Edge AI and Vision Alliance Names 2023 Vision Tank Start-Up Competition Winners

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 6, 2023 — The Edge AI and Vision Alliance named the winners of the 2023 Vision Tank Start-Up Competition at the Embedded Vision Summit. The annual competition, which showcases ventures using or enabling perceptual AI and computer vision in products, invited five finalist companies to pitch their company and product to judges in front of the summit audience.

Judge’s Award: Prohawk Technology Group — Prohawk Technology Group is a computer vision restoration solutions provider that offers cutting-edge solutions to businesses across various industries. Its mission is to help its clients optimize their operations and increase their bottom line by leveraging computer vision restoration technologies.

Audience Choice Award: GMAC Intelligence — GMAC is building a drive-through automation solution for quick-service restaurants (QSRs). Their QSRBot 247 solution automates food ordering, payment, and delivery. It’s enabled by on-device implementation of vision AI, ASR, TTS, and NLP algorithms.

The winner of the Vision Tank Judge’s Award receives a $5000 cash prize, and both the winner of the Judge’s Award and the winner of the Audience Choice Award will receive a one-year membership in the Edge AI and Vision Alliance.

Published: June 2023

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