Mila (company)

Mila, a Zurich-based, crowd-services platform, offers users peer-to-peer tech-support services.

The platform distributes people into Mila Friends - tech enthusiasts who want to earn money for helping people understand or set up technology; Mila Pros - professionals looking to make extra money outside of their work; or Mila Pro Dispatchers - business owners using Mila to find more customers.

Mila vets their Mila Friends to ensure their knowledge base. They put their professional service providers, their Mila Pros, through a similar vetting process.

Mila was built in 2013 by Chris Viatte as a spin-off of Coresystems, a field-services provider which specializes in mobile platforms. Payments are handled through PayPal. Chris Viatte, speaking on Mila, said:

Everyone should be able to benefit from technological progress. Mila enables people to find an expert partner in their neighborhood on demand.

Funding

Seed Round

In March of 2015, Mila raised $3.2 million. Investors included Peter Zencke and Adrian Bult.

Mila acquired

In 2015, Swisscom acquired the majority stake in Mila Inc. Chris Viatte, before starting Mila, worked for Swisscom.

Timeline

March 5, 2013

Mila raises a $3,220,000 seed round.

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France: 11 convicted of cyberbullying teen who slammed Islam

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY

July 7, 2021

AP NEWS

PARIS (AP) -- A French court on Wednesday convicted 11 of 13 people charged with harassing and threatening a teenager who harshly criticized Islam in online posts and ended up changing schools and receiving police protection to preserve her safety.

Recursion Announces Multi-Year Collaboration with Mila for Tech-Enabled Drug Discovery

Recursion

June 23, 2021

www.prnewswire.com:443

/PRNewswire/ -- Recursion (NASDAQ: RXRX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company decoding biology by integrating technological innovations across biology,...

Mila: An Intelligent Way to Date

Mila

June 8, 2021

www.prnewswire.com:443

/PRNewswire/ -- Mila, a free zillennial dating app is now live on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store with a pre-launch waitlist of over 3,000 members....

13 on trial in Paris for cyberbullying, threats against teen

June 3, 2021

AP NEWS

Thirteen people went on trial Thursday in Paris accused of cyberbullying or death threats against a teenage girl who posted online comments critical of Islam.The case is the first such trial under new jurisdiction France created this year to prosecute crimes online, including harassment and discrimination.

Kate Middleton wears pink as promised to 5-year-old cancer patient

May 28, 2021

International Business Times UK

Mila had contributed a picture to the Duchess's Hold Still project which was selected as one of the final 100.

AlayaCare, Dialogue among projects receiving $3.4 million from Scale AI supercluster | BetaKit

Isabelle Kirkwood

May 6, 2020

BetaKit

Quebec-based Supercluster Scale AI has invested $3.4 million into eight projects that have passed all the stages of analysis and approval.

Scientists Designed a Drug for Just One Patient. Her Name Is Mila.

Gina Kolata

October 9, 2019

www.nytimes.com

An achievement in ultra-personalized medicine also raises questions about fairness and regulation.

Mila receives funding, support from Borealis AI for climate change project | BetaKit

Meagan Simpson

October 9, 2019

BetaKit

Borealis AI has announced a new collaboration with Mila, the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, to support research using AI to address climate change.

Korbit raises $2.65 million for its AI tutoring platform | BetaKit

Jessica Galang

October 2, 2019

BetaKit

Montreal-based Korbit Technologies has announced the close of its $2.65 million seed round led by Khosla Ventures.

Samsung Electronics Expands SAIT AI Lab Montreal to Spur AI Research for Next-Generation System Semiconductor

May 2, 2019

WebWire

Samsung Electronics today announced the expansion of the 'Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) artificial intelligence (AI) Lab Montreal' in Canada. The Lab will help the company strengthen its fundamentals in AI research and drive competitiveness in system semiconductors. The AI Lab is located in Mila - Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms - in Montreal, Canada. Founded by Professor Yoshua Bengio at the University of Montreal, Mila is one of the greatest research centers...