Feb 16, 2021
Semeon’s latest product release provides a strong market position to serve defense institutions worldwide.
MONTREAL, Feb. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Semeon Analytics, an ATW Tech Inc. company, is pleased to announce its most recent contract with a branch of the U.S. military to apply its technology to better understand how complex composite materials can fail and therefore facilitate the development of processes that safeguard components assembled with these new materials.
The contract follows the release of Semeon’s latest artificial intelligence semantic analysis engine, including a series of unique features that can be used to better understand key concepts in text from a number of very different types of content sources such as databases, enterprise content management systems, file servers and more. The new features enable the following types of applications:
• Better understand how different steps in chemical or mechanical manufacturing processes impact one another.
• Save time by not repeating the same manufacturing mistakes.
• Devise more effective manufacturing processes that are less likely to yield components that can fail
The U.S. military project dovetails on several successful engagements with similar Canadian institutions. In the context of these mandates, Semeon supports numerous languages including English, French, Spanish, German, Russian and Arabic, which enables our efforts to aggressively target the North American and European markets.
Alkis Papadopoullos, Semeon’s head of R&D, says “Thanks to its state-of-the-art sentiment analysis, semantic and unique intent analysis capabilities, Semeon holds a strong market position as it can now help customers better connect dots between sophisticated and complex data sets and subject matter.”
Semeon Analytics’ profile
Semeon is a Quebec-based technology company that has developed an artificial intelligence technology. Over the past 5 years, Semeon has combined techniques of semantic, sentiment, intent and statistical analysis with artificial intelligence driven natural language processing systems to develop a platform capable of automatically analyzing, classifying and visualizing data from multiple channels and a powerful workbench suite which permits even non-experts to customize classification and filtering settings without the need for cumbersome rule sets. Semeon provides its clients with a platform for precise text analysis, intelligent and flexible for decoding, understanding, and summarizing customer feedback on specific elements. For this purpose, Semeon’s natural language text analysis technology allows to browse through thousands of customer comments, to extract the concepts expressed, to classify these as positive, negative or neutral opinions, so that companies or organizations can adjust their communication and marketing strategy in an informed and diligent manner.
Whether it is an acceleration of customer feedback processing, the identification of key parts in a supply chain or key elements in financial forecasting models, among others, Semeon ensures gains in analysis speed allowing critical decision making in hours rather than weeks or months.
ATW Tech’s profile
ATW Tech (TSX-V: ATW) is a technology company, owner of several recognized technology platforms such as VoxTel, Option.vote, Bloomed and Semeon. VoxTel specializes in telephone billing and alternative payment solutions for fixed and mobile lines. Option.vote offers a customized multi-method voting system for unions, political parties, professional associations and anyone looking for a secure way to reduce their voting costs and improve their participation rate. Bloomed is a cloud computing platform for managing smart data on consumers and their behaviors for both business and consumer-oriented campaigns. Semeon is a highly accurate and flexible text analysis platform for customer reviews, Semeon uses a unique combination of machine learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to discover significant trends in customer reviews across all channels.
Feb 9, 2021
MONTREAL, Feb. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ATW Tech Inc. (the “Company” or “ATW Tech”) (TSX-V: ATW), announces that, pursuant to its stock option plan (the “Plan”), a total of 4,500,000 stock options have been granted to officers, employees and consultants of the Company and to members of the Board of Directors. These options have an exercise price of $0.115 per share and expire 10 years after the date of grant. The options will vest according to the following schedules: (i) for officers, directors and employees, over a period of three years following the date of grant at the rate of one third per year and (ii) for consultants, over a period of 12 months following the date of grant at the rate of one fourth per quarter.
This grant of stock options is the result of several important developments that have taken place over the past year, as described in the press release dated January 28, 2021. The acquisition of Semeon Analytics Inc. (“Semeon“) is, among other things, one of these developments achieved by ATW Tech. The grant of stock options is ATW Tech’s way of recognizing the efforts of its directors, officers, employees and consultants, both in Canada and in Europe, which have led to these achievements.
Semeon, a subsidiary of ATW Tech, is also pleased to announce the launch of its latest artificial intelligence based semantic extractors engines. With this latest semantic analysis release, Semeon helps its numerous customers understand with even greater precision key ideas and concepts in several languages including English, French and Spanish in their document repositories, CRM systems, survey responses, and, do so in way that now understands actions that individuals have mentioned they want to undertake or have undertaken. This is based on a unique capability in the market to understand very precisely the verbs that are embedded in customer feedback and agent interaction, to draw the clearest possible picture of what a customer wants, and how their product or service provider plans to address this need. Typical examples include vastly more rapid responses to customers’ requests as Semeon can understand what the customer is requesting specifically; this also helps to push the boundaries of automating responses to customers who increasingly desire fast and efficient responses from companies.
Along with its state-of-the-art sentiment analysis and unique intent analysis capabilities, Semeon can now better understand actions that customer feedback indicate are crucial as well as identify precisely what actions their service and product providers must undertake to satisfy their customers’ requests. Semeon continues to innovate aggressively, on all these machine-learning AI initiatives.
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ATW TECH’S PROFILE
ATW Tech (TSX-V: ATW) is a financial technology company (“fintech”), owner of several recognized technology platforms such as VoxTel, Option.vote, Bloomed and Semeon. VoxTel specializes in telephone billing and alternative payment solutions for fixed and mobile lines. Option.vote offers a customized multi-method voting system for unions, political parties, professional associations and anyone looking for a secure way to reduce their voting costs and improve their participation rate. Bloomed is a cloud computing platform for managing smart data on consumers and their behaviors for both business and consumer-oriented campaigns. Semeon is a highly accurate and flexible text analysis platform for customer reviews, Semeon uses a unique combination of machine learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to discover significant trends in customer reviews across all channels.
Jan 28, 2021
MONTREAL, Jan. 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ATW Tech Inc. (the “Company”) (TSX-V: ATW), a technology company recognized for its CRTC Canadian operator license (payment solutions and telephone billing) and intellectual property such as Option.vote (a multi-method survey and polling voting platform) and Semeon Analytics Inc., its latest acquisition (an AI platform for high-precision text analytics in high-end industries), provides an update on recent events and operations from the first quarter of 2020 through the first quarter of 2021.
• 1st quarter – 2020
• Conversion by Groupe Gestion G5 Inc., a company owned by Mr. André Imbeau, of its $2,000,000 convertible loan in consideration of 20,000,000 common shares of the Company issued at a price of $0.10 per share, representing an annual interest savings of $200,000, as announced in a press release dated February 12, 2020.
• Change in the composition of the board of directors with the appointment of two new directors, Mr. Louis Lessard and Mr. Carlos Bedran, as announced in a press release dated February 12, 2020.
• The Company announced, in a press release dated March 12, 2020, its intention to open a private placement for 12M to 30M units at a price of $0.05 per unit for a potential gross proceed ranging from $0.6M to $1.5M.
• 2nd quarter – 2020
• Internal reorganization of the Company following the adoption of measures by the government to fight COVID-19 which, among other things, led to the introduction of remote working for employees. This was implemented by establishing clear objectives and procedures while promoting the use of video conferencing systems, both for clients and for the management of the Company’s employees, the latter which were able to meet client expectations in the context of the pandemic.
• The Company has completed Option.vote’s new interface in order to meet growing customer demand and increase transaction volumes in synergy with its online payment solutions.
• 3rd quarter – 2020
• Signature of a letter of intent to acquire Semeon Analytics Inc., an artificial intelligence company, as announced in a press release dated October 1, 2020.
•Signature of a letter of intent for a $1.5M private placement with private investors, as announced in a press release dated October 1, 2020.
• 4th quarter – 2020
• Signature of new contracts with Option.vote’s new platform in synergy with the Company’s Canadian operator license.
• Closing of the above-mentioned private placement and the acquisition of Semeon Analytics Inc., as announced in a press release dated November 9, 2020.
• 1st quarter – 2021
• Implementation of a marketing plan for the Semeon Analytics and Option.vote platforms in order to increase the number of potential customers and the conversion rate generated by the presence of Semeon and Option.vote on the web.
• Emphasis on business development and partnerships in order to enter into new contracts in synergy with Semeon Analytics and Option.vote.
• Appointment of Mr. Raymond Cyr as General Manager of Semeon Analytics, as announced in a press release dated January 19, 2021.
• Addition of Mr. Christian Trudeau to the Company’s board of directors, as announced in a press release dated January 19, 2021.
Opportunities
“We have achieved several important milestones in these times of pandemic and this demonstrates a strong management team supported by a dedicated board of directors for the future of ATW Tech Inc.,” explains President and CEO, Michel Guay. We have been working very hard over the last few months to position the Company for rapid expansion in a profitable manner while still contemplating various acquisition targets within our reach in strategic sectors. We are confident that the implementation of our strategic plan will maximize shareholder value.
Forward-Looking Statements and Disclaimer
Certain information in this press release may constitute “forward-looking” statements that involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company or industry results to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, such information may include words such as “anticipate”, “estimate”, “may”, “will”, “expect”, “believe”, “plan”, “project” and other terminology. This information reflects current expectations regarding future events and operating performance and speak only as of the date of this press release. Except as may be required by law, we do not assume any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information to reflect new events or circumstances.
Additional information regarding ATW Tech is available on SEDAR www.sedar.com.
The TSX Venture Exchange and its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accept no responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
ATW TECH’S PROFILE
ATW Tech (TSX-V: ATW) is a financial technology company (“fintech”), owner of several recognized technology platforms such as VoxTel, Option.vote, Bloomed and Semeon. VoxTel specializes in telephone billing and alternative payment solutions for fixed and mobile lines. Option.vote offers a customized multi-method voting system for unions, political parties, professional associations and anyone looking for a secure way to reduce their voting costs and improve their participation rate. Bloomed is a cloud computing platform for managing smart data on consumers and their behaviors for both business and consumer-oriented campaigns. Semeon is a highly accurate and flexible text analysis platform for customer reviews, Semeon uses a unique combination of machine learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to discover significant trends in customer reviews across all channels.
Jan 19, 2021
MONTREAL, Jan. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ATW Tech Inc. (the “Company” or “ATWTech”) (TSX-V: ATW) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Christian Trudeau as Director of the Company and the appointment of Mr. Raymond Cyr as Managing Director of Semeon Analytics Inc. (“Semeon“), a subsidiary of ATW Tech.
Mr. Trudeau has been elected Director of the Company on January 18, 2021 at the annual general meeting of shareholders. Mr. Trudeau is currently the President and founder of Services Conseils Optimista Inc., a group of management and strategic guidance consultants who assist entrepreneurs in the search for financing, financial plan modeling and negotiation process with the investors. Mr. Trudeau has also served as Chief Executive Officer of several large companies over the past 25 years, including Airmedic, Transcontinental Interactive, Centria Commerce and BCE Emergis. He is a strategic visionary with an excellent track record, notably for the opening of new markets and the successful management of periods of business transformation. Mr. Trudeau began his career at the Montreal Stock Exchange- where he held the position of Senior Vice President of Information Technology. Mr. Trudeau is currently a member of several boards of directors of companies operating in the information technology sector. Also very involved in the community, Mr. Trudeau has served on several boards of directors of Foundations and participated in a number of fundraisers. Mr. Trudeau holds an undergraduate degree in Information Technology from the Université de Laval, and an MBA from École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC).
The other re-elected members of the Board of Directors are Mr. Michel Guay, Mr. Louis Lessard and Mr. Carlos Bedran.
Appointment of Raymond Cyr
ATW Tech has also appointed Mr. Raymond Cyr as Managing Director of Semeon. Mr. Cyr has over 30 years of experience in the fields of computer software and statistics applied to Social and Market Research. He holds a diploma in Physics Engineering and a Master degree in Transportation Engineering from l’École Polytechnique de Montréal. He began his career at the Society of Applied Mathematics followed by being Director Statistics and Information Technology at CROP, a well-known Market and Social Research firm in Canada. That combination of education and experience prepared him to found and make grow Voxco, an international software company headquartered in Montreal with offices in USA, in Europe and in Australia, very well known in the Market and Social Research world. For years, Voxco has developed, enhanced and provided software products and services to its growing client base for their constantly evolving data collection and statistical analysis needs. Semeon has been firstly started as a Voxco division in 2012 before being spun off as a separate entity. Since that moment, Mr. Cyr has followed, as a Board member, the evolution of Semeon until its purchase by ATW Tech on November 9, 2020.
Along those years, Mr. Cyr has been an active member of several professional associations such as AAPOR, WAPOR, MRIA and ESOMAR, for which he has been the Canadian official country representative for 3 years. In 2018, he has been invited to be and has actively participated as a member of an advisory panel for the government of Canada for its public opinion survey standards. In 2019, Mr. Cyr and his partners have sold Voxco to a private group that continues to operate successfully the company and he is currently a member of the Voxco Advisory Board.
ATW TECH’S PROFILE
ATW Tech (TSX-V: ATW) is a financial technology company (“fintech”), owner of several recognized technology platforms such as VoxTel, Option.vote, Bloomed and Semeon. VoxTel specializes in telephone billing and alternative payment solutions for fixed and mobile lines. Option.vote offers a customized multi-method voting system for unions, political parties, professional associations and anyone looking for a secure way to reduce their voting costs and improve their participation rate. Bloomed is a cloud computing platform for managing smart data on consumers and their behaviors for both business and consumer-oriented campaigns. Semeon is a highly accurate and flexible text analysis platform for customer reviews, Semeon uses a unique combination of machine learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to discover significant trends in customer reviews across all channels.
Additional information regarding ATW Tech is available on SEDAR www.sedar.com
