per day/vehicle Address: 4676 Admiralty Way Marina del Rey Ca 90292 Questions? Email us at events@isi.edu #LATechWeek This event is a part of #TechWeek - a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem https://www.tech-week.com