entrepreneur tony o'dowd presents to the coventry trade delegation

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No Hardware. No Software. No Hassle MT.

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A multi-sector trade delegation from Coventry, interested in meeting and partnering with Dublin businesses, visited the INVENT building in DCU to hear from Tony O’Dowd, Founder and Chief Architect of KantanMT.

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  • 1. No Hardware. No Software. No Hassle MT.

2. From the classroom tothe boardroom.Tony ODowdFounder & Chief Architectwww.KantanMT.com 3. What we aim to cover today? Current Status Who are we? What we agreed? What we won? Jumping Back in time Navigating DCU its a big place Find your way INVENT Concept Space Toe in the water School Of Computing Feeling smarter by just turning up Navigating with the TTO Not as hard as you think Timeframe From start to contract negotiation 4. What is KantanMT.com? Statistical MT System Cloud-based Highly scalable Inexpensive to operate Quick to deploy Our Vision To put Machine Translation Customization Improvement Deployment into your handsFully Operational 14 monthsActive KantanMT Engines6,632Training Words Uploaded46,653,605,925Member Words Translated528,291,925 5. What we agreed? 2 Technology LicenseAgreements KantanWatch MT quality measurements suite Delivered & integrated intowww.KantanMT.com KantanAnalytics Segment analysis Code delivered and in test Commercialization Funding Joint application to financedevelopment of technologies Funded by EI & SFI 6. Recognition/Trophies Winner Big Ideas 2012 presenter Hadoop Hackathon 2012 META - Seal ofRecognition - 2012 Enterprise Ireland - ICTCommercialisation Award2013 7. Navigating DCU its a big place 8. Navigating DCU its a big placeINVENT Concept SpaceBuilt OriginalPrototypeSchool of ComputingCom-FundApplicationINVENT Tech-TransferSoftware License 9. INVENT Concept Space 4th Floor INVENT Building Open-plan office Incubation of ideas Shared with other early start-ups Super fast Internet (really fast) Tech-Venture Programme 12 week intensive business start-up programme Refresher course for setting up your business Hosted in DCU Novation Programme 6 Month business start-up programme Very intensive Hosted in DKITINVENT Concept SpaceBuilt OriginalPrototype 10. School of ComputingCom-FundApplicationSchool of Computing CNGL HQ Centre of Next Generation Localization Felt more intelligent just by being there! Tuned into latest developments in MT Joint Commercial Fund Managed by INVENT, KantanMT and CNGL Supported by Enterprise Ireland Velocity by proximity Focus, interactive, fast paced, relevant 11. INVENT Tech-TransferSoftware LicenseBack to INVENT School room to Board room Tech-Transfer office license MT technologies from Com-Fund VC 1st round was closed $1.2m in the bank (Nov 27th 2012) INVENT Office Space 2nd Floor 5 developers Galway office 2 Sales Engineers 12. Standing out from the crowdINVENT Concept SpaceBuilt OriginalPrototypeSchool of ComputingCom-FundApplicationINVENT Tech-TransferSoftware License 13. Thank you...any questions?