Remove Development Remove Sports Remove Web Services
article thumbnail

‘It just has to work’: Ahead of Black Friday NFL game, Amazon shows how it’s perfected live sports

GeekWire

(Amazon Photo / Cooper Neill) While millions of Americans think of Black Friday as a prime day to launch their holiday shopping, Prime Video will be focused on yet another live sporting event, streaming today’s NFL game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Las Vegas Raiders. 15 boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul.

Sports 100
article thumbnail

Sport analytics leverage AI and ML to improve the game

CIO Business Intelligence

Nearly 10 years ago, Bill James, a pioneer in sports analytics methodology, said if there’s one thing he wished more people understood about sabermetrics, pertaining to baseball, it’s that the data is not the point. The point is to use the data like a razor to cut through false convictions to find the truth.

Sports 118
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

CEOs of Amazon Web Services and Redapt join Seattle Sounders FC ownership group

GeekWire

Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky (left) and his wife Laura Selipsky. Seattle Sounders FC announced Wednesday that the families of Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky and Redapt CEO Rick Cantu are now owners. They join several other tech execs, including Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who became owners in 2019.

article thumbnail

How the NHL is using AI to predict key moments in games

GeekWire

Brant Berglund, senior director of coaching and GM applications at the NHL, demos new statistics the league is rolling out in partnership with Amazon Web Services. I checked out the action at Climate Pledge — named after Amazon’s carbon neutral initiative — and ran into Amazon Web Services chief Adam Selipsky.

Sports 142
article thumbnail

Tech Moves: Ad Lightning CEO Scott Moore steps down; Amazon Prime Video adds Nike vet

GeekWire

Frechtling was most recently president of G2 Web Services, a Verisk Analytics company. G2 Web Services provides risk management services for e-commerce merchants. Before joining G2 Web Services in 2015, Frechtling was vice president of global website products for digital marketing company Hibu.

Video 122
article thumbnail

How AI is helping the NFL improve player safety

CIO Business Intelligence

Like many other professional sports leagues, the NFL has been at the leading edge of data-driven transformation for years. This season, the NFL has worked closely with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to debut a new joint effort: Digital Athlete. Souza says this is true of all businesses, not just sports.

Sports 134
article thumbnail

Seattle investors back Battlesnake, makers of a growing game that turns coding into competition

GeekWire

Battlesnake originated in the Pacific Northwest as a developer recruiting event in 2015, and by 2019 the flagship Battlesnake Tournament in Victoria drew 1,200 developers and another 1,000 spectators intrigued by the e-sports-like drama of watching competitors compete with their coded snakes. It’s mostly for fun.”