Starmind is an AI software company based in

Zürich Zürich () is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2020, the municipality has 43 ...

, Switzerland. The Starmind software builds custom knowledge networks within large organizations to connect employees with the information and knowledge they're looking for in real-time.

Product & Technology

The Starmind software was developed with the intention to provide employees answers from top experts within their company, on any subject. The Software uses self-learning algorithms to build company expertise networks. These algorithms use neuroscientific principles, such as Hebbian Learning. Founder

Pascal Kaufmann Pascal Kaufmann is a Swiss tech entrepreneur. Early life Pascal Kaufmann was born in Zurich, Switzerland. He joined the Kantonsschule Zürcher Unterland (KZU) with a focus on ancient languages and philosophy. Kaufmann received his master's de ...

has stated his goal is to create machines which work like the human brain. The software identifies experts within a network and connects them to employees in need of that expertise via a text based interface.

History

Starmind was founded by Pascal Kaufmann and Marc Vontobel at the

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Laboratory at the University of Zurich in 2010. The algorithm was developed using insights from

and

neuroscientific Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, developmen ...

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,

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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 abroad.''World Summit Award National Nominees 2013''
(PDF; 67 kB). Website World Summit Award. 14. August 2013.

Offices

Starmind has offices in Switzerland, Germany and the United States of America. The company is headquartered in Küsnacht, Switzerland.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Starmind Software companies of Switzerland Companies based in Zürich Swiss companies established in 2010