Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and LifeMap Solutions Launch Asthma Study for iPhone

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First-of-its-kind asthma study developed using ResearchKit framework 

NEW YORK, NY – March 9, 2015 – The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and LifeMap Solutions, a subsidiary of BioTime (NYSE MKT: BTX),  today announced the launch of a large-scale medical research study that uses the new ResearchKit framework developed by Apple to make it easy for individuals who suffer from asthma to participate in studies right from their iPhone.  Continue reading Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and LifeMap Solutions Launch Asthma Study for iPhone

MEDIA ADVISORY: Skytree to Brief Big Data Analysts on Corporate Advantages of Machine Learning in June 24 Bloor Group Webisode

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SAN JOSE, Calif. – June 20, 2014 – Skytree®, the Machine Learning Company®, will be a guest on The Bloor Group’s online interview series The Briefing Room this Tuesday, June 24, at 1 p.m. PDT to discuss how its software is fundamentally changing the way Big Data is analyzed. To register for the event, titled “The Sky’s the Limit – The Rise of Machine Learning,” please visit: http://bit.ly/1i8j1wP

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Skytree Supports Big Data Analytics in Hadoop with Hortonworks Data Platform

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Skytree Server Version 12.11 Now Runs on YARN on Hadoop

SAN JOSE, Calif. – June 3, 2014 – Skytree®, the Machine Learning Company®, today announced that its predictive analytics software is now available on Apache Hadoop YARN to deliver agile analytics on Hadoop clusters. Skytree’s flagship product — Skytree Server® — is built to provide high-performance Machine Learning and takes advantage of the multi-workload capabilities enabled by YARN’s increased reliability, scalability and manageability.

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LifeMap Solutions Emerges to Develop Big Data-Powered Mobile Health Products

lifemap solutions logoLifeMap Solutions Partners with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Leadership Team Includes Deep Biotech and Silicon Valley Experience 

ALAMEDA, Calif. — May 7, 2014 — LifeMap Solutions, Inc., a medical technology startup focused on creating innovative mobile health (mHealth) products and services powered by big data, today announced an initial $5 million seed round led by parent company LifeMap Sciences, Inc., a subsidiary of BioTime, Inc., with additional participation via in-kind support from its development partner, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

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Kaizen Redux – Machine Learning Leader Skytree Expands to Japan with BrainPad Partnership

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Japanese Companies Gain Access to Best-in-class Machine Learning Software

SAN JOSE, Calif. and TOKYO— April 24, 2014 — Skytree®, the Machine Learning Company®, today announced a strategic partnership with Japanese Big Data provider BrainPad Inc. to expand Skytree’s patented predictive analytics software to Japanese markets. With this partnership, Skytree and BrainPad will offer advanced data analysis software and support for Japanese customers. BrainPad will become a Premier Partner in Japan for distributing Skytree’s flagship product, Skytree Server.

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Founders of Box, Yahoo!, Workday, and Silver Lake Partners Invest in Elementum to Redefine Enterprise Software

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Mobile supply chain startup adds top Silicon Valley advisors and investors

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – April 8, 2014 – Today, enterprise startup Elementum announces the addition of five new investors—Aaron Levie, Dave Duffield, Jerry Yang, Jim Davidson, and Mike Frandsen—as well as new members to its board of advisors. The company, which offers mobile software for supply chain management, exited stealth mode this February with over $60 million in funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Flextronics (NASDAQ: FLEX).

ADDITIONAL INVESTORS: 

  • Dave Duffield, co-founder and co-CEO, Workday
  • Aaron Levie, co-founder and CEO, Box
  • Jerry Yang, co-founder, Yahoo!; founding partner, AME Cloud Ventures
  • Mike Frandsen, VP of products, Workday
  • Jim Davidson, co-founder and managing director, Silver Lake Partners

Jim Davidson is also a member of the company’s board of directors.

ADDITIONS TO BOARD OF ADVISORS: 

  • Dave Duffield, co-founder and co-CEO, Workday
  • David Dibble, former EVP, service engineering and operations, Yahoo!
  • David Henke, former SVP, engineering and operations, LinkedIn
  • Aneel Bhusri, co-founder, chairman, and co-CEO, Workday

“With the creation of the world’s first supply chain graph, Elementum isn’t just disrupting the industry, they’re rewriting the rules.”

Aaron Levie, co-founder & CEO, Box

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Machine Learning Innovator Skytree Grew Over 300 Percent Annual Booked Revenues; Certifies on Cloudera 5

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Predictive Analytics Startup Integrates with Leading Apache Hadoop Platform to Offer Newest Big Data Analysis Technology

SAN JOSE, Calif. — April 2, 2014 — Skytree®, the Machine Learning Company®, today announced it has grown booked revenues by over 300 percent on an annual basis since the company officially launched in 2012.

Skytree also announced today that it has been certified on Cloudera 5, the latest version of Cloudera’s unified analytic data management platform, Cloudera Enterprise. Built on Apache™ Hadoop® it serves more and more as the core of an enterprise data hubs (EDH) globally. Skytree’s flagship predictive analytics software, Skytree Server, is one of the first products that has been certified on the platform. Continue reading Machine Learning Innovator Skytree Grew Over 300 Percent Annual Booked Revenues; Certifies on Cloudera 5

Skytree Builds up Team to Bring Machine Learning Technology to New Markets

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Predictive Analytics Startup Adds Big Data Industry Experts to Its Executive Team

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Jan. 23, 2014 –  Today Skytree®, the Machine Learning Company®, announces the addition of industry veterans Burke Kaltenberger as vice president of worldwide sales and Jin H. Kim as vice president of marketing. Kaltenberger will support Skytree’s mission of making high-performance machine learning technology available to the masses, while Kim brings his experience in enterprise software product development to direct the company’s external outreach.

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