Peltarion is an
AI software
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company with offices in
Stockholm and
London
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.
In June 2022, the company was acquired by the video game developer
King
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, which is owned by
Activision Blizzard
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.
History
Peltarion was founded in 2004 by Luka Crnkovic-Friis and Måns Erlandsson. The company was originally an AI consultancy that helped
Tesla Inc.,
General Electric
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, and the
U.S.
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space agency
NASA
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use neural networks. Since 2016, the company has built an AI platform which has been used to help doctors to segment cancer tumors and farmers to optimize yields.
Product
Th
Peltarion Platformis a cloud-based operational AI platform that allows users to build and deploy deep learning models.
The service offers an end-to-end platform that allows users do everything from pre-processing data to building models and producing them. All of this runs in the cloud and developers get access to a graphical user interface for building and testing their models.
Philosophy
Peltarion has a strong philosophy behind the product and wants to advance humankind by bringing AI everywhere. Quote from chief executive Luka Crnkovic-Friis:
“AI-powered software shouldn’t be dominated by a few large technology companies. We strongly feel that the best way of making sure that the technology is used for good is to make sure that more people can use it.”
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See also
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Artificial intelligence
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Deep learning
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Artificial neural network
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AI innovation of SwedenSwedish AI council
References
External links
Peltarion websitePeltarion Platform
Software companies of Sweden
Companies based in Stockholm
2022 mergers and acquisitions