Nokia Chairman Risto Siilasmaa backs machine learning startup Aito.ai – TechCrunch

Aito, a Helsinki-based machine learning startup that is developing "predictive database" technology, has raised €1 million in pre-seed funding, including from Nokia Chairman Risto Siilasmaa (via his investment company First Fellow Partners). Others backing the round are Hermitage, UMO Capital, together with funding from Business Finland. Aiming to replace current machine learning tools that have a steep learning curve and generate only single-purpose models, Aito has built a predictive database for developers. Specifically, it lets users search existing information, make predictions, and find hidden correlations. Crucially, the results are said to fully explainable and the tech can be integrated into existing software as easy as integrating an SQL query.