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StartupRealities No 81 StoryFinder is a crowdsourcing and AI company that collects interesting stories for use in education, government, politics and the media. The company's AI bot trawls Wikipedia, news websites and school textbooks for interesting stories that can be repurposed and used in different ways. StoryFinder also crowdsources stories from the public in the format of various competitions and entertainment games. The company publishes a series of popular books called "100 Stories on ...". CEO QUOTE "Stories are fascinating education and learning tools. No one can resist a speaker who starts with 'Let me tell you a story.' What if the entire school curriculum could be put in 10,000 stories? Would so many children still reject formal education then?" - asked company founder and CEO Stormy Finn. Storyteller (image source: Wikipedia )

StartupRealities No 44 DiscussionEnergizer is a social media advertising company which uses artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and bots to post comments with advertising links under online discussions which have become inactive. The company specialises in finding inactive discussions on social media sites and hashtags which have not been used for sometime, so that when a random reader chances upon or searches for such an #InactiveDiscussion or #hashtag, the company's posting will be the last and most visible contribution. CEO QUOTE "DiscussionEnergizer works with the thin "long tail" of social media users and readers of inactive discussions and this is exactly where our advantage lies. We rule the tail, or if you prefer we #WagTheTail. We never join the fray of a live argument or debate (e.g. the Covid-19 pandemic currently), as this is for the big guys. We are small but we rule our roost," said company founder and CEO Dixon Engert. The long tail ...