AiLibrary Garage.com application review - by Gordon Kraft
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Artificial, Inc. is seeking $2.5 million in funding over 12 months to develop an artificial intelligence technology center that will provide an easy way for users to interact with the internet and store documents and videos in a digital library. The company's founder previously sold his last company for $30 million and now focuses on developing AI technology, with a current staff of 5 full-time employees. The funding would be used to break even on the project and the company is seeking an additional $5 million in a future round.
AiLibrary Garage.com application review - by Gordon Kraft
- 1. garage.com's Short Application for Artificial, Inc. Seeking: $2,500,000 Months it will last: 12 Already Invested: $1,000,000 Break Even: $1,000,000 Seeking in future round: $5,000,000 ID 37574 Company: Contact: Artificial, Inc. Mr. Gordon Kraft 889 S. Heathwood Dr, CEO, Chmn. Marco Island, FL 34145 Phone: 941-642- Web site: http://artificialinc.com/ 7015 Fax: 941-642- Incorp: Scorp, 8/1/96, Fl 7809 Industry 1: Software: Other Email: Industry 2: Consultants (Information gkraft@usa.net Technology) Table of Contents Company Overview Management & Staffing Business Description Capitalization Product or Service Financial Data Company Overview (return to top) Artificial, Inc. is Gordon Kraft's version of garage.com Artificial, Inc. (Ai) is a Internet Research and Development company funded by its founder, to focus on the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to a users internet experience. AiDigital Library Project: The internet is dynamically evolving in terms of the users ability to access a sea of incredibily vast infomation. The result of any research effort by a internet user, ultimately results in some of these questions: 1. "what was the name of that site?" 2. "what was that file name?" 3. "where did I put that stuff?" 4. "where is that video?"
- 2. 5. "I'm a frequent business traveler, how do I find that document?" In order to understand the integration of the rapidly evolving internet, one needs to understand the past, present and future of the computer industry. AiTechnology Center: Our AiTechnology Center provides us with the necessary environment for our AiDigital Library Project. One of many Ai Projects currently underway. Ai is comprised of a staff of "visionaries" that have worked with our founder for over 20 years. We build "Artificial Worlds on the Internet". We will have a AiTechnology Center in StarPower's Dallas Home Entertainment retail stores in Nov. 1999. Business Description (return to top) Mission To provide our customers with a means to easily interact with the internet, and to store their documents and video content into their AiDigital Library. Key Goals To become a major resource for Internet Research for a corporations Board of Directors (BOD). Stage: beta What drives you? I sold my last company DiagSoft, Inc. to Sykes, Inc. (sykes.com) in Aug. 96. retired, bought a Lazzara 76' motoryacht, bought a APBA Offshore race boat(actually 2), see www.talkstory.com. I needed something to do. I was too young to be retired and I soon got bored, decided that I would be most happy as a Chairman of a "Visionary Company" that provided me with the limitless future of Artificial Intelligence. Which I believe after substantial personal research of all forms of AI, that the internet was the only commercially viable place to develop AI and sell it in a high volume via a OEM bundling manner that I am very familar with. The internet market place has now caught up with our design concepts, so we are building our first high end demo system to be shown in Dallas in Nov. 1999, the resulting trial will allow us to improve the system based on the live operation at StarPower. I am a major investor and on the BOD of StarPower, Inc. Nathan Morton (CompUSA) is the Chairman of StarPower. We are a major investor and on the BOD of BroadBand Networks (BBNC.com). Search Keywords Digital Library, Digital Living Room, Artificial Intelligence, .PDF, QTVR, Sony VAIO, Home Theater,
- 3. HDTV, DVD, MPEG2, .DOC, .HTML, Hobbies Product or Service (return to top) Problem Solved In todays world of Internet Explosion, most Executive Management and their Board members are seeking a means to understand the internet's capability. They need to understand the impact the internet has on a company, as well as what to advise to the company for which they are responsible. Artificial, Inc. is developing a AiTechnology Center (portable) that can be implemented in a corporate Board Room, as well as a hotel room, a motorcoach, a yacht, or a Digital Living Room. The AiTech Center can be used by virtually anyone, and will include the interface of Computers, Home Theaters, and the Internet. We are implementing the convergence. Underlying Technology We have efforted over the past three years to create for an individual their own "think tank" or Digital Library. The resulting integration of our new AiTechnology Center will provide the user a internet centric database containing the storage of Adobe .PDF architecture encapsulation of all non-video document types, as well as entensions via JAVA, Shockwave, Director, to store video in QT4, AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2, MP3. We interconnect the Sony VAIO series of PC Desktops to a LAN based Crestron Home Automation system to interface to the Audio/Video Equipment. The system also has a simple Video on Demand (VOD) System for the storage and retrieval of the users/corporate videos. A broadband internet connection is required (ie. cable or better). We also offer the integration of a Broadband Networks (BBNC.com) MPEG2 Video Network over corporate ATM or T1 internet connection for remote BOD via full screen full motion high resolution video (ie. no postcard video). We implemented a dark cherrywood old English Library in QTVR two years ago, with simple linkage to a variety of applications, including the usage of ThePalace Chat room technology for a family tree and a BOD room for private conferences. You will find both video and white boards in that room. (nonfunctional) See www.ghklibrary.com Our founder has built an actual dark cherrywood Old English 850sqft Digital Library in his 9,200sqft home in Florida as a beta test of the concept. There are 22 T10/100 ethernet connections throughout the home, a IBM NetFinity 5500 NT Server, a Gateway NT Server, a Linux Server, a SGI NT Workstation, several Mac's and Sony VAIO's. The core technology is written in JAVA and C++ developed by Artificial, Inc., interacting with SQL, Browser, and Crestron. The final version will support Linux, MacOS, WIN2000, NT, Solaris, SGI. We will then license it and become the deFacto standard. (not our first try at this kind of thing). Intellectual Properties
- 4. Standard SQL development in a unique application. Our founder has previously sold and shipped over 30,000,000 copies of QAPlus PC Diagnostic software in his last company. He is a veteran of the ROM BIOS market, and has been a Intellectual Property speaker for ETRE and ATRE conferences. We are aware of, and are manageing, all intellectual property issues. Manufacturing Process We will license our product in an OEM fashion, similar to selling Award ROM BIOS and QAPlus bundling. We do not intend to offer a retail shrinkwrap version. The product major components will be delivered on a DVD, and pluggin's are downloadable. Management & Staffing (return to top) Full-time permanent employees: 5 Personnel Gordon Kraft Role Capitalization (return to top) Total funding to date: $1,000,000 Now seeking: $2,500,000 Months it will last: 12 Seeking in future round: $5,000,000 Exit Strategy Merge the company with an existing public company on a TAX Free merger via consolidation of books. Financial Data (return to top) Capital needed to break even: $1,000,000 Anything else? Artificial, Inc. has hired Mr. Daniel Delgado as our Chief Scientist. Daniel formely worked at NASA/AMES as a Chief Scientist focused on Human Factors and Computers. We are currently developing sites for the Offshore Power Boat Racing industry.
- 5. Our Hawaiian site: www.bigkahuna.net will become a major Hawaiian portal... We have also previously owned a Multimedia company, Big Kahuna Productions in Maui, and while there, purchased a Neural Network company that was attempting to forecast the S&P 500 called: MAST, Inc.