Value of AI for GDAC™ Utility Members Mentioned in Utility Dive
Colin Gounden discusses the way AI and machine learning can help protect utilities and its customers from cyber attacks, while also using data to improve service to customers.
Kate Ravanis Invited to Speak at GTM Blockchain in Energy Forum 2019
Kate's presentation covered the challenges facing the energy sector and how VIA's GDAC™ program is currently helping utilities unlock the value of their data through privacy preserving collaboration.
Colin Gounden Participates in NECEC Navigate Webinar Series
The webinar panelists discuss ways they can learn from each other to improve energy efficiency.
Disruptor Daily Interview’s Colin Gounden for Blockchain in Energy Series
Colin Gounden sat down with Emilia Picco of Disruptor Daily to talk about how VIA uses blockchain technology to help transform the energy sector.
VIA Highlighted in "The Rise of Privacy Preserving AI"
The article discusses how federated learning allows companies to benefit from collective data analytics, without having to reveal sensitive data.
The Westly Group Leads $7M Investment in VIA
The funding and support from the Westly Group will accelerate VIA’s customer acquisition and increase the number of network operators in its Global Data Asset Collaborative™ (GDAC™) program.
Hawaiian Electric Joins as Second Founding Member of GDAC™, Alongside Vector
By joining GDAC™, Hawaiian Electric hopes to improve decision making related to operations, maintenance, and replacement of their substation transformers.
GreenBiz Features VIA in Article About Startups at the Plug and Play Spring Summit
VIA was mentioned as a solution to help utilities better predict when transformers might be at risk using its blockchain-based application, TAC™.
Axios Features VIA in Article, “Predicting the Next Power Disaster”
Axios discusses how AI companies like VIA are quickly becoming a critical piece of the puzzle for solving the declining US infrastructure problem.
The Importance of Unit Testing
VIA’s Ashley DaSilva, Team Leader, Product Development, was invited to lead a workshop on unit testing for McGill’s Computer Science Graduate Society. Ashley discussed the critical importance of software testing, why developers should embrace unit testing, and when and how to use mocking.
VIA Accepted Into Plug and Play’s Energy and Sustainability Accelerator Program
VIA is one of 15 companies chosen from more than 200 candidates to participate in Plug and Play’s intensive 10-week Energy and Sustainability program.
BitcoinExchangeGuide.com Emphasizes Potential of GDAC
BitcoinExchangeGuide.com (B.E.G.) recently shared details of VIA and Vector’s GDAC announcement, and describes how it will help energy companies improve operations.
VIA’s Joe Babiec Attends DistribuTECH Conference & Exhibition in New Orleans
One major topic of discussion at DistribuTECH was how to gather and analyze customer and operational data in order to improve current operating efficiency and create new services.
Vector and VIA Partner to Establish Global Data Asset Collaborative™ (GDAC™), a Multi-Company Transformer Database
“With a larger, smarter and more collaborative data asset like the GDAC we can refine the information we depend on to keep our network assets in the best possible shape. This is becoming increasingly important as we transition the network to meet the needs of the new energy future, where new technologies like distributed energy resources and battery storage will integrate with the network at scale," said Simon Mackenzie, Group Chief Executive Officer at Vector.
VIA's Colin Gounden and Jeremy Taylor Attend Opening of Innovation Center Denmark in Boston
This center is part of a partnership between the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Boston now joins Silicon Valley, Shanghai, Tel Aviv, Munich, New Delhi/Bangalore, Sao Paolo, and Seoul on the list of cities home to Danish Innovation Centers.