Technology Magazine March 2018 | Page 34

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

MUCH HAS BEEN made recently of the potential impact of robotics and automation on the human workforce . Many of the large global accounting houses have published studies citing significant shifts in the makeup of organisations in the coming decade , but while the headlines may focus on job displacement , less attention is paid to the new opportunities the likes of AI creates .
Dhatim is an innovative startup dedicated to optimising the costs of companies through the implementation of artificial intelligence and machine learning . The Gallic pioneers focus on the two largest company spends – procurement and HR – to deliver financial administration tools focused on efficacy and efficiency across all sectors .
Dhatim ’ s worldwide presence has roots in services provided to the telecoms industry , leading to benchmarking by the likes of Gartners for its unique solution on invoice management . “ We ’ ve received global awards so we know that business leaders understand the positive disruption of what we do ,” explains Dhatim CMO David Remaud . “ Our customers like Vodafone , SNCF and HSBC tell us this .”
Dhatim ’ s journey towards pre-eminence in the continually evolving arena of AI has seen a company headquartered in Paris branch out with new offices in South America and Asia . “ In the past five years AI has become very efficient in several areas ,” notes Remaud . “ For instance , taking raw data from an enterprise and sorting and classifying it to find the value . Google has shown AI can recognise a cat from an image and now AI can recognise targeted data on a PDF
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