A new startup called Arize AI is building what it calls a real-time analytics platform for “observability” in artificial intelligence and machine learning.

While Arize AI is only coming out of stealth today, it’s already raised $4 million in funding led by Foundation Capital, with participation from Wilson and Trinity Ventures.

The entire Monitor ML team is joining Arize, and its CEO Aparna Dhinakaran (who previously built machine learning infrastructure at Uber) is becoming Arize’s co-founder and chief product officer.

Lopatecki and Dhinakaran said that even when they were leading two separate startups, they were trying to solve similar problems — problems that they both saw at big companies.

He argued that while most other companies are trying to tackle the entire AI pipeline, “We’re really focusing on production.” | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582057808.4999244/TubeMogul-execs-launch-Arize-AI-for-AI-observability-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

As we do, we are finding that there are plenty of ways to revolutionize a business by using modern technology.

This piece of modern technology gives you the ability to coordinate employee engagement, meeting rooms, internal ticketing, and more.

The truth is, you will experience greater accuracy in your bookkeeping, analytics, record keeping, and so much more by relying on modern technology.

Lower Costs with Modern TechnologyPerhaps the most popular way to utilize modern technology in business is to lower the cost of doing business.

Let Modern Technology Revolutionize Your BusinessHow you choose to use the advances modern technology offers is completely up to you. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582056006.7695363/Let-Modern-Technology-Transform-Your-Business-–-Running-Your-Business?ref=audio_experience

Mexican AyFix can help.

And the marketplace startup recently announced it’s planning to reach the United States.

Marketplace services for everyone’s needsThis Mexican marketplace is tackling the common problem of word-of-mouth recommendations and yellow pages to offer users a centralized place to find service providers.

Businesses that offer these services can also be shown on the app and consequently, have their own package deals.

Some things never changeMarketplaces like AyFix and Apetoi are certainly useful for giving more visibility to these service providers. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582054209.877839/Mexican-marketplace,-AyFix,-to-expand-into-the-United-States?ref=audio_experience

Aisera is looking to add more categories as it grows: Sudhakar mentioned legal, finance and facilities management as three other areas it’s planning to target.

It is that AI-based assistants, as they get better, run the risk of ultimately making obsolete the workers they’re meant to help.

“If I can automate [repetitive] functions they can focus on higher-level work, and that’s what we wanted to do.

Help desk employees want to work and become programmers, they don’t want to do mundane tasks.

They want to move up in their careers, and this can help give them the roadmap to do it.” | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582052408.1253617/Aisera,-an-AI-tool-to-help-with-customer-service-and-internal-operations,-exits-stealth-with-$50M-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

The Amex Platinum concierge went above and beyond in finding my family of 5 the perfect cruise - it's a service I'll definitely be using again | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582050605.8904629/Everything-you-need-to-know-about-CBN,-a-trendy-cannabis-compound-that's-chasing-a-$1-billion-plus-market-dominated-by-melatonin-and-CBD?ref=audio_experience

Video editing startup InVideo has new funding and a new product.

The San Francisco-headquartered company bills itself as the easiest way for anyone to create professional-quality videos, using a drag-and-drop interface, along with a library of templates and stock photos and videos.

Shah told me InVideo’s founders first worked together on a startup aiming to create 10-minute video summaries of nonfiction books.

If you want to constantly create videos about the U.S. elections, it’s not a video editor who’s doing it, it’s very likely a news producer” with limited or nonexistent editing experience.

“InVideo has truly captured the imagination of our users with their super user-friendly online video editor and great customer support,” said Ayman Al-Abdullah, CEO and President of software deals website AppSumo, in a statement. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582048819.2761533/InVideo-raises-$2.5M-and-launches-an-automated-assistant-to-make-your-videos-better-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

Semios, a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based precision farming platform for permanent crops, raised US$75m in funding.

Founded in 2010 by CEO Dr. Michael Gilbert, Semios provides data-driven crop management solutions that address production challenges such as insect damage encountered by growers of crops including almonds, apples, pistachios and grapes.

Its cloud-based analytics platform ingests granular data from over one million IoT sensors in the field, measuring in-canopy microclimate, soil and plant conditions every 10 minutes.

The data points collected daily feed established and proprietary models that provide guidance to improve agricultural practices addressing weather, insects, disease and water management challenges.

Semios allows over 500 farms in the United States to manage more than 150,000 acres of permanent crops. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582047008.768744/Semios-Raises-US$75M-In-Funding?ref=audio_experience

UltraSense Systems, a San Jose, Calif.-based creator of touch user interface technology using 3D ultrasound for smartphones, cars, home appliances, IoT and medical devices, raised $20m in Series B funding.

The company intends to use the funds to continue to expand operations and its business reach.

Led by Mo Maghsoudnia, founder and CEO, UltraSense Systems builds ultrasonic user experiences with localized interfaces that bring surfaces to life.

Its TouchPoint product line enables customers to deliver seamless and natural interactions on any surface, including metal, glass, wood, ceramic and plastic.

The last month, they introduced the world’s first ultrasound system-on-a-chip sensor that enables touch sensing through virtually any material of any thickness. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582045209.6459255/UltraSense-Systems-Raises-$20M-in-Series-B-Funding?ref=audio_experience

Kickstarter today announced that its staff has decided to unionize.

The move reflects a broader movement for worker representation among tech employees.

The decision, which was approved through a 46 to 37 vote, comes on the heels of pushback from Kickstarter leadership.

In a statement provided to TechCrunch this morning, however, the executive appears to have had a change of heart.

This marks the first time a major tech company’s full-time, white-collar employees have unionized in such a manner. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582043408.9029217/Kickstarter-workers-vote-to-unionize-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

How Live Chat Powers Sales ConversationsOur live chat representative asks a simple question on our product’s website: what would you like your software to accomplish?

A live chat isn’t just an extension of your sales and marketing plan— it’s an actual member of your team.

It’s up to you to decide whether live chat fits your business model and industry.

No matter what your customers’ sales journeys look like, it might be worth investing in live chat— and thinking twice before automating the entire process.

Live Chat vs Chatbot stock photo by Ico Maker/Shutterstock | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582041612.6664882/Why-Live-Chat-Drives-More-Sales-Than-Chatbots?ref=audio_experience