Turning Asian countries into "smart nations" with Taiger

By: Taiger Pte Ltd
 
SINGAPORE - June 2, 2015 - PRLog -- To help Asian nations become a Smart Nation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Nation), Taiger, a firm at the forefront of artificial technology, opens its regional headquarters here. With offices in Europe and the United States, the firm's move highlights the potential for the industry locally and regionally.

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) of Singapore launched the initiative in 2014 (http://www.ida.gov.sg/About-Us/Newsroom/Speeches/2014/Transcript-of-prime-minister-lee-hsien-loong-speech-at-smart-nation-launch-on-24-november) to create a Smart Nation through the usage of technology to improve lives and businesses. A key part of Taiger (http://www.taiger.com)'s technology will allow government agencies and corporations to humanize all digital interactions with users.

"Taiger´s technologies and products can greatly contribute to the further advancement of society and businesses, by easing public and corporate information access, through automatization of tasks currently in need of human intervention" says Dr. Sinuhe Arroyo, CEO and Founder of Taiger, who has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Innsbruck (Austria).

Taiger provides tailor-made services to a number of large multi-nationals around the world, among them are Sony, Vodafone and Banco Santandar. One of its main products is to direct all call centre enquiries to Taiger's intuitive intelligent virtual assistant, iConverse (http://www.taiger.com/iconverse/). This allows for improvement in customer service and reduction of operational costs.

Using artificial intelligence around Semantic and Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology, iConverse can understand users input, both written and oral, in natural language, conversing with them to help resolve their needs. It will be able to understand all enquiries, no matter how colloquial, and reply as naturally as a call operator would.

In fact, iConverse is advanced enough to pass the Turing test (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test) where its responses will be indistinguishable from a human's, within a restricted domain. With 5 existing patents and 5 more in process, Taiger's technology has the power to replace traditional customer support with two-way conversations.

For that and more, recently, KPMG presented Taiger with "The Most Innovative Firm 2015" award.

The company was built when Dr. Arroyo enrolled at the prestigious Booth Business School (University of Chicago) for his Master of Business Administration (MBA). During his time there, Taiger won the school's coveted, Global New Venture Challenge, beating 300 companies from 50 countries to be crowned the best young company in 2011.

With a Booth MBA campus in Singapore, Dr. Arroyo took the opportunity to spend a portion of his program here. Almost immediately, Dr. Arroyo saw Singapore as a perfect location to base his Southeast Asian operations.

"Singapore's geographical location in South East Asia, along with its fast-paced efficient business environment, and interest in staying at the forefront of innovation and technological advancements make it the perfect place for us to establish our regional headquarters," says Dr. Arroyo.

Taiger will be focusing its sales efforts on government sectors, insurance and banking verticals. Dr Arroyo sees a huge market opportunity in Asia due to the availability of  engineering talent and capital for its unique disruptive technology. With a steady supply of top-notch engineering graduates, Taiger is looking to build a software factory and research lab in Asia.

With its specialized offering, the firm is profitable and have raised a seed round of $400,000 Euros from angel investors. Taiger is seeking additional funding to create artificial technology capable of even faster learning and requiring less customization.

For more information, please contact:

Peter Justin Yu, Chief Marketeer (Bebop Asia (http://www.bebop.asia))

justin@bebop.asia, (+65) 9003 5608

Additional information:

Taiger website: http://www.taiger.com/

Headquarters: Singapore

Offices: Madrid, London, San Francisco and Chicago

Dr. Sinuhe Arroyo (CEO / Founder of Taiger)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sinuhearroyo

Dr. Arroyo brings more than 15 years of technology industry experience, extensive business and operational background to Taiger. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and

a PhD in computer science (semantic technology) from the University of Innsbruck (Austria).

Awards won:

- "Most Innovative Company Award" by KPMG in 2015

- University of Chicago’s Global New Venture Challenge in 2011

- Red Herring Global Top 100 in 2014
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Source:Taiger Pte Ltd
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