Sorry disregard this question. I see the app is live now.
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@Percival :) . We are continuously iterating over our technology . Our biggest roadblock was low face recognition accuracy and right now we are working with Kairos API to fix that.
I should probably mention, we have been able to save 3 children by now. I know its a small number but we aim to scale the operations next few months, which should be easy considering we operate like a very lean startup.
@Percival " We know we are uniquely placed product, and its has been a challenge to figure out a viable business model around it. Our idea is to create a SAAS business model for organization working in anti-trafficking (250+) to share data 'safely' and use our face-recognition/child-tracking pipeline. In your viewpoint does it sounds like a viable plan? "
@shashank_singh I think the challenge with those organizations is they might not have much budget and potentially move verrrrrry slow. I think it's worth pursuing but in parallel I would also think about how you can get some community behind this to raise $$$. Charity Water is probably the best example of this. I would also wonder how microtransactions can exist in this app. Maybe that's a virtual currency to incentivize users and create liquidity for you.
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@Percival Thanks , we agree . Not sure about crowdsourcing because that would be one-shot thing?
But lately, we have been toying with an concept of virtual currency called "karma" and were thinking of tying up with social networks/ e-commerce portal to back it up. Sort of like "commodity virtual currency".
Moreover our tie-up with Kairos API ( http://www.kairos.com/ ) , provides us unique opportunity to help them make their face-recongiton even better through human feedback.
@shashank_singh Yes not crowdsourcing but an ongoing way for people to contribute. Perhaps subscription based or in-app purchases.
For virtual currency tools check out Koinify or CounterParty.
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Thanks @Percival Checking it out. This discussion has really a correct direction to think into. Would it be okay if we can run our ideas by you ?
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