Irish tech firm KwikDesk is to open a deep-learning lab in Massachusetts to help support the development of its artificial intelligence platform Charlie AI.

The company, which was founded in 2013 by Irish entrepreneur and photographer Kevin Abosch, will open the lab in the city of Cambridge near Boston in July, employing up to eight engineers.

“Cambridge makes a lot of sense for KwikDesk. From the proximity to MIT and the deep- learning community to the ease of travel between Dublin and Boston, it’s a perfect fit,” said Mr Abosch.

“We see our Cambridge facility as the heart of our artificial intelligence platform and look forward to a brain exchange between the US and Ireland.”

Smarter devices

Charlie AI is a platform and suite of products aimed at making personal computers and mobile devices smarter, and aims to make the possibilities of AI accessible to ordinary people.

“AI has been leveraged by companies to learn as much as they possibly can about the consumer, usually more than the consumer even knows about themselves, I don’t think that is fair,” he said.

“Imagine complex learning algorithms working for you, making your computer smarter. Imagine empowering your devices with intelligence that prioritises your best interests. Imagine being able to easily custom-tailor AI to solve your problems and address your goals.

“That’s what Charlie AI aims to do when we release it later this year.”

KwikDesk has also developed a mobile messaging application that claims to be untraceable, called OneOne, and CryptoShift, an enterprise product for companies developing products that require HIPAA- compliant encrypted push notifications.