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Startup No 186 - StartupRealities 2020 series MetaphorGenerator is an artificial intelligence (AI) company whose machine learning software reviews text and generates possible metaphors to accompany the text. The programme is particularly useful for enriching new literary works with novel metaphors. While generating the metaphors is entirely computer-generated, human input is needed to shortlist and select the most relevant and useful metaphors for inclusion in the author's text. CEO QUOTE "Imagine a story that talks about the buzzing sound of your dishwasher when turned on. Our MetaphorGenerator will come up with interesting metaphors to go with this scene: perhaps the dishwasher is a metaphor for the busy life of a corporate executive, while washing dishes by hand would symbolise the more relaxed career of a teacher. After all, a teacher puts in a lot more personal touch in educating children - just like someone washing dishes by hand puts in personal touch and effort."...

Startup No 174 - StartupRealities 2020 series ValueTagger is an artificial intelligence (AI) service that evaluates and tags content on social media based on the value of the information contained in a posting. The key marker of intransient value is whether a posting contains useful information for the reader or is simply meant to convey information about the person posting it. A second dimension of assessing the value of a posting is whether it informs about a forthcoming event or summarises a past event. A third dimension is the originality of the posting: newly created content or a "retweet". CEO QUOTE "I often get asked how an AI can assess such a subjective thing as the value of information to a particular individual. It isn't that difficult: a posting from close friends or family members would usually be considered subjectively valuable even if it is only about the person posting it because you would care about that person. Whereas a posting by a distant a...