Arago CEO Envisions AI-empowered Fashion Supply Chain

Chris Boos, Arago founder and CEO, recently weighed in on the impact of AI in fashion forecasting and supply chain management in an OpEd for Business of Fashion. In the piece, Boos determines that AI chatbots and and automated "shortcuts" that leverage AI may not be the best application in an age where boutique brands need to differentiate on customer service. He points instead to the recent overproduction that cost H&M shareholder dearly and recommends AI in the supply chain.

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Read the full OpEd: How Fashion Should (and Shouldn’t) Embrace Artificial Intelligence -- Business of Fashion

Swipecast Nabs Venmo Co-founder as Advisor

Swipecast, the app that brings together stylists, photographers, designers and models all in one place where they can exchange information, review each others’ portfolios, set up castings and even book each other for jobs, has announced Iqram Ismail as advisor.

Ismail was introduced to Swipecast in August after using the app to source creatives for his own side project in music production. He realized that Swipecast was entering a market ripe for disruption, as modeling’s brick-and-mortar business hadn’t caught up to the technology permeating the freelance economy.

Check out the full story over on BuiltInNYC

Venmo Cofounder Wants to Change How the Fashion Industry Gets Paid -- BuiltInNYC