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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

#Cannabis Goes Next-Gen: Moving From Retail to E-Commerce; (TSXV: $RIV.V), (OTCQB: $NEXCF) (CSE: $NATR.C), (TSXV: $FAF.V), (CSE: $CHOO.C)

#Cannabis Goes Next-Gen: Moving From Retail to E-Commerce; (TSXV: $RIV.V), (OTCQB: $NEXCF) (CSE: $NATR.C), (TSXV: $FAF.V), (CSE: $CHOO.C)




Point Roberts WA, Delta BC – March 19, 2019 - Investorideas.com, a leading investor news resource covering tech and cannabis stocks releases a snapshot looking at the future of cannabis sales as companies focus on next-gen tech and e-commerce platforms.

E-commerce has decimated the retail sector over the past decade, and while in its early days, ‘brick and mortar’ and retail operations were a key in the cannabis sector for gaining early financial momentum, it seems the cannabis industry is looking to the future. Now, with less restrictions and regulations surrounding the market, cannabis companies are looking to establish proper e-commerce as many see it as the future of this, if not most other industries.


Canopy Rivers Inc. (TSXV: RIV.V), the investment firm offshoot of Canopy Growth Inc. and LeafLink, Inc. recently announced the establishment of LeafLink Services International ULC, a new venture that exclusively licenses and leverages LeafLink’s dominant business-to-business (B2B) marketplace and supply chain technology platform for deployment throughout regulated international cannabis markets.

“We have been very impressed with LeafLink’s deep market penetration and their understanding of cannabis companies’ needs and behaviors,” said NarbĂ© Alexandrian, President of Canopy Rivers. “The number of brands and products within our new cannabis economy has been explosive, making it difficult for retailers to deal with multiple parties in an increasingly fragmented market. As regulated cannabis consumption and distribution proliferates around the world, LeafLink International will introduce the industry’s leading SaaS-enabled marketplace to the global stage to create a new standard for expediting the cannabis supply chain in regulated markets.”

NexTech AR Solutions (OTCQB: NEXCF) (CSE: NTAR) is a company focused on bringing next generation, web enabled augmented reality (AR) platforms with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and analytics to the e-commerce, education, training, healthcare, video conferencing and cannabis sector. Having already worked with Cannvas Medtech and Premier Health in the cannabis sector, NexTech recently announced that it has signed an LOI to acquire an e-commerce business that generated USD $1.9 million in revenue and $560,000 in EBITDA in 2018, for the purchase price of $1,850,000 in cash.

"This LOI sets the stage for our third acquisition in 2019 and upon closing would push our Commerce business toward a projected USD $5 million in revenue and $1 million in EBITDA for 2019," said Evan Gappelberg, CEO of NexTech. "Since going public we have been focused on both launching our AR platforms around our three verticals, AR eCommerce, AR university, and AR live streaming, and a growth-by-acquisition strategy that we continue to execute on.”

NexTech has already closed on two acquisitions in 2019 - one in January and one in February - and has also entered into a separate LOI in March as part of its strategy to grow through the acquisition of revenue generating companies that possess industry-leading technologies.

Fire & Flower Holdings Corp. (TSXV: FAF), an independent, licensed cannabis retailer is also looking to the future, having announced that the Company has launched its e-commerce platform to sell adult-use recreational cannabis to customers in the province of Saskatchewan and accessory products to customers across Canada.

"The launch of our e-commerce platform demonstrates Fire & Flower's commitment as a technology-focused and data-driven retailer," shared Trevor Fencott, Fire & Flower's Chief Executive Officer. "Our intuitive e-commerce platform is leading the industry as a digital retailer in the emerging recreational cannabis market."

The e-commerce platform was developed by Fire & Flower's digital product studio, HiFyre Inc. which was acquired by Fire & Flower in July of 2018. HiFyre Inc. has significant cannabis experience, working in the legal cannabis industry for the past six years with clients including Mettrum Health Corp., Starseed Medicinal Inc. and Canopy Growth Corporation.

Choom™ (CSE: CHOO) (OTCQB: CHOOF), a Canadian cannabis retail company also announced the completion of its e-commerce platform.

Choom, through a licensed enterprise-level platform, has completed the build out of a top tier e-commerce retail solution. This online storefront will provide a customized shopping experience that's integrated with Choom's retail stores and capable of scaling to $500M+ annually. Choom has ensured the platform's flexibility to compliantly handle both B2C and B2B sales to service and sell to any type of buyer in the cannabis industry.

This online growth for Choom is good news for Aurora Cannabis Inc., who recently invested $27 million in the Choom private placement and the convertible debenture offering. The money helped Choom in achieving “a number of its strategic growth initiatives,” Aurora said in a statement recently, including their e-commerce launch.

We can expect to see more adoption of AR, VR, AI and other next-gen tech solutions in the cannabis space as the industry looks further away from the retail sales strategy of the past and into the online interactive sales of the future. 

For investors following cannabis stocks, Investor Ideas has created a stock directory of publicly traded CSE, TSX, TSXV, OTC, NASDAQ, NYSE, ASX Marijuana/Hemp Stocks

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Monday, March 18, 2019

The #AIEye: Gopher (OTCQB: $GOPH) Completes Initial Testing for Avant! AI Mobile App and Wipro (NYSE: $WIT) Appraised at Maturity Level 5 in CMMI Development View





The #AIEye: Gopher (OTCQB: $GOPH) Completes Initial Testing for Avant! AI Mobile App and Wipro (NYSE: $WIT) Appraised at Maturity Level 5 in CMMI Development View

#AI in Education to Hit $2.58 Billion by 2023 with CAGR of 38.88%

Point Roberts WA  Vancouver BC – March 18, 2019  – Investorideas.com (www.investorideas.com), a global investor news source covering Artificial Intelligence (AI) brings you today’s edition of  The AI Eye-  watching stock news, deal tracker and advancements in artificial intelligence.

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AI in Education to Hit $2.58 Billion by 2023 with CAGR of 38.88%

Wise Guy Reports has recently published research on the AI in Education market. The report finds that the market will grow to $2.58 billion by 2023 from $375 million in 2018 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 38.88 percent. An article from Forbes last year outlines how AI can be used in education to individualize learning:

Adjusting learning based on an individual student’s particular needs has been a priority for educators for years, but AI will allow a level of differentiation that’s impossible for teachers who have to manage 30 students in each class. There are several companies such as Content Technologies and Carnegie Learning currently developing intelligent instruction design and digital platforms that use AI to provide learning, testing and feedback to students from pre-K to college level that gives them the challenges they are ready for, identifies gaps in knowledge and redirects to new topics when appropriate. As AI gets more sophisticated, it might be possible for a machine to read the expression that passes on a student's face that indicates they are struggling to grasp a subject and will modify a lesson to respond to that. The idea of customizing curriculum for every student's needs is not viable today, but it will be for AI-powered machines.


Gopher Protocol Completes Initial Testing for Avant! AI Mobile App and Wipro Appraised at Maturity Level 5 in CMMI Development View
Stocks discussed: (OTCQB:GOPH) (NYSE:WIT)

Gopher Protocol, Inc. (OTCQB:GOPH) has completed initial testing of its Avant! AI mobile application, which will serve as the interface to Gopher’s Avant! AI system. In an earlier press release, Gopher CTO Dr. Danny Rittman explained the mobile app:

"We are designing Gopher's Avant! AI mobile app, synchronized with the web interface, to ultimately provide users with an information library and user-specific knowledge base available anywhere. Users will be able to build their information library within their account for any topic that they requested when using Avant!. Further information not in the existing library can be accessed by additional Avant! AI queries.”

Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) has been appraised at Maturity Level 5 in the CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) V2.0 Development View. According to the press release, the appraisal “indicates that an organization is performing at an “optimizing” level”. Singled out for praise was Wipro’s usage of Intelligent Automation through its Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform, HOLMES, and the company’s ability to utilize cutting-edge technologies like Neural Networks and Machine Learning to optimize processes in conjunction with their CMMI adoption. Bhanumurthy B. M., President & Chief Operating Officer, Wipro Limited said:

“This appraisal showcases Wipro’s commitment to deliver high-quality solutions, a great customer experience and strong alignment of our processes with business objectives. The CMMI journey has been instrumental in achieving a high level of customer satisfaction and will ensure that Wipro remains an industry leader in quality.”


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#AI & #Tech News: Gopher Protocol (OTCQB: $GOPH) Completes Alpha Testing of Avant! AI Mobile App


#AI & #Tech News: Gopher Protocol (OTCQB: $GOPH) Completes Alpha Testing of Avant! AI Mobile App



SAN DIEGO, CA - March 18, 2019 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Gopher Protocol Inc. (OTCQB: GOPH) ("Gopher"), a company specializing in the development of Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled networking and tracking technologies, including its GopherInsight global mesh network technology platform for both mobile and fixed solutions, today announced it has completed initial testing of its Avant! AI mobile application. The mobile application will serve as the interface to Gopher's Avant! AI system.

Avant! AI is Gopher's artificial intelligence ("AI") architecture that uses self-learning, neural networking technology to control a number of key functions including communications management, database management and network parallel processing. Gopher's AI platform provides context to the wide range of unstructured data that exists in our world today and enhances human capabilities in a variety of domains. Avant! AI is available to the public through a web interface at avant-ai.net and will be available on iOS and Android platforms at a later date to be announced.


About Gopher Protocol Inc.
Gopher Protocol Inc. (OTCQB: GOPH) (“Gopher”) (http://gopherprotocol.com/) is a development-stage company which considers itself a native IoT creator, developing Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled mobile technology platforms.  Gopher has a portfolio of Intellectual Property that, when commercialized, will include smart microchips, mobile and security applications and protocols, and supporting cloud software.  Gopher’s system envisions the creation of a global mesh network.  The core of the system will be its advanced microchip technology that can be installed in any mobile or fixed device worldwide. Gopher envisions this system as a low-cost, secure, private mesh network between any enabled devices, providing shared processing, advanced mobile database management/sharing and enhanced mobile features as an alternative to traditional carrier services.


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Certain statements contained in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements".  Forward-looking statements provide current expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors as disclosed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission located at their website (http://www.sec.gov).  In addition to these factors, actual future performance, outcomes, and results may differ materially because of more general factors including (without limitation) general industry and market conditions and growth rates, economic conditions, governmental and public policy changes, the Company’s ability to raise capital on acceptable terms, if at all, the Company’s successful development of its products and the integration into its existing products and the commercial acceptance of the Company’s products.  The forward-looking statements included in this press release represent the Company's views as of the date of this press release and these views could change.  However, while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so.  These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company's views as of any date subsequent to the date of the press release.

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Gopher Protocol Inc.

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Friday, March 15, 2019

The #AIEye: Wipro (NYSE: $WIT) Makes #AI Available on AWS, LogMeIn’s Bold360 Announces AI Scholarship Program and Meredith (NYSE: $MDP) Partners with Ste. Michelle Wine Estates for AI-Generated Wine Pairings





The #AIEye: Wipro (NYSE: $WIT) Makes #AI Available on AWS, LogMeIn’s Bold360 Announces AI Scholarship Program and Meredith  (NYSE: $MDP) Partners with Ste. Michelle Wine Estates for AI-Generated Wine Pairings

Global Conversational AI Market to Reach $15.7 Billion by 2024 with 30.2% CAGR
             
Point Roberts WA , Vancouver BC – March 15,  2019  – Investorideas.com (www.investorideas.com), a global investor news source covering Artificial Intelligence (AI) brings you today’s edition of  The AI Eye-  watching stock news, deal tracker and advancements in artificial intelligence.

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Global Conversational AI Market to Reach $15.7 Billion by 2024 with 30.2% CAGR

According to research from Markets and Markets, the global market for conversational artificial intelligence is projected to grow from $4.2 billion in 2019 to $15.7 billion in 2024, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 30.2 percent. According to the report, personal assistants will grow at the highest CAGR in the forecast period. An excerpt reads:

Conversational AI plays a crucial role in personal assistant. Personal assistants can comprehend open conversations while contextualizing them to a case or scenario. Enterprises are leveraging AI technology by utilizing a combination of ML and NLU, which enables the assistants to be trained with industry-specific knowledge and unique business data for an accelerated time to market.


Wipro Makes AI Available on AWS, LogMeIn’s Bold360 Announces AI Scholarship Program and Meredith Partners with Ste. Michelle Wine Estates for AI-Generated Wine Pairings on Allrecipes
Stocks discussed: (NYSE:WIT) (NasdaqGS:LOGM) (NYSE:MDP)

Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) has made their AI and machine learning solutions available on Amazon Web Services (AWS) today. Rohit Adlakha, Vice President and Global Head of Wipro HOLMES and Automation Ecosystem, Wipro Limited commented:

“We have leveraged the Wipro HOLMES AI and Automation platform and AWS AI and ML services to build several outcome-driven solutions. In addition, we have published some of our machine learning models on AWS Marketplace for Machine Learnings. Our relationship with AWS allows us to leverage the combined might of Wipro HOLMES and AWS to solve complex business problems for our clients in areas such as procure to pay, contract management, and customer onboarding, across industry sectors.”

Bold360, an AI platform from LogMeIn, Inc., (NasdaqGS:LOGM) has announced the launch of the Bold360 Artificial Intelligence Scholarship Program. The scholarship, which is being supported in part by LogMeIn’s Corporate Social Responsibility program, Mission Possible, will grant one graduating high school or current college student $5,000 for tuition and $1,000 for books. Paddy Srinivasan, General Manager, Customer Engagement & Support Group at LogMeIn, said:

“At LogMeIn we believe in the power of education and its ability to shape the people that will someday shape our world. As a leader in bringing next-generation Artificial Intelligence to companies of all sizes, we know that access to education is crucial to developing the workforce that will build upon the technology advancements of today. This scholarship is part of our ongoing investment in the future leaders of our industry.”

Meredith Corporation (NYSE:MDP) has partnered with Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, the third-largest premium U.S. wine company. The partnership will see machine learning classify recipes on the Allrecipes website along with wines in the Ste. Michelle portfolio. From there, an AI-based algorithm then combines the classifications to automatically generate specific wine pairings for each recipe. This will generate suggested pairings and allow for meal-planning capabilities. Jim Mortensen, President and CEO of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, said:

"We are very excited to partner with Meredith to accelerate consumer engagement with our portfolio of world-class wines. This data-driven approach represents a smarter, more impactful, results-oriented form of advertising, allowing us to reach high-value consumers at the point at which their wine purchasing decisions are made."


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#AR, #VR and the Merger of the Digital and Physical World; (NASDAQ: $VUZI) (NYSE: $SNAP) (NASDAQ: $AAXN) (NASDAQ: $LITE)


#AR, #VR and the Merger of the Digital and Physical World; (NASDAQ: $VUZI) (NYSE: $SNAP) (NASDAQ: $AAXN) (NASDAQ: $LITE)



Point Roberts WA, Delta BC – March 15, 2019 – Investorideas.com, a global investor news source covering tech stocks, releases a snapshot looking at VR and AR stocks and future implications and applications for these technologies.

One of the first mainstream introductions of augmented reality began with Google Glass in 2013.  Since then, AR and VR tech has been evolving rapidly beyond just ‘hype’, and mass adoption is in the very near future.

According to International Data Corporation (IDC), global spending on AR/VR is forecasted to reach $20.4 billion this year. This is a nearly 70% jump over 2018. Moreover, worldwide spending on AR/VR products is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 70% through 2022.

Researchandmarkets recently reported on the sector, noting companies like Daqri, Vuzix and Optivent make AR headsets with a focus on enterprise applications for their devices.

Vuzix Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products holds 144 patents and patents pending and numerous IP licenses in the Video Eyewear field. According to the Company’s December report, Vuzix has more than 16,000 smart glasses in the field.

In a recent 8K filing, Vuzix entered into a master reseller agreement with Verizon Sourcing LLC.  Vuzix will sell to Verizon, Verizon affiliates and sub-resellers, the Company’s smart glasses products including Vuzix M300XL Smart Glasses and M-Series related accessories, Vuzix Blade Smart Glasses and Vuzix Basics Video. The Company expects to start receiving purchase orders under the master reseller agreement in the second quarter of 2019.

Vuzix also has relationships with other tech leaders, announcing in late February the debut of Vuzix' next generation enterprise smart glasses, the M400, one of the first products made commercially available using the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ XR1 platform. 

Leading up to this next phase of growth, Vuzix also just reported it has been assessed and certified as meeting the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 for design and manufacture of wearable display technology, virtual reality and augmented reality products.


Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) recently announced an AR collaboration with LEGO Wear to launch the latter’s first limited-edition clothing line for adults.  The clothing store opened its gates in Fitzrovia, London for one day only, however, to lure users and boost engagement level, augmented reality (AR) technology was used to transform the empty shop into a virtual boutique.

Upon scanning the Snapcode, Snapchat users got to experience a virtual shop on their smartphone, featuring an interactive DJ booth, LEGO bouncer, arcade machine and clothes displayed on LEGO mannequins. The move can be attributed to LEGO’s decision to tap into "the sense of style and nostalgia" of millennials.

Axon (NASDAQ: AAXN), a leader in connected public safety technologies, is looking forward not only into the potential applications of these technologies, but also the implied ethics surrounding them. Axon recently announced the appointment of Mecole Jordan, Executive Director of United Congress of Community and Religious Organizations, Christy Lopez, Distinguished Visitor from Practice at Georgetown University Law Center, and Kathleen O'Toole, Former Seattle Police Chief and Boston Police Commissioner to Axon's AI and Policing Technology Ethics Board. Axon also announced that it will host implicit bias awareness training for developers on Axon's AI Research team on May 8th, in Seattle, WA. For more information on the AI and Policing Technology Ethics Board, visit: www.axon.com/ethics.

"It is great to see that Axon is committed to developing AI technology with attention to human biases," says Dr. Lorie Fridell, former Director of Research at the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) and national expert on biased policing. "This is the first time we've worked with a technology company for internal bias training. With the implementation of its ethics advisory board, and now the anti-bias training, Axon is truly taking a leadership role when it comes to responsibly developing this technology."

Lumentum Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: LITE), a market-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products and Acacia Communications, Inc., a leading provider of high-speed coherent optical interconnect products have focused on a different factor affecting AR and VR tech: compatibility. The two jointly announced that they have successfully demonstrated interoperability between their respective CFP2-DCO modules operating at 200G.

CFP2-DCOs are becoming increasingly important for higher-speed optical networks because they integrate the coherent DSP into the pluggable module. The digital host interface enables simpler integration between module and system, resulting in faster service activation for telecommunication providers, and a pay-as-you-grow deployment model whereby the cost of additional ports can be deferred until additional services are needed.

With the massive improvements in these linked technologies, we aren’t far from an augmented future; a merger between our physical and digital footprints. More large tech companies like Apple, Google and Verizon are betting on the future of AR/VR, even though the far-reaching implications of these technologies are still unknown.

Investorideas.com has created a directory of tech stocks, including VR and AR stocks for investors following the sector.

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