NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., March 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Veritone, a leading cognitive cloud SaaS provider and creator of the world's first Cognitive Media Platform (CMP), has been selected to present at the annual Montgomery Summit, the leading business and technology conference taking place in Santa Monica, Calif. on March 8 and 9. As part of the Growth Track, Veritone will present its proprietary platform and cognitive engine ecosystem to an invited audience of 1,000 entrepreneurs, corporate executives and venture capitalists.
"Veritone is experiencing exciting growth as we continue to expand the capabilities of our platform beyond media and advertising. From politics and law enforcement to legal and financial services, we have found a common need to extract intelligence from the world's public and private media. I look forward to sharing with Summit attendees how our platform and solutions help organizations capture intelligence and create value," said Chad Steelberg, CEO of Veritone.
"The caliber of companies nominated for this year's Summit was higher than ever and the selected presenters will provide excellent insight and expertise into their respective and rapidly evolving fields – from enterprise data to financial technologies to connected devices," said Jamie Montgomery, founder of The Montgomery Summit. "Our goal is to connect technology's best entrepreneurs with incredible investors, partners and advisers and to facilitate meetings that will lead to success for all parties."
This year, a global committee of senior investors from top venture capital and growth funds, prior Summit attendees, researchers, entrepreneurs and Summit partners and staff selected 140 companies to present from over 4,000 nominations. Nominations were evaluated by each company's sector, stage, growth and engagement metrics, as well as criteria including management, vision and more.
In addition to presentations from top private growth company CEOs, the two-day event features industry leaders and top innovators in a series of keynotes, panels and salons. Speakers at this year's Summit include Beth Comstock, vice chair, GE; Rob High, CTO, IBM Watson; John Chambers, chairman, Cisco; and Gen. Stanley McChrystal, former U.S. Army General.
About Veritone
Veritone is a leading cognitive SaaS provider, and creator of the first Cognitive Media Platform, a cloud-based ecosystem that enables its media, enterprise, and government customers to extract and derive value from the intelligence embedded in the world's public and private media. Visit us at www.veritone.com.
About The Montgomery Summit
The Montgomery Summit gathers an invited group of entrepreneurs, senior investors and leading executives to discover the most important innovations in business and technology. The event features two days of presentations, keynotes, panels and salons in Santa Monica, Calif. Previously known as The Montgomery Technology Conference, the Summit has for more than a decade provided unparalleled opportunities to meet a diverse blend of technological visionaries and innovators from all over the world. For more information, visit www.montgomerysummit.com.
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