Apart from the brief remarks given in this micro-documentary about techpreneurship as part of the EU's push for Women in STEM, I'd like to highlight where it was shot and who was featured in this intriguing find from my recent past on YouTube. In 2016, I cofounded a coworking s...
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At the Caribbean AI4Education Conference 2024, organized by Camille's Academy in collaboration with the Caribbean AI4Good and Permaculture Institute and in association with the AI4D Showcase, Eldon Marks delivered the keynote address, highlighting key themes and expressing gratitude to the event org...
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Although artificial intelligence (AI) has begun to transform the workplace, it has the potential to have an even greater impact on our societies by helping us address many of the development challenges that countries, such as those in the Caribbean region, need to address. Eldon Marks, of V75 Inc. a...
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V75 Inc. a local technology company has teamed up with Professor Jason Mars, creator of Jaseci – a leading artificial intelligence programme – to create Guyana’s own Silicon Valley. Once established, Guyana’s talented young minds will be able to build their own AI products to be marketed and sold to...
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A few years ago, I began an ambitious mission of exploring ways to help reduce the numbers of talented tech graduates that leave Guyana each and every year. I worked with many of these graduates for over a decade while teaching Computer Science at the University of Guyana, and was convinced that t...
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Most recent talk of Guyana has revolved around its oil and gas boom, which, having turned the country’s fortunes on its head, also provided the thrust behind this small slice of South America becoming the fastest growing economy in the world in 2019. While Guyana’s BPO market is small but advancin...
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In this presentation at the 2021 IDB Lab Forum, I delve into my journey from academia to tech entrepreneurship, transforming Guyana’s tech landscape. I share the why behind V75 Inc., a leading conversational AI company, and Nexus Hub Inc., its non-profit counterpart. These ventures, supported by...
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Locally-owned social enterprises are not common in the Caribbean; and ICT-based ones are rarer. Tech entrepreneur Eldon Marks of the social enterprise, Nexus Hub, gives us an update on the business since our last conversation in 2019, and why tech entrepreneurs ought to be more social impact-focusse...
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In 2019, Clinc's cofounder and CEO, Jason Mars and Kaz Greene, Sales Engineer at Clinc, shared the value V75 Inc. delivered through the Clinc partnership. Within 18 months V75 Inc. had worked on about 90% of Clinc deliveries, became their sole partner, outshining multiple partners with the naturally...
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V75 Inc.’s entire conversational AI team went off to Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA to attend a team summit organized by our industry partner, Clinc, Inc. For many of V75 Inc.’s team of young, bright AI specialists, this represents the very first time they have left Guyana. Most notably, these talente...
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