“Hello Alice” … Meet the World’s First AI-based Virtual Advisor for Women Entrepreneurs

“Hello Alice” … Meet the World’s First
AI-based Virtual Advisor

for Women Entrepreneurs

DELL EMC WORLD 2017,
LAS VEGAS – May 10, 2017

                                                    

News Summary:

·         Data-driven platform powered by Circular
Board, connects female founders in real time with mentors, resources and events
that help scale their businesses

·         Machine learning will predict users’ needs and
curate hyper targeted content as Alice populates and users engage

·         Insights from Circular Board’s and Dell’s
combined network of women entrepreneurs, matched with Pivotal’s cloud
technology and software development expertise, brings this global platform to
life

Full Story:

Today at Dell EMC
World, Circular Board unveils Alice, the first-ever artificial intelligence
platform for women entrepreneurs. Developed in partnership with Dell and Pivotal, Alice is on a mission to make it possible
for significantly more female founders to succeed at unprecedented levels.
Women-owned businesses currently employ 7.8 million workers in the U.S. and generate $1.3
trillion in revenue overall,
yetonly 2% of women entrepreneurs in the U.S. have reached more than
$1 million in revenues. Alice and her partners will work to flip this stat to
98%.

“Alice is a female
founder’s best mentor, guide and
consultant. The current startup ecosystem continues to cycle resources among a
very small percentage of well-connected entrepreneurs, making it difficult for
less traditional founders to navigate,” said Carolyn Rodz, founder and CEO of Circular Board. “Alice
instantly filters millions of resources down to the personalized, verified
content that enables founders to scale to the highest heights, no matter where
they are located or who they know.”

Meet Alice:

Driven by data
analytics, Alice is a virtual advisor that connects women entrepreneurs in real
time with the resources needed to scale based on startup stage, location,
industry, revenue and individual needs. As Alice populates, machine learning
will allow her to predict founders’ needs to guide them to referrals, events,
mentors and access points to capital and ecosystems.

Alice offers its users
the following:

·         A conversational user interface to express
different areas where women entrepreneurs need help (e.g., financing, legal,
marketing, technology)

·         Static and machine learning based on user
input

·         Personalized dashboard with real-time modules
based on user activity

·         User profiles with data collection
capabilities for personal and company demographics 

·         An extensive library of resources, network of
global experts and leaders and events calendar

·         Robust search pages with stored results that
sort and filter by location, industry, annual revenue, employee count, years in
business and content publication source

·         Bulk and single upload of resource(s) and
mentor(s) by trusted partners and the Circular Board team of experts for easy
content aggregation and suggestive analytics

The relationship with
Dell Technologies:

In 2016, Circular
Board approached Dell with an idea to disrupt the startup world by building an
entirely new ecosystem for women founders. Built on its existing commitment to
support growing businesses, Dell grabbed a leadership seat at the table to lend
its expertise, capital and innovative spirit to create Alice.

“Entrepreneurship is
part of Dell’s DNA. We’re always looking for ways to bring entrepreneurs the
best technology solutions to help empower them in the new world of digital
transformation,” said Karen Quintos, EVP and Chief Customer Officer, Dell.
“Through the power of the Dell Technologies network and the expertise of the
Circular Board, we’re driving innovation to help women entrepreneurs take their
businesses to the next level.”

Pivotal, the company
accelerating digital transformation for startups and enterprises, developed and
deployed Alice’s software in near record-setting time – just over three months
from concept to launch. The Circular Board team successfully adopted Pivotal’s
next-generation software development methodology, as well as used Pivotal’s
cloud technology, to ensure machine learning capabilities allow Alice to evolve
and continue to provide targeted resources and mentorship for female
entrepreneurs.

“Circular Board
is leading the way in helping female entrepreneurs turn ideas into fast-growing
businesses,” says Rob Mee, CEO, Pivotal. “Working with us, the
Circular Board team have successfully adopted Pivotal’s next-generation methods
and technologies to ensure their ecosystem and platform thrives. We’re thrilled
to be able to help Circular Board on this important mission.”

Availability:

Alice is now available
globally.

Additional Resources:

·         To meet Alice, please visit www.helloalice.com

·         Photos, video and screenshots available via Google Drive

·         Connect with Circular Board on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Vimeo and with Alice on Twitter. Follow #HelloAlice for news on Alice’s
release.

·         Connect with Dell Entrepreneurs on Twitter and LinkedIn

·         For more information Dell EMC World and #DellEMCWorld