Guarding the Guards: Artificial Intelligence
Knoxville, TN; February 4, 2024 – Marble City Angels and Music City Angels, part of the Community Equity Partners network of angel groups and venture funds, lead the seed round for Nkindl/Authentrics.ai (www.authentrics.ai).
"AI has exploded across the industry, and now we have the tools to understand the inner workings of an artificial neural network,” said Eric Dobson, the Managing Partner of Community Equity Partners (CEP). According to Dobson, Authentrics provides AI developers an unprecedented look inside their AI’s as they develop with an eye toward being able to detect when an AI is headed down the wrong path.
“This is a unique opportunity to make a huge impact on the future of AI,” declared Dobson, noting that this is the type of venture CEP seeks: great founding leadership, great technology, strong IP, and a highly scalable business model. “The company is moving at an unprecedented pace as well,” said Dobson.
Authentrics creates trust in AI/ML by gaining visibility and quantitative insight into the inner workings of neural network-based systems with advanced internal performance and content attributional analysis. Authentrics.ai provides a solution that integrates seamlessly into an existing AI/ML NN framework and independently measures and monitors its state and any changes to provide stability and measure the effect of content on its operation.
Helping a local company like Authentrics meet its growth aspirations is the reason CEP exists. Innovation has moved off the coasts to the heartland. People work where they want to live—not the other way around. We are witnessing a resurgence of the economically sustainable community and American dream.
ABOUT COMMUNITY EQUITY PARTNERS:
Community Equity Partners (CEP) is a syndicate of angel groups and funds between Knoxville and Nashville with plans to expand to three additional markets in 2024. The Network brings angel investors and entrepreneurs together in an environment that celebrates innovation, rewards strategic risk-taking, and promotes performance. CEP is the combination of two angel networks across the Midwest and Southeast and enjoys a 17-year history and has invested approximately $13M in 56 companies across a variety of market sectors. The portfolio has created hundreds of jobs and over a hundred million dollars in follow-on capital investments by other groups and funds. CEP has an established track record investing in technology companies in the US “Heartland” enjoying six exits from 2 – 6x in the last four years. To learn more about CEP visit https://www.communityequitypartners.co.