The Record - Issue 19: Winter 2020

17 EU funds Unblur for AI in emergency services The European Union has provided Unblur with a grant of €2.4 million via the European Innovation Council. Unblur will use the grant to create the first intelligent assistant for front-line emergency services commanders, to help them operate safer and in more effective ways. To accomplish this, Unblur is working with 25 emergency services organisations across Europe to develop machine learning recommendations, augmented reality and voice commands among other digital technologies. This initiative aims to increase first responders’ situation awareness and improve decision-making and coordination of field teams. VeriPark helps Innovation Credit Union to become fully digital Canadian company Innovation Credit Union (ICU) and VeriPark have partnered to digitally transform ICU’s banking operations and customer services. The 10-year international collaboration – which brings VeriPark’s expertise in financial services to Canada for the first time – will see ICU’s platform consolidate applications from different data centres into a cloud-based environment. “This collaboration represents a significant milestone in our digital transformation journey,” said Dean Gagne, chief disruption officer at ICU. “VeriPark, leveraging Microsoft Azure and Dynamics 365, will provide all banking services in a fully integrated digital ecosystem.” UK-based Wayve is using Microsoft Azure to deliver autonomous driving technology at scale, with a goal to be the first to deploy self- driving technology in 100 cities. The organisation – which started as a member of the Microsoft for Startups: Autonomous Driving programme – is currently using the Microsoft cloud to carry out research and development of a data- driven solution that can drive in urban environments. “Microsoft Azure gives us a secure, agile and reliable cloud platform on which to develop the next generation of urban transport,” said Alex Kendall, CEO of Wayve. Wayve uses Microsoft Azure for autonomous driving technology