00:00Now we've got two more segments to cover and then it will be the end of the day so now
00:05we've got a couple of short pitches from two startups who are representing the future of tech in education learning
00:14faster and better so the first up is I believe a company called grasp it the floor is yours
00:32Hi everyone yeah so my name is Greg Quinn and I'm from a company called augmented haptics and I'm here
00:40to talk about grasp it so this is my eldest son Joe and this is a day out at kindergarten
00:47where he was learning about biology and he went fishing with his kindergarten group he built a fishing rod he
00:55learned about the river he they cooked the fish afterwards in this one afternoon
00:59my son learned so much and he still talks about it to this day now in contrast to that a
01:06lot of my university experience was was it was like this and I'm sure for a lot of you you
01:10you can see yourselves in this image and but there is a timeless winning formula to how learning is done
01:18best and it's really simple do fail learn we all know this and yet we don't apply it nearly as
01:25much as we should
01:27poor education is a real problem for science and engineering there's um the the stem shortfall is a problem for
01:35all of us the engineering problem the problems of the world today are going to be solved by the scientists
01:41and engineers of tomorrow
01:43so we have to make accessibility to stem education better but why is it inaccessible well what does gravity look
01:52like
01:52what does electricity look like what does energy look like these are abstract and difficult ideas to learn but also
02:01the technology used currently isn't just not good enough it's clunky and expensive
02:08and the teaching methods applied are ineffective and uninspiring
02:16here's the video so what grasp it does
02:20is we make the invisible become visible by combining the timeless benefits of touch play
02:28and exploration but we combine that with our proprietary technology
02:33in direct ar so augmented reality we make these objects come to life in a way that
02:41adds meaning and depth and understanding it makes that aha moment come much much more quickly
02:58it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's basically a classroom in a box it's it's it's a collection of
03:02parts that the the user can interact with and play with and a bit like bendy lego but with with
03:08with with meaning
03:10and but the the the brains is in the console and the console it's
03:17it's it's VR is great but the problem with VR it's very private and insular experience it's for one person
03:22but when you project the light outwards everyone can see it it's much more accessible it's much more involving and
03:29it doesn't exclude the mentor or the educator
03:31So, while our technology is great for education, it goes far beyond that.
03:37This idea of a console that can see the world and project onto the world has applications far beyond education.
03:45The revenue generation for this system is, we have a physical lab,
03:50so imagine bringing the big lab into the classroom.
03:53It can be anywhere in the world, as long as you have an electric cable, you can plug it and
03:59use it anywhere.
04:00Because normally these labs are hundreds of thousands of euros for universities.
04:05There's content and there's an app which works as a piece of software as well.
04:10And despite zero promotion, zero marketing, zero advertising, so me and my co-founder Fabian,
04:16and you'll find us on the impact mile, we've been in a cave for two years,
04:19and today is the first day we're showing Grasp It to the world.
04:22And it's been online, but despite zero promotion, we've gone viral,
04:26and it's generating a lot of interest.
04:30It's all very exciting stuff.
04:32Or, anyway, we've had some great accolades.
04:35Tony Fidel, the inventor of the iPod, he thinks it's great, so you should too.
04:42There is stuff to talk about the business, but for those of you who are interested in the business,
04:46I invite you to come and speak to us in the impact mile, and I'm going to skip this bit.
04:50But the important thing to know is that Grasp It will become the gold standard for STEM education.
05:02Video, the next video, right.
05:03So we're starting to experiment beyond structures and mechanics for maths, electronics, thermodynamics, energy transfer.
05:14The idea of combining objects, touch, play, and this digital augmentation,
05:20that is a very, very potent mix and very powerful, which is why we're fundraising.
05:26So please come and speak to us on the impact mile. I'd love to hear from you. Thank you.
05:38All right. Thank you very much.
05:40Yeah, just a quick question. So where are you guys based?
05:43Berlin and London.
05:44Berlin and London. Okay. All right.
05:47All right. Thank you very much.
05:48Thank you.
05:48Good luck with it.
05:51Grasp it, ladies and gentlemen. Yeah, it's getting late. All right.
05:54Now, time for the second short pitch in the education and learning in tech segment.
06:01So we have a startup called Audemic. Audemic, the floor is yours.
06:15Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon, everyone. I'm Joshua, the CEO of Audemic.
06:22I'm excited today to tell you about our mission to make research accessible and to make knowledge finally understandable.
06:32There are one billion knowledge workers worldwide. And the only way that they can stay relevant with the advent of
06:40generative AI is to be able to understand and educate themselves and to be able to connect the dots in
06:46the best way that you can, humanity can.
06:48And yet there's an underutilized source of information. There are 31% of World Bank reports worldwide and never downloaded.
07:03And there are 6 million research papers published every single year that are read less than 10 times.
07:10Why? Well, because they're difficult to understand and difficult to access.
07:14The truth is that some of our greatest minds are currently working on this research and working on these reports.
07:21And the truth is that some of the solutions to all our problems are stuck in PDFs that very few
07:28people will read.
07:30Over the last 12 months at Audemic, we've been building an application that allows PhDs and researchers to easily read
07:38summaries and easily read the full text of research papers.
07:42And not only that, they're able to translate and listen to them in the app.
07:47And with that, we've had over 7,000 users and B2B contracts at different universities such as Stanford, Harvard and
07:53more.
07:54But we realized that 10% of our users were outside of academia.
07:58They were consultants, journalists, people who were intellectually curious.
08:02We realized it was an opportunity to take research and reports outside of academia and actually unlock this knowledge.
08:09So I'm really excited today to show you our application, which is going to allow you as an individual and
08:17based on your profile,
08:18to receive recommendations of research papers and reports, summarize them so that you can understand them in your language in
08:25a way that you understand.
08:26Imagine taking a research paper, turning it into a question and answer format and then adding a voice to it.
08:33So taking a research paper in English and turning it into a conversation between scientists in French, if you wish
08:39to read it like that.
08:41So I'm excited today to show you a first exclusive look at our new application and a short video that
08:48explains it.
09:16I'm excited to show you what's going on.
09:19I'm excited to talk to you guys about the University of Pennsylvania.
09:21C'est parti.
09:49So, everyone, I'll be available for questions after the talk, and please come along and ask them.
09:55We're looking for investors, angel investors, and anyone who really understands what we're trying to do at Audemic in unlocking
10:02hidden knowledge.
10:03Thank you.
10:07Thank you, Joshua.
10:08Yeah, please stick around.
10:09I'll ask you a couple of questions.
10:10So, where are you guys based?
10:12So, we're currently based in the UK, and we have team members from Spain and around the globe as well.
10:19Okay, good.
10:20So, when was the company founded?
10:21So, we were founded in March 2022.
10:23March 2022?
10:24Yeah.
10:24So, we're only very young, 12 months old.
10:27We've been able to get to this point so far.
10:29So, what was the inspiration behind the concept?
10:31So, the inspiration actually was in trying to read a research paper that I wanted to read.
10:36Yeah.
10:37It was on the news in the UK at one point.
10:40What was the story?
10:40It was on the news in the UK.
10:42And so, it was a really popular paper that people were talking about in newspapers.
10:46Yeah.
10:46And I downloaded the paper and realized it was 30 pages long.
10:50I realized I didn't have time to read that.
10:52And realized, you know, there must be a way to make this information more available outside of academia and for
10:57average people who want to understand this.
11:00And with Generative AI coming along, we realized there was an opportunity to make that possible.
11:04Okay.
11:05All right.
11:05Thank you very much.
11:06Well, ladies and gentlemen.
11:07Well, Demik.
11:12All right.
11:14We have one more presentation for you coming.
11:17But we're going to take a five-minute pause, I understand.
11:19So, don't go away.
11:20Please stick around.
11:22See you real soon.
11:23Thank you.
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