Ben Lamm
@RoySmith: Thanks for taking a look and for your feedback. Happy to update the draft and provide WP:THREE. Before doing so, if you don’t mind, I’ll be reaching out via your talk page shortly with a couple of questions to get clarity on your comments so we can make the proper adjustments before re-submission of the draft for the next reviewer. Thanks. Jon Gray (talk) 15:17, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
“How One Texas Entrepreneur Aims to Transform the World With Artificial Intelligence”, (Texas Monthly)
“The Future is Now: ‘Hi-tech tools for situational awareness in space and earth’, With Ben Lamm of Hypergiant”: Medium
“Ben Lamm And Hypergiant Want to Bring Space Back to the Future” Inverse
Thanks in advance for your review and consideration of this updated submission. Jon Gray (talk) 01:41, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
| Ben Lamm | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 4, 1981 Austin, Texas |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | United States |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Baylor University |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Title | Founder and CEO, Hypergiant Industries |
Ben Lamm (born December 4, 1981) is an American serial technology entrepreneur and the founder-CEO of Hypergiant Industries.
Early Life
Lamm was born in Austin, Texas.[1] He graduated from Baylor University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 2004. [2]
Career
Lamm founded Simply Interactive in 2001.[3] The company created content and training tools for companies such as Dell, RAND, Michelin, Travelocity and Exxon.[4] The company was acquired by AGILE in February 2011 for an undisclosed sum. [5]
In 2010, Lamm founded mobile software design and development company Chaotic Moon Studios.[6] Partly funded by William Morris Endeavor and Silver Lake Partners, Chaotic Moon built mobile applications for companies such as Microsoft, Pizza Hut, CBS Sports, Sanrio and News Corp.[7] [8] In July 2015, Chaotic Moon was acquired by Accenture for an undisclosed sum.[9] [10]
Lamm co-founded Team Chaos in 2013 with former Zynga general manager and vice president, Andrew Busey.[11] Team Chaos built mobile applications and games, including match and puzzle themed title, Dragon Academy. [12] The company was acquired by gaming company Zynga in June 2016 for an undisclosed sum.[13] [14]
Lamm and Busey co-founded Conversable in 2016.[15] The company’s platform uses social media bots to automate response flows through conversations in any messaging channel or voice platforms.[16] The company was acquired by LivePerson in October 2018 for an undisclosed sum.[17]
In 2018, Lamm founded Hypergiant Industries,[18] a company that develops artificial intelligence (AI) products and invests in other AI technologies and AI companies. [19] [20] [21]
Patents
Lamm holds six patents relating to mobility[22] and media technology, awarded between 2014-2019.[23] [24] [25] [26] [27]
References
- ↑ "How One Texas Entrepreneur Aims to Transform the World With Artificial Intelligence". Texas Monthly. December 3, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
Hypergiant is the latest and by far the most ambitious enterprise launched by serial entrepreneur and Austin native Lamm, who previously founded and sold several companies in the realms of e-learning software, art and design technology, and AI-enhanced chatbots.
- ↑ "Ben Lamm, BBA 2004". Baylor University. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
- ↑ "Back to the Future". D Magazine. March 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
While attending Baylor University he developed his first company, Simply Interactive, an e-learning software business, when e-learning and Adobe Flash development were relatively young.
- ↑ "Simply Interactive acquired". Austin Business Journal. February 7, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
Simply Interactive develops content and training media for companies including Dell Inc., Rand Corp., Michelin, Travelocity, Exxon and others.
- ↑ "Simply Interactive acquired". Austin Business Journal. February 7, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
Agile Interactive of Ohio bought the local firm, founded in 2001 by Ben Lamm, for an undisclosed amount. The deal is Agile’s second in the past year and 12th in its history.
- ↑ "Big Claims Aim to Boost Business at Mobile App Startup". Entrepreneur. August 28, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
Lamm teamed with William "Whurley" Hurley, now general manager of Chaotic Moon's lab division, and CFO Mike Erwin to launch Chaotic Moon in early 2010, just months after selling his previous startup, e-learning and marketing agency Simply Interactive, to private equity firm Agile Interactive for an undisclosed sum.
- ↑ "After investment, Chaotic Moon Studios poised for big growth". Austin American-Statesman. March 20, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
The app maker recently received funding from the famed talent agency William Morris Endeavor, which purchased a stake in the company and partnered with California investment firm Silver Lake Partners on the deal. Chaotic Moon, which has a history of working with big-name clients, was also behind a recently released app for the comic giant Marvel Entertainment.
- ↑ "Big Claims Aim to Boost Business at Mobile App Startup". Entrepreneur. August 28, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
The company builds hit applications and games for high-profile clients including Microsoft, CBS Sports, Sanrio and Pizza Hut…Chaotic Moon generated mainstream attention in early 2011 when it partnered with media goliath News Corp. to develop The Daily, the first digital newspaper optimized for Apple's iPad.
- ↑ "Chaotic Moon Sells to Accenture". TechCrunch. July 22, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
Consulting and technology services company Accenture snatched up creative studio Chaotic Moon today. The Austin-based studio known for coming up with crazy fire shooting drones and other design technology for major brands will now apply that same unique spark to rapid prototyping and tech capabilities within Accenture. Neither company disclosed terms of the deal, but it fits a pattern for Accenture.
- ↑ "The Future is Now: "Hi-tech tools for situational awareness in space and earth", With Ben Lamm of Hypergiant". Medium. June 3, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
Lamm was also the founder and CEO of Chaotic Moon, a global mobile creative technology powerhouse acquired by Accenture (NYSE: ACN).
- ↑ "Zynga picks up Team Chaos and PlayStudios co-founder for casino games". Austin American-Statesman. July 12, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
The San Francisco company has hired PlayStudios co-founder Monty Kerr as a senior vice president and is acquiring Team Chaos, a 10-person Austin studio co-founded by Zynga vet Andrew Busey and former Chaotic Moon CEO Ben Lamm in 2013.
- ↑ "Team Chaos embraces match-three puzzlers with Dragon Academy on mobile, Facebook". Adweek. October 2, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
Austin-based game developer Team Chaos has released its own take on match-three puzzle games in Dragon Academy, which is now available to play on iOS, Android and Facebook.
- ↑ "Ben Lamm, Dallas newcomer and serial entrepreneur, sells video game company to Zynga". Dallas Morning News. June 2, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
A Texas video game company that was co-founded by Dallas newcomer and serial entrepreneur Ben Lamm and Austin entrepreneur Andrew Busey has been bought by Zynga. The San Francisco company acquired Team Chaos to expand its social casino games, such as online poker. Team Chaos, based in Austin, was started in 2013 by Lamm and Busey. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
- ↑ "The Future is Now: "Hi-tech tools for situational awareness in space and earth", With Ben Lamm of Hypergiant". Medium. June 3, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
After leaving Accenture, Lamm focused his attention on other ventures, including the consumer gaming company he co-founded, Team Chaos. Team Chaos was focused on making fun, original games that people can easily play across a variety of platforms. In 2016, Team Chaos was acquired by Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA).
- ↑ "Austin startup Conversable looks to make biz bots better". Austin American-Statesman. July 12, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
Ben Lamm and Andrew Busey, who worked together as partners at Accenture-owned Chaotic Moon Studios among their other ventures, are launching a new b-to-b startup in Austin and Dallas, Conversable, Inc.
- ↑ "Dallas Serial Entrepreneur's Bots Take Flight with Wingstop". D Magazine. June 7, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
At the startup’s core is its cloud-based social enterprise software, which is able to detect specific phrases within messages or Twitter hashtags to place an order or receive additional information. The bots won’t replace the current social media engagement officers, but will serve as an ancillary tool to allow humans to focus on the more complicated conversations.
- ↑ "LivePerson boosts its automated conversational capabilities with Conversable acquisition". MartechToday. October 8, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
The acquisition last week of Conversable by LivePerson is designed to create an expanded platform for brands that can handle customer service, custom bot creation and more. Financial terms of the deal were not made public. The Conversable founders — Lamm and Andrew Busey — will become advisors, and the team will remain in Austin.
- ↑ "BEN LAMM AND HYPERGIANT WANT TO BRING SPACE BACK TO THE FUTURE". Inverse. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
If that sounds like a lot to take in, you’re not alone. Hypergiant was launched in February 2018 with the goal of taking part in this bold future.
- ↑ "Hypergiant keeps adding AI companies". Austin Business Journal. December 5, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
Hypergiant Sensory Sciences, for example, is a software company that creates “digital copies of real-world scenes.” The startup promises the ability to search data collected by sensors such as security cameras. Another subsidiary, Hypergiant Space Age Solutions, provides computer vision, human-robot interaction, speech recognition and synthesis and quantum-computing applications, to name a few. Hypergiant Ventures LLC is the parent company’s investment arm.
- ↑ "The Machine That Uses Algae to Eat Carbon Dioxide". Popular Mechanics. October 2, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
The problems of global warming are well-documented and focus mainly on carbon dioxide. A new company, Hypergiant Industries of Texas, has unveiled a prototype of what it calls an Eos Bioreactor, a box that uses A.I. to capture and sequester carbon from the atmosphere using algae.
- ↑ "Booz Allen Hamilton Forms Strategic Relationship with Hypergiant Industries". ExecutiveGov. August 6, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
Booz Allen Hamilton announced on Tuesday that the company has formed a strategic partnership with Hypergiant Industries to address the toughest challenges organizations face, powered by AI solutions.
- ↑ Murray, Bee, Schneider, Boudria, Lamm, Hively (May 14, 2019). "Wheelchair movement measurement and analysis". United States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved March 9, 2020.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
- ↑ Busey, Chen, Jonas, Daniels, Lamm (January 1, 2019). "Systems, media, and methods for providing an algorithmically sorted watchlist or wishlist". United States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved March 9, 2020.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
- ↑ Erwin, Gillan, Hurley, Lamm, Wheat (December 5, 2017). "Safety accessory with situational awareness and data retention". United States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved March 9, 2020.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
- ↑ Busey, Chen, Jonas, Daniels, Lamm (October 10, 2017). "Systems, media, and methods for automated response to queries made by interactive electronic chat". United States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved March 9, 2020.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
- ↑ Busey, Chen, Jonas, Daniels, Lamm (January 31, 2017). "Systems and methods for social recommendations". United States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved March 9, 2020.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
- ↑ Busey, Chen, Lamm (September 23, 2014). "Platforms, systems, and media for providing multi-room chat stream with hierarchical navigation". United States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved March 9, 2020.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
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