by Benji Christie of Formic AI Ltd. (www.formic.ai); and Len Zapalowski of Strategic Exits Partners Ltd. (www.exits.partners). Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to bring about significant benefits to both commerce and consumers in broad applications from healthcare to video games. However, if left unregulated, AI also poses significant risks, not limited to replicating bias and discrimination, but also loss of privacy; widespread immediate dissemination of misinformation and disinformation; disruption to democratic governing systems; and even, harm to life. As the research and dev ..read more

Strategic Exits Partners’ proprietary research about the robotics industry, analyzing the last 5 years of transactions of 300 exits, and 5,000 investments into 300 global companies. The study finds that although America has traditionally lagged behind Asia in the design and production of robots, it is now positioned to catch up. This is due to America’s rapid acquisition of intellectual property in mobile robotics. This new class of robots will satisfy workplace demand for active human assistance. As well, these robots can be produced anywhere, eliminating the reliance on overseas manufacturin ..read more

Fully-Remote Companies Means More than Working From Home  During the pandemic, we heard plenty of discussion about remote work, why employees love it, why companies are fighting it, and why we should expect to see hybrid in-office/at-home work styles. It may take some time to work out the bugs, but it is clear that remote work in some form will become a part of the work plan. There was occasional mention of how businesses could lower their facilities and related overhead costs by moving to a remote model. However, commentators overlooked some aspects of the remote revolutio ..read more

Strategic Exits received the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO)  of Canada  Exit of the Year award at the 2018 World Angel Investment Summit for the Genesis Robotics transaction. We believe this signifies a world-record high valuation for a pre-revenue hardware exit. It is a prototypical success as an early exit IP company. Our team guided the strategy for Genesis from before its incorporation. Formed in 2015, Genesis Robotics creates motors and other mechanical innovations that will change how robots and machines are built and move. Genesis raised $30 Million ..read more