Citigroup led the $20 million round and the company is now worth $200 million; Citigroup plans to use the startup’s technology which uses natural language processing to improve customer interactions; the software converts audio conversations into text and then uses sentient analysis algorithms to detect questions, and whether it was a positive or negative interaction; it also works to determine bearish and bullish markets for traders. Source
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With the price of bitcoin increasing as of late there have been increasing amount of people coming out stating that it is a bubble; conversely there are enthusiasts who claim that people simply don't understand the cryptocurrency; the WSJ reflects on recent bitcoin news and shares the wide variety of perspectives from their readers. Source
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